Optimizing Routes

Users can choose from the following levels of optimization to perform on Routes:

·        optimizing the schedule re-evaluates all existing Routes

·        optimizing selected Routes re-evaluates only the selected Routes

·        resequencing a Route re-evaluates a single selected Route

1    If the Routes quadrant is not already open, navigate back to the main quadrant page by selecting Home.

2   From the list of Routes in the Routes quadrant, select one or more Routes to optimize by clicking on them once. To select multiple Routes, use the CTRL or SHIFT + Click function that is standard in Windows applications.

3   If one or more Routes were selected to optimize, right-click on the Route and from the right-click menu, select Optimize Selected Routes.

To optimize all Routes without having to select them individually, select Optimize All.

A dialog box appears, asking for optimization confirmation.

4    Select OK to optimize the desired Routes.

Descartes Route Planner then optimizes all of the Unassigned Stops and existing Routes, according to the optimization parameters set up by the administrator. When an optimization for a route is performed, the system displays the selected time window and planned measures as part of a pickup or delivery in the Selected Window and Selected Window Measure fields.

Users can review the optimized Routes and make any necessary changes.

After optimization, users can press CTRL-G to display the Optimization Before and After Results to evaluate the route, time and distance totals before and after the optimize. For more information, see the Viewing Before and After Results section.