Scheduling Maintenance
The Schedule Maintenance screen defines several items:
- Schedule Rules
- Scheduling Engine Processes.
- Top-up
- Delivery Schedule.
Schedule Rules Tab
You can maintain the schedule rules here.
Schedule rules determine collection and delivery windows for orders based on the service level, customer, cost centre and zones of the source and destination location of the order.
You can enter:
- Cost Centre
- Customer
- Rule - the service level to which this rule applies.
- Cut Off
- Offset
- Early
- Late
- From Zone
- To Zone
- Coll Offset
- Del Offset
- Mode
- Exc
You can also import schedule rules through Imports:
Scheduling Engine Tab
You can configure which scheduling engines are running from this screen, and start or stop the scheduling engine process with the provided buttons. When starting, you can specify a number of minutes. Usually 3 to 5 minutes is often enough for this automatic scheduling process.
You can choose the following for each process:
- Included - whether this process is included in the run.
- Run Order - what order to run the included processes, smallest number first.
- Incl on Cust Drop
- Unplanned Order Email - an email address to send an email to if an order lands and is not planned by the scheduling engine.
The available processes are:
- Dedicated Haulage Schedule
- Top Up Process
- Network Schedule
- NHSBT Schedule
- Dedicated Haulage Schedule
- Home Delivery Network Schedule
- Mandated Carrier
- Parcel Carriers
- Wholesale Schedule
- 3PL Carriers
- Baxter Trunks
- Van Fleet
Audit Tab
You can see auditing generated from the automatic scheduling engine process on this tab.
Top Up Tab
Warning: This is an incomplete guide.
Delivery Schedule Tab
Warning: This is an incomplete guide.
Further Configuration
The following system parameters affect this functionality:
| Parameter | Description | Level |
|---|---|---|
| AUTO_SCHED_INACTIVE_DEPOTS | List the inactive depots to exclude from the fixed drop scheduling engine. | SYSTEM |
| ENGINE_RUNNING | Indicates whether the Scheduling Engine is running | SYSTEM |
| OMS_RESET_AUTO_PROC | Will the auto-processed flags of the order for the scheduling engine be reset when the early delivery date and time is changed? (Y/N) | COST_CENTRE |
| SCHED_ENG_PART_PLAN | Will the network scheduling engine allow orders to be partially planned?(Y/N) | COST_CENTRE |
| SCHED_EXC_SI | Exclude order with special instructions from engine | COST_CENTRE |
| TRM_EXCL_TIME_VALIDATION | Indicates if the available time of an order is not compared to the cut-off time for TRUNK or LINEHAUL routes in the network scheduling engine (Y/N). | SYSTEM |
| TRM_LOC_RADIAL_ROUTES | Indicates if a radial route that is stored for the location will be used in the scheduling engine instead of the location zones (Y/N). | SYSTEM |
| TRM_OFFSET_PUBLIC_HOLIDAY | Indicates if the order time windows and the scheduling engine will be offset for the public holiday at the country, depot or route level (Y/N). | SYSTEM |
| AUTO_SCHEDULING | Auto Scheduling of orders | COST_CENTRE |
| ORD_OMIT_PACK_SCHEDULING | Omit the scheduling of the order and only print the label when pack confirming. | COST_CENTRE |
| ORD_ON_SCHED_DEL_LOC | Du category to be assessed for exclusion from parcel scheduling | CUSTOMER |
| TRM_EXCL_REG_AUTO | Planning Regions to be excluded from Auto Scheduling | COST_CENTRE |
