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Overview

Using Dispatch Scheduling you can see who or what is required to deliver the products. This could be as simple as creating a pickup list for a courier to scheduling people to carry out tasks required to install or carry out tasks to deliver the products and services ordered.

 

Dispatch Scheduling

Dispatch Scheduling is used for several functions.

  1. Confirming with customer their install.
  2. Planning installer capacity requirements.
  3. Installers pay in and job completion including reworks
  4. Partial/Progressive job update.
  5. Dispatch planning.

Filter Your Search

  • Search by customer or Order Number
  • Enter Date Range to be processed.
  • Select by Installation Date or Pickup/Dispatch date if Installers don’t pickup every day.
  • Aged Balances is used where Installers collect order balance.
  • Select Installer: How much work does George have on?
  • Select Installation Status: Are all installs tomorrow Final Confirmed?
  • Select Installation Types: See what Check Measures need to be done.
  • Select Branch: Only want installs in one area.
  • Select Production Status: What is not made for tomorrow’s installations?

 

View by

Detailed:The top grid shows the installs for the options selected

Summary:This shows each installer and in units and minutes the quantity of work for each of the Install Status.

Order Summary:This shows by order when the install is due.

 

Pay In

Selecting Option will allow you to use Pay in – for completing/invoicing order, receipting Money, Reworking or Re Book (To Rebook an install that has been cancelled)
NB: check measures cannot be payed in, these are completed from the quote summary screen 

Complete the installation under "Installation status" this will set all items to completed, you can then change the dispatch status of each item 
Fit Fee will calculate the installation costs for each item (From pricing coefficients)
Fit Fee Adjustment will adjust the fit fee as per what is entered and the adjusted cost will show on the sales analysis report
Extra costs is used if there is an extra cost to be paid to the installer that was not originally included in the fit fee/Installation cost 

Documents

Email sent from Dispatch shouldn't be sent to customers as the email templates wont fill in the place holder information.

This has been setup to email installers job sheets, worksheets and other necessary documents.

 

Dispatch Calendar

Install Dispatch calendar allows installers to view thier run while on the road.

The sequence of these depends on the time to install and the preferred time entered

You can edit you install details from this screen by clicking on the link "Edit appointment" which takes you to the dispatch screen for this order.

NB: The colours on the appointments will appear as the colours setup for your dispatch statuses.

 

Runs Tab

If a Run is locked then a Run Number is allocated to it and here is a list of the Runs for the date range.

Run Lookup

This shows either a particular Run Number which was selected on the previous tab or installs for the Options criteria. This tab would usually be used to pay in a single Installer. The top grid is each of the installations and the bottom grid the product to be installed.

Menu Parameters

A = Show Details Tab First

R = Shows the Run Lookup based on the Options choosen else Run Lookup is done by run number.

D = Default to by Pickup / Dispatch Date.

N = Don't Use Dates

 

Flow Chart

Examples

 

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