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Vehicle Scheduling: Plan LogiX Flexible Vehicle Routing with Plan LogiX Plan LogiX has been developed by logistics experts with extensive knowledge of, and many years experience in, the transport and distribution field. Rather than produce a system which completely takes over the decision-making role, the Plan LogiX developers have devised a system which remains fully interactive, allowing the user to draw upon his own experience to make suggestions to the system, thereby enhancing and fine-tuning the decision-making process.

This unique flexibility and the system's ease-of-use make it an invaluable tool for planning day-to-day multi-drop routes, putting out detailed quotations, assessing alternative operations and conducting a multitude of other tasks that the transport professional has to perform. In situations where 'semi-fixed' routes are used, Plan LogiX is more effective than a vehicle scheduling package because it has zoning and optimisation options to reflect the reality and cost of your situation. Seamless integration with Route LogiX gives detailed itineraries and allows vehicle routing down to individual house level.

As a tactical and strategic tool, Plan LogiX provides effective vehicle scheduling management, allowing reduction of transport costs whilst maintaining client service. The tremendous flexibility of the system makes it ideal for planning day-to-day multi-drop or trunking routes, producing detailed quotations or assessing alternative logistics strategy.

Plan LogiX is used in many areas of transport and distribution including: grocery distribution, chilled and frozen foods, contract services, parcels/air freight, containers, trunking, electrical goods and also by sales representatives and tradesmen making service calls. Plan LogiX is a powerful and versatile vehicle scheduling and routing system that provides operators with both strategic and tactical features to deal with the wide range of situations they are likely to encounter.

The optimisation system in Plan LogiX is called Auto LogiX and is optional. The Data Server system is also optional and allows user reports, import and export. All data in Plan LogiX is always stored in an open format. 'Export' and 'Import' can be done with access to the format available at the download area. A full implementation of LogiX gives the user the best vehicle routing and scheduling system available:

A sample of vehicle scheduling and routing capabilities:

• Fully interactive and automatic planning
• Single and full multi-depot planning
• See routes, zones, product types, priorities etc.
• Customise icons in map with standard Windows tools
• Pick-up and forward delivery scenarios (tramping)
• Multi-compartment planning
• Fast and extremely flexible download of order and call point data
• Automatic map validation with error correction facility
• Geocoding (mouse-click) on the vector or raster map
• Multiple-day vehicle routing
• Instant KPI (Key Performance Indicators) and financial figures
• Management information for comparing (what-if) scenarios
• Easy insertion of last minute orders and time windows
• Route editing on screen – mouse-click changes
• Vehicle capacities and order measured in user-specified units
• Open (internal) database structure for full data transparency
• Rollover of unfilled orders with optional priority changes
• Download and evaluate existing routes
• Rush hour driving time adjustments
• Multiple drops and customers per stop
• Interfaces with onboard computers and tracking equipment
• Multiple order and customer priorities

Stored information: Example of Order/customer information

• Store customer name, telephone number and full address information in order
• Free text for additional information or driver instructions
• Booking day and booking time to gives opportunity to plan JIT (Just In Time)
• Time windows to cover all possible opening time windows
• Preferred vehicle or vehicle bans to get the right vehicle at the right location
• Zone to build semi-fixed milk rounds
• Sequence within a group and preferred position in trip as well as groupnumber, priority, shelf-life etc. to give the user optimal control of the provide solution.
• Interrupt control of urgent orders

Stored information: Example of Parameters

• Selection of international distance units
• Day and night speed to adjust vehicle speeds to realistic values
• Selectable depot loading in work time
• Unlimited product types including handling rates as size, load/unload time, and revenues
• Driver regulations
• Fixed, minimum and maximum call time
• Revenues (per order, call, trip, distance, time etc.)
• Depot (names, time windows, throughput)
• Full control of optimisation method in advanced parameters (can be password-protected)