Dispatch & Planning

• The Dispatch System is used to assign jobs to so called 'nodes' (a driver, a charter, a trailer, a vehicle etc.). This automatically creates a so called 'trip'.
• The main form shows a split screen with the nodes on the left and jobs-to-do on right.
• The general idea is to select one or more jobs on the right and on the left a node (driver / charter / trailer / vehicle) and then click the [assign] button.
• Assigned jobs disappear from the right side of the screen (the jobs-to-do) and show up on the left side as small symbols behind the node name.
• A symbol pointing up means a pickup action and a symbol pointing down a delivery action.
• In the standard version these are the only two actions allowed; pickup and delivery.
• The left side resembles a traditional planning board which might span several days and (optionally) two or more slots per day.
• Jobs can be moved between nodes or from one day to another day.
• Planners can print job lists, monitor/change job statuses, create trip lists, feed mobile data terminals, send messages to drivers etc.
• The Dispatch System can also be used in conjunction with the freight exchange to find additional loads or return loads and/or offer surplus loads or load space to partners.

Functionality

Inside dispatch & planning an ongoing process of new functionality is offered.

Description of functionality How to start Jobs screen (right frame) / LTL shipments Planning board (left frame) / FTL shipments Nodes Dot codes Trips About PDA's Dispatch XML description Communication All transport order fields Settings All described dispatch functions

-- HenkRoelofs - 06 Oct 2005