Fleet Delivery Route Maintenance

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Purpose

Create route definitions for routing management.

Overview

Use Fleet Delivery Route Maintenance to define and maintain routes in conjunction with an in house fleet delivery system. You can use routing management to facilitate picking, packing, loading, and delivery of products to customers. Apprise has implemented routing management functionality to facilitate the picking, packing, loading, and delivery of products to customers. Routing management is comprised of creating routes, waves, and stops and associating the complete route to a customer's record. Routes correspond to truck routes, stops are the stops for each route, and waves are a group of routes.

To set up an integrated routing system, use Fleet Delivery Route Maintenance and the following:

Fleet Delivery Wave Maintenance - Create wave definitions to identify groups of routes.
Fleet Delivery Stop Maintenance - Create stop definitions to identify routes with specified customers.

You can create routes that are either fixed or variable. A fixed route can be day-specific (Monday, Tuesday, etc.) or non-day-specific. This type of route contains a fixed number of stops. A variable route has no fixed stops and can be used with third-party logistics software to develop the actual stops for orders to be delivered for a specific day.

Routes are also determined to be active or inactive. Capacity constraints such as weight, volume, and time can also be placed on routes so that over-capacity routes can be re-routed.

A customer's record (in Customer Maintenance) is assigned the ability to use an in house fleet delivery system by selecting a shipper in the Ship-To tab that has been flagged as fleet delivery. If enabled, you can view the Customer Route Inquiry for the selected customer by clicking the Route button in the ribbon. A customer's ship-to record can contain one or more fixed routes, but only one stop for each route. Geographical latitude and longitude coordinates can also be assigned to the customer's ship-to record to help when using third-party logistics software.

Creating Routes

To create routes, you must already have valid defined waves, which were created in Fleet Delivery Wave Maintenance.

To create a route:

Enter a wave for the new route in the Wave field.
Click the Update button in the ribbon to create a new route.
Enter a route identifier in the Route field.
Select whether the route is a fixed of variable route.
Leave the Active check box selected unless the route is not active.
Enter the loading dock reference number in the Door# field.
If you want to assign constraints to the route, enter a weight, volume, and/or time limit in the Weight Limit, Cube Limit, and/or Time Limit field.
Enter a description of the route in the Description field.
Enter a detailed description of the route in the Details field.
Select the delivery days for the route.
Click the Add button. The route is added to the Defined Routes grid.
Click the OK button in the ribbon. The route is created.

Ribbon Home Tab Buttons

Button	Description
Exit	Click this button to close the Fleet Delivery Route Maintenance window.
Update	Click this button to add or remove routes for the selected wave.
OK	Click this button to accept an action. This button is only available after you click the Update button in the ribbon.
Cancel	Click this button to cancel an action. This button is only available after you click the Update button in the ribbon.
First	Click this button to display the first wave.
Prev	Click this button to display the previous wave.
Next	Click this button to display the next wave.
Last	Click this button to display the last wave.

Fields and Buttons

Field or Button	Description
Wave	Enter the wave name, or click the Lookup button to select a wave name. For information on setting up waves, see Fleet Delivery Wave Maintenance.
Description	This field displays the description of the selected wave.

Main Tab Fields and Buttons

Field or Button	Description
Route	Enter a name for the route. The route name can be up to 12 characters, and is used to identify the route.
Active	Select this check box if the route is active. This check box is selected by default. Only active routes are considered when selecting an appropriate route for a customer's order.
Door#	Enter the door number for the route. The door number is the reference number for the loading dock where the route is loaded for delivery.
Weight Limit	Enter the weight limit for the route, then enter the weight unit of measure for the route, or click the Lookup button to select a weight unit of measure.
Route Type	Select whether the route is fixed or variable. Fixed routes are used to set up standard delivery stops for a route. Variable routes have no standard delivery stops, and are intended for use only with third-party logistics software.
Cube Limit	Enter the volume limit for the route, then enter the volume unit of measure for the route, or click the Lookup button to select a volume unit of measure.
Time Limit	Enter a time limit for the route if it requires a time constraint.
Description	Enter a description of the route. This is used to further clarify the route identification.
Details	Enter detailed information for the route.
Delivery Days	Select the check boxes for delivery dates for the route. By default, routes deliver on Monday through Friday only.
Sequence	Enter the route display sequence number. By assigning a route sequence, you can display routes in order by route sequence during pick demand creation and printing. You can use the Increment by field and Seq button to automatically enter a number for routes.
Add	Click this button to add the route to the wave.
Defined Routes	This grid displays route information for the selected wave.
Remove	Click this button to remove the selected route from the Defined Routes grid.
Move Up	Click this button to move the selected route up in the Defined Routes grid.
Move Down	Click this button to move the selected routed down in the Defined Routes grid.
Increment by	Enter an amount by which to increment the route sequence number for the next route. This field defaults to 10.
Seq	Click this button to resequence route sequence numbers for routes in the Defined Routes grid based on the value entered in the Increment by field. Example A wave includes three routes with sequence numbers 10, 20, and 30. You enter 5 in the Increment by field, and then click Seq. The routes are changed to have sequence numbers 5, 10, and 15.