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As a rule, a working day of a driver starts and ends at the depot. But sometimes there is no need for drivers to start their working day at the depot. For example, if a company is using sub-contractors and spot-hire vehicles, the working day can start at a driver's home address and end at the last order’s location or at some other location.
To cover this kind of workflow, use the Start and End points of day section in the Distribution centre form, where you can select locations, where drivers should start and finish their working day.
Note Once set in the Distribution Centre form, the Start and End points of day will be used by default for the newly created drivers of this DC. If you have drivers already created or if you have changed the DC start and end points, then you will have to set up the start and end points for each driver in the corresponding Driver form (see Start and End of day location).
How to Set up Start and End Points of Day in the Distribution Centre Form
Go to the Distribution centres screen of the Settings tab and select the distribution centre. Find the Start and End points of day section at the bottom of the DC form.
You can see that in both Start and End of day locations the “Distribution Centre” option is used by default. Click the dropdowns to see other options.
Setting the Start of Day Location
By clicking the Start of day location dropdown, the following two options are displayed:
- Distribution centre – driver starts the working day at the DC;
- Specify address –driver starts the working day at some different address.
If the Specify address option is selected, the system will prompt you to type in the address or pick it on the map.
Besides, when selecting the Specify address option, a new field appears, called Visit distribution centre. Click the dropdown to view the two options available here:
- Only with deliveries - drivers need to go to the DC before deliveries to load the goods;
- Never – not to visit the DC at all.
Setting Up the End of Day Location
Next, you need to specify the end of day location. By clicking the End of day location dropdown, the following options are displayed:
- Distirbution centre – driver starts the working day at the DC;
- Specify address –driver starts the working day at some different address. If selected, you set the address up as shown above.
- Last order – driver finishes his work day upon reaching the last order location without coming back to the DC.
Start and End Points of Day on the Planning screen
For details on how the Start and End points of day settings work and how the routes are displayed on the Plannings screen, see Start of day and End of day location.