Routes

The Basics

Here are all the fields included in a route

Status
Vendor Location
Submitted By
Requested Start Time
Number of Stops
Total Stops Cost
Number of Miles
Per Mile Cost
Total Miles Cost
Number of Minutes
Per Minute Cost
Total Minutes Cost
Total
Driver
Stops

A Route is a collection of pick-ups and drop-offs. They provides a way to group a collection of orders together. These can then be assigned to drivers, and billed independently to distros.

Routes in Admin

This is what they look like in the admin panel:

Welcome page

Assigning Drivers

This works exactly like the Orders admin. This button will only appear if the user has paid for the route in advance.

Welcome page

Stops

These are the pickups and dropoffs that make up a route. You won’t need to do much other than entering an address to create one.

To create a stop, you must first create a route or select an existing route.

Welcome page

Creating Stops

Manual Process

You can manually create an order by entering the “address” and “stop number” in the stop form. In the background, we use google maps to get the coordinates for the address.

We also automatically recalculate the metrics for the route (total number of miles and minutes).

Creating Stops from Orders

The more likely scenario is that you’ll have a set of orders you’d like to group into a route.

All you’ve got to do is press the “Add Order Stops” button

Welcome page

Select the order you’ve got in mind

Welcome page

Submit! That’s all. This will create a pickup for each vendor location in the Order’s items, and a drop-off at the customer location.

Stops through a Driver’s eye

To understand Routes and Stops it’s useful to know what drivers need to do on their end. Each time they complete a Stop or submit and image, notifications are sent out and timestamps recorded.

You can learn more at Multi-Stop Routes