General overview of the EZ-Route Routing Screen
The Routing screen is located on the left side of EZ-Route. This is where you plan your delivery routes for the day. This screen has four main sections: Routes, Manifest, Timeline, and the Map. When deliveries are properly imported, your Routing screen will show all the stops for each truck before it leaves for the day.
When deliveries are properly imported, your Routing screen will show all the stops for each truck before it leaves for the day. You can change which stops go on each truck and adjust those stops to optimize the drivers time. You can move a stop from one truck to another by dragging the stop to the correct spot in the Timeline or to the correct truck in the Routes.
Routes Section
There are more tools in the title bar of the Routes section shown below.
•Clear – Removes all the stops on any route that has not been published.
•Map – Allows you to quickly change which truck or groups of trucks are being displayed on the map.
•Optimize All – Optimizes all trucks to run the most efficient delivery route.
•Validate All – For yards using EZ-QC. Validate All will check to make sure all orders have moved to a complete status in Order Manager.
•Publish All – Publishes all truck routes.
•Refresh – Updates the data in Routing to check for orders that have been sent in.
Manifest Section
The Manifest section shown below gives you more options in the title bar to edit individual trucks or stops.
Also, in the Manifest section is a quick overview with estimates for delivery costs and other statistics for the selected route. There is also the ability to change the driver for a specific route by clicking on the driver’s name in the upper left side.
•Complete – For EZ-QC Users, Complete allows you to manually mark any delivery on the truck as delivered or not delivered. This is used when an order is imported that was previously delivered through a manual entry.
•Add Stop – Manually creates a delivery/pickup stop for the selected truck. This is used for last minute additions to a route to avoid starting the process over.
•Clear – Removes all stops on the specific truck you have selected.
•Reverse –Completely reverses the order of delivery stops to be last stop to first stop. Used to make more deliveries earlier in the day.
•Validate - For EZ-QC Users. Validate will check to make sure all orders have moved to a complete status in Order Manager.
•Publish – Individually publishes the selected route.
•Optimize - Optimizes the selected truck to run the most efficient delivery route.
•Changing a driver for a specific route - From within the Manifest section. To do this, click on the drivers name in the top left hand side of the manifest section.
Delivery, Pickup, and Large Part Indicators
In both the Routes and Manifest sections there are indicators like the example below. These are visible on each delivery truck and each delivery stop.
•D – Number of total Deliveries for an entire route or at an individual stop.
•P – Number of Pickups for an entire route or at an individual stop.
•L – Number of designated Large Parts which add time to a specific stop.
Timeline
In the bottom right of the Routing screen you will find your Timeline. The Timeline is a quick way to view, compare or even adjust all your routes.
• In the top right of the Timeline window you have a few options to adjust your timeline view of the routes.
• Manually choose which routes you are viewing by clicking on the eye icon in the Truck Name listed on the left side.
•Drag and drop stops from one route to optimize driving time and cut down on overtime.
Map
The Map in the Routing screen will display your routes and stops.
1. In the top left of the Map you can adjust the view of the map.
2. You can select Day Mode or Night Mode, and even change the map style itself.
3. In the upper right of the Map you can zoom in or out.
4. There is also an option to drop into a street view wherever that is available.
Map Icons
These icons indicate different things and when hovered over they will display stop information.
•Square - Indicates a Pickup
•Circle - Indicates a Delivery
•Star - Indicates Start/End point of the route
•Arrow - indicates the current truck location.