First lets answer a simple question. Q. What is the difference between a Job and a Trip A. A Job is a request to transport x amount of products from Address A to Address B, this could be a anything from a single package delivered to a single address, up to a large order that wont fit on a single vehicle journey delivered to multiple addresses. A Trip is a single vehicle journey to action part of a Job (N.B. Trips can hold parts of multiple Jobs). | |
| below is a quick guide to the window before we show examples of creating a Trip manually and creating a Trip using auto-allocate |
| New | Click this to create a new Trip |
| Save Trip | Click to save current Trip (this will only activate when changes have been made ) |
| Clear | Click to clear the current Trip Screen without saving |
| Delete Trip | This can only be actioned on Trips that have not had costs matched to invoices, a warning message will show telling you to type DELETE to permanently delete the trip, this is to confirm that you wish to proceed with the deletion. N.B. When a Trip is deleted the allocated Trip Number will cease to exist and creating a new trip will use the next available number |
| Calc Route | Click this during Trip creation to calculate the route depending on your settings in the Trip Details section |
| View Map | Click this to show a map of the current route |
| Plan SMS | Click this to send an SMS to the customers offering delivery times, once they receive the SMS and acknowledge the time then this will update the status for that Job. |
| Ass. Driver | Click this to update the Web Tracking with driver information |
| Del SMS | Click this to send an SMS to the customer detailing that their products have been delivered |
| Reports | Click this to run a report selected from the drop-down box (e.g hard copy of trip list for driver, pick list for loading etc) |
| Prn Labels | Click this to print PID labels for the current Trip |
| Job Screen | Changes to the Job Window |
| Live Console | Opens the Live Console WIndow |
| Exit Screen | Closes the Trip screen, if you have pending changes a warning message will show to remind you that you need to save before closing |
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Trip Details Section | |
| Trip Number | This will be generated when you click New, clicking on the magnifying glass will open the browser to allow you to search for and open a current Trip for amending |
| Vehicle Type | A drop-down box to select the vehicle type that will perform this Trip |
| Vehicle | If known use this drop-down box to assign a specific vehicle to this Trip |
| Special Instructions | Use this textbox to add any extra instructions for this Trip |
| Depot | Use this drop-down box to select the Depot that this Trip will be run from (this will update the Start Address and Destination to match the address of the Depot) |
| Supplier | Use this drop-down box to assign a supplier to this Trip (Journease Mobile Users will be able to send this trip, once complete, to the assigned supplier/driver by clicking on the phone picture, if this supplier has multiple drivers with Journease Mobile then the arrow button can be used to select which mobile to send the trip details to) |
| Driver #1 / #2 | Assign drivers to this Trip |
| Trip Date | Enter the date that this trip will commence, clicking on the calendar icon will allow you to select and click a date from the calendar |
| Trip Status | Use the drop-down box to select the current status of this trip as set in Lookup/Statuses, default statuses are:-
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| Stop Hours | Use this to set planned stop hours for this Trip |
| Zone Set | Used when Auto-allocating Jobs to define the Trip Zone Set to be used |
| Route Calculation method | Select from Vehicle defaults = use the settings defined against this vehicle, Quickest = the fastest route for this trip according to road type, vehicle type and traffic, Shortest = the shortest distance regardless of road, vehicle and traffic |
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Load Summery |
This section is used to calculate the load, when a Vehicle Type is selected Journease will know the Load Metres, Volume and Weight restrictions (provided the information has been correctly inserted in the Vehicles & Services/Vehicle Types window) these are shown under Available on the right hand side. As Jobs are added to this Trip it will add the values of the PIDs to the Loaded boxes (provided the product information has been correctly added on the Jobs & Quotations screen or in the Lookup /Products window). This will also change the Remaining boxes to show unused space. When Calc Route is clicked the Total Miles box will update to show the mileage for the Trip. No of Cols / Dels shows how many collection and delivery points this Trip has and Journey Time will show the approximate time for the whole Trip. Total Job Price, Trip Cost and Gross Profit Margin will update when you click Calc Route. |
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Main Window | |
| Costs Tab | Use this to input additional costs for this Trip |
| Refresh List / Clear Filter / Apply Filter | Use these to filter the results in the Available Job Addresses list |
| Plot Addr's / View Map / Del Addr's | Use these to plot the position of available jobs and view them on the map, you can then use this information to decide which addresses can be used with this Trip |
| Auto Alocate | Used to auto-allocate Jobs when using a Trip Zone Set |
| Mapping Solution | Formerly you could choose whether Bing or Mappoint was used to calculate the routes, however Mappoint has now been discontinued |
| Red Double-arrow button | Click and drag this to enlarge either the Available Job Addresses list or the Job Addresses on Trip list |
| Add / Remove | Add will move the address selected in the Available Job Addresses list to the Job Addresses on Trip. Remove will move the address selected in the Job Addresses on Trip list to the Available Job Addresses. |
| Grab Addr's | When an area is drawn on the map clicking this will add all addresses that fall within that area |
| Start Address / Destination | This is where the Trip will start and finish (usually the Depot address), the Time textbox can be used to set the earliest start time and latest finish time for the Trip |
| Reverse / Move Up / Move Down | Use these to organise the Addresses in the Job Addresses on Trip list |