Enter estimated pick-up and delivery times by subcontractors

• Subcontractors can enter estimated pick-up and delivery times for the shipments assigned to them.
• The subcontractor needs a login with:
  • userlevel 15
  • a customerID that is equal to his NodeID as shown on the Drivers list
• Where to find:
  • Frontoffice -> Subcontractors -> Assigned jobs

This page shows the shipments assigned to the login subcontractor.
Note: shipments with an actual delivery date older than 7 days are not shown. Choose filter - to show all.

1. Blue T button

Use This button to open the Times Form.

2. With selected

1. Select one or more shipments and:
2. Choose Change Times from this drop-down field to open the Times Form

3. Estimated and actual pick-up date and time(s)

• Use the calendar symbol to select dates
• Enter four digits in the times fields, it will automatically reformat into hh:mm.
• The status of the shipment will be set to _pickupTimeEst if you change the estimated date or time
• The status of the shipment will be set to _pickupTimeAct if you change the actual date or time
• Please note that the statusses begin with an underscore character. These are internal statusses only visible to staff members (userLevel >= 20). By using statusActions behind these statusses you can set a more readable status for your customers.
• The field names in the shipment are: pickupDateEst, pickupTimeEst and pickupTime2Est
• Also read section statusActions below

4. Estimated and actual delivery date and time(s)

• Same usage as under 3
• The status of the shipment will be set to _deliveryTimeEst if you change the estimated date or time
• The status of the shipment will be set to _deliveryTimeAct if you change the actual date or time
• The field names in the shipment are: deliveryDateEst, deliveryTimeEst and deliveryTime2Est
• Also read section statusActions below

5. Signed by

• Here you can enter the name of the person who signed the POD (Proof of Delivery)
• The status of the shipment will be set to _sigName
• The field name in the shipment is sigName
• Note: shipments with a sigName no longer appear on the active shipments list
• Also read section statusActions below

6. Upload POD

• Use this button if you wish to upload a POD document like a signed manifest.
• Documents will be visible from various Track & Trace forms, generally used by customers.

statusActions

• You probably want to change the internal (undescore) statusses into a more readable status for customers, for instance Estimated delivery time or POD available
• And perhaps you want to send an email to customers
• This can all be done by defining shipment statuses
  1. Define the underscore statusses you wish to change
  2. Add an action to these statusses to change it into a more readable status
• For further explanation see section: ShipmentStatus
• And for an example on how to change the status: StatusActionsUrl section: Set status

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