Below is a list of the terminology used within our Route Optimization and Delivery System.
Table of Content:
Terminology | Definition |
Delivery Option | The method of delivery; a Service Area or Assigned Route. |
Service Area |
A geographic area that defines which orders to plan and build optimized tours for delivery. A geographical area with a set of parameters where orders are fulfilled. Both assigned routes and dynamic tours are associated to a service area. A user can set the rules here for the algorithm to create tours. |
Assigned Route |
A predefined and planned route with a collection of customer scheduled locations which orders can be placed into. Assigned Routes can inherit the schedule of the Service Area or have their own unique schedules. |
Tour Planning | The process of dynamically grouping a collection of orders onto tours for a given Scheduled Date on a Service Area delivery option only. |
Tour Plan | A collection of all the tours for a given period of time, including all service areas tours and assigned route orders. |
Optimization | The process of dynamically grouping orders on to tours this is now for the Service Area and Schedule Date delivery option only. |
Optimization Parameters | Parameters set and used in optimizing a Service Area with orders for deliveries. |
Tour | A grouped set of orders on a particular day. Tours have one service area. |
Tour Prefix | The set of characters used to uniquely Identify the tours within the service area. Each tour will contain this prefix followed by a dash and a 8 character long hash ID. |
Tour Sequencing |
the process of defining the optimal (supporting delivery windows) order to deliver in |
ETA Calculation |
the process of calculating the time a delivery will arrive based on the sequence, conditions and other factors |
Scheduled Orders |
requires a schedule date and a Delivery option |
Location |
The customer business location where the delivery is being made. |
Schedule |
The defined days and hours throughout the week that a service area will be operational and have deliveries being made within it. |
Service Area Schedule |
The specified service windows (days and hours) available to fulfill in a given service area. This is also where you associate customers and all their locations to a specific service area. A customer can have its own schedule or default to the service area schedule. |
Assigned Days |
The valid days at which this location can accept any potential orders. |
Service Window |
When turned on, the sequencer will honor service windows defined in Delivery Options. |
Service Window Start |
Formatted as HH:MM. This is the start of the service window for the Location. |
Service Window End |
Formatted as HH:MM this is the end of the service window for the Location. |
Service Time |
The total time it takes to complete a delivery at a customer location. This time is calculated in minutes. |
Drop |
A Drop is the physical location where an order is to be delivered to. |
Location |
The location the schedule is associated with |
Service Details |
Refers to the Service Time, Service Window, and Delivery schedule. |
Schedule |
The specified service windows, delivery days and stop time for a given service area, assigned route or customer.
Refers to the service details such as:
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