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Field Name

Description

Service Time Per Pickup

The number of minutes a driver is at a stop.

Pickup Grace Period

The number of minutes a driver can be late. This does NOT include grace time to be early.

Service Time Per Delivery

The number of minutes a driver is at a stop.

Ignore Exact Address Matches

When checked, pickups/deliveries with the exact same address will show the same ETA since the driver would be arriving to all of them at the same time.

When unchecked, ETAs for pickups/deliveries with the exact same address will vary as expected.

Delivery Grace Period

The number of minutes a driver can be late. This does NOT include grace time to be early.

Automatic Reoptimization For Drivers (Assigned Orders)

Click he Edit button to select individual drivers to be automatically reoptimized every minute after a significant change.

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Tip

Quick Tips

  • Ensure Nextstop Stops Workflow Settings have "Group Stops By Tracking ID" disabled.  See Stops Workflow.

  • Confirm Nextstop Stops Workflow Settings have the "Sort By" configuration set to "Itinerary". See Stops Workflow.

How to Manually Optimize a Route

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  1. Go to X Route > Dispatch.

  2. Right-click on the route you want to optimize.

  3. Select "Optimize Route".

  4. Click the Optimize button.

  5. Once the optimized route is shown click the Apply or Ok.

Tip

Quick Tips

An error message with be displayed if no solution can be found.

Status colors:

  • Green: ETA is within the time window without the grace time.

  • Yellow: ETA is outside the time window but within the grace time.

  • Red: ETA is outside the time window and grace time.

  • Magenta: No ETA could be calculated. 

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