Routing at PrePlan Acceptance

Below is per McLeod.

We only zmit the current assignments fuel stops because the first thing we do is reference the Tractor Position on Zmit. 

The way base works is we are figuring the tractors current location (we anticipate the driver getting the next load when they are unloaded at a consignee) through the next load.  This is so we can get a potential fuel stop in route to the next shipper. 

Hopefully I explained that so it makes sense. 

We could potentially request fuel stops for a subsequent load but its most likely going to be different solutions.  The main variables we won’t have too far ahead of time are:

1. We won’t know what the fuel level of the tractor is for the subsequent load.
2. The Tractor Position would have to be disregarded so it’s not taken into consideration on a subsequent.  
3. We would have to modify the request to trigger off a different Form (as you suggested!) and only use the Shipper to Consignee for that subsequent load.  

Note:

This is just good things to know on how you can manually manipulate solutions by:

1. On the Movement Screen, you may have to hit the black down arrow top right and you are looking for the Fuel Optimization button.
   1. What that does is shows the stops on any movement and you can run a fuel solution manually.
      1. It will ask you to manually enter a fuel level and there is a button at the top called run fuel opt. 
      2. A solution will return BUT! Not zmit to the driver unless you hit the zmit button at the top. 

I bring this up because you can manually run a solution on a subsequent load, but we don’t have a current method to automate that. 

My thought here is you could compare a subsequent assignment’s solution to one that zmits to the truck automatically.  They are going to be different because of the two viables above.

Basically it might look like it has an issue b/c the stops in those two cases are not going to be the same.  There are dynamic values that change real time as the solution is run through the optimization program.