Driving rules for groupage orders

It is not possible to route optimise co-loading assignments in the regular route optimisation. However, you can create an optimal sequence of stops in a groupage order in order reception. You can also organise the stops manually by selecting a row and clicking on Order up/Move down.

Step 1: Find the groupage order and open it in the order reception

You can search for the consolidation order in order reception, consolidation control, order control or assignment control.

Step 2: Calculate the driving order

Under Addresses (located by default in the tab Shipments) you can find all the stops on the co-loading order. Click on Calculate route sequence to put the addresses in an optimal order.

If you click on the down arrow of the button, you can make the following settings:

Vehicles must start route at: Here you can enter the current location of the vehicle, or where you want the vehicle to start the route. You can select any of the existing addresses in the list but this does not mean that this address will be the first stop when calculating the driving order, only that the calculation will take it into account when determining the first stop. Only pick-up addresses can be the first stop in the list.

If you select [None], the current position of the vehicle is not taken into account, only the addresses in the list are used to optimise the route. If the vehicle is far from the first stop, the route may not be optimal.

If you click on , you can enter a different starting address from those on the assignments, such as the vehicle's overnight parking place, the driver's home address, or any other address where the driver must start the shift, such as your office.

Vehicles must end route at: Here you can enter an address where you want the vehicle to end the shift. You can choose any of the existing addresses in the list but this does not mean that this address will be the last stop, only that the vehicle will go there when all deliveries are unloaded, and the calculation will take this into account when determining the last stop. Only delivery addresses can be the last stop in the list.

If you select [None], no final position is used, only the addresses in the list are used to optimise the route. If the vehicle is then moved further after the last stop, the route may not be optimal as the calculation does not take this into account.

If you click on , you can enter a different final address from those on the assignments, such as the vehicle's overnight parking place, the driver's home address, or any other address where the driver must or wants to end the route, such as your office.

Note:

It is not possible to see in the address list in order reception which addresses are pick-up addresses and which are delivery addresses, as it is in the usual route optimisation. You need to look at the individual orders to see which addresses are pick-up and delivery addresses.

Example

The courier company has a co-loading with the following stops. Some missions should be collected at 3 and delivered at 4, 5 and 6, and some missions should be collected at 8 and delivered at 1, 2 and 7.

After optimising the driving order, without specifying a start and end point, the route becomes 3-4-8-7-2-1-5-6. The calculation only takes into account making the mileage as efficient as possible.

If we instead say that the calculation should take into account that the shift starts and ends at the driver's home address in Vejle (9), the driving order can be 8-7-3-4-2-1-5-6. The address is not added as the first and last stop in the address list, but the driving order is changed to best fit the desired start and end address.