Introducing the option for users to have a SPLIT PLANNING PAGE in Qargo. This option offers the flexibility for PREPLANNING resources. To facilitate this, it is now also possible to add DUMMY RESOURCES which can then be used to pre-plan trips on one of the 2 planning boards.
It is possible to choose between having 1 or 2 timeline or table views for planning at the top of the page. Additional filters include:
All resources
Only Dummies
Hide Dummies
Multiple Planboard view
From the PLANNING screen, select the Planning drop down and there will be the option to show a Single or Double planboard.
Create Dummy Resources
Navigate to RESOURCES. Select Vehicle or Driver and Click ADD. The option to set as a dummy resources is only available for vehicle and driver.
CAUTION!! It is not possible to revert a DUMMY Resource. Existing resources NOT assigned in a combination can be set as a DUMMY resource, but this CANNOT be reverted.
Create Dummy Vehicle
Select Vehicle type.
Set Dummy Resource toggle on
Complete 'General Info', including a Name (mandatory) and note (optional).
Complete 'Vehicle capacity'. This is used for optimisation.
Create Dummy Driver
Set Dummy Resource toggle on. Once enabled, the number of fields displayed is reduced.
Enter the General Information, including Display Name (mandatory) and any notes (optional).
Set up resource groups (Optional)
Planboard views
Filtering on dummy resources is available by Planboard and each filter option is independent. This allows each board to filter and show different resources. New filtering options include:
All resources
Only Dummies
Hide Dummies
Planning to Dummy resources
In the case where there are orders that will be planned onto the same trip, but do not know yet which resource (driver, trailer, etc) will be assigned, these can be preplanned to a dummy resource. It is the same process to plan to dummy resources as used for other resources. Drag and drop orders to the dummy resource to create a trip.
Plan to a dummy driver
Plan to a dummy trailer
Reassigning Trips to a Resource
Trips assigned to dummy resources can easily be reassigned to the actual resource that will complete the trip. Simply drag and drop the trip to the resource on the 2nd planning board. The trip details will transfer to the new resource.
Dummy resources can be treated in much the same way as live resources, including assigning costs, etc if required. All vehicle resources can be created as a dummy resource, allowing for a quicker and more efficient planning process.