Glossary

Administrator &endash; A role definition that has access to all application functionality. The administrator manages the setup and flow of data within Descartes Route Planner.

Bucket - A service time window interval used to offer reservation slots to customers. Buckets are identified by date/time boundaries.

Dispatcher - A role definition that allows execution functionality in the system. Wireless and Status updates are included in this role’s functionality.

LNOS Drawbridge &endash; Descartes’ core functionality for Publish/Subscribe mechanisms. It allows integration of documents across other LNOS-based Descartes applications as well as external applications.

LNOS &endash; Logistics Network Operating System, acronym used for Descartes' standard development architecture.

Order - A movement request of goods from one geographic location to another. An order in Descartes Route Planner can be either a transportation order or a bill of lading, and supports the information included in either type of document.

Planner - A role definition used for planning purposes. Some data editing capabilities are enabled for this role as well as all optimization commands.

Resource - A data definition of a physical unit that can actually perform the work. It is used in the planning and execution of orders. A resource has characteristics such as capacity, costs, availability and restrictions, etc. For example, a truck or a truck/trailer/driver are both resources.

Rmpi &endash; The Descartes Route Planner optimization engine.

Route - Routes are used to link a specific Schedule with a specific resource. All the Resource settings are copied to the Route record and can be modified within a Route so that different settings can be used to build different Routes from the same resource and different Schedules.

Ü   Note&emdash; Routes are created automatically by Descartes Route Planner, based on the Schedule setting provided with the resource users create. Routes cannot exist without Schedules and resources.

Schedule &endash; A group of entities that represent the different aspects of the Schedule settings, Routes, and their Stops. A Schedule is used to communicate the results of an optimization function for export or execution. A Schedule is also a collection of logistics tables that can be combined to create a logistics plan. These tables include Schedules, Routes, Stops, and buckets. Different Schedules let users group these logistics tables, so that users can combine or split routing problems to suit user’s business model.

Stop &endash; A physical geographic point that represents a portion or entirety of an order. It holds all the planning information of an order.

Template - Users can set up templates that represent commonly used Schedules, Routes, and Stops in a user's organization, so that users can create Schedules, Routes, and Stops quickly and accurately.

Transportation Order - A movement request of goods from one geographic location to another, specifying date and time, pickup and delivery locations, and quantities.

Transport Order Entry- Transport Order Entry System, sometimes referred to as TOE, enables external systems to communicate with FW via http. This application contains http listeners that enable interfaces the execution of multiple functions in one single call or xml.