What is Dispatch Planner List View?
Dispatch Planner List View is a comprehensive update designed to revolutionize the way dispatchers and load planners manage, optimize, and dispatch their loads. This update enhances the core functionalities with an improved user interface, greater operational efficiency, scalability, and robust integration capabilities to meet the needs of enterprise-level dispatching.
Why is Dispatch Planner List View Important?
Dispatch Planner List View introduces critical updates that enable:
Scalability: Handle large volumes of assets, trips, and operational tasks.
Improved Dispatch Efficiency: Reduce manual errors and increase accuracy in trip assignments.
Enhanced User Experience: Boost user satisfaction with a redesigned interface and better workflows.
Operational Growth: Empower larger fleets to scale operations seamlessly.
How to Use Dispatch Planner List View
Build and View Plans
Create and monitor dispatch plans using multiple table views with advanced filtering and sorting capabilities. These tools provide dispatchers with the flexibility to focus on specific aspects of their operations, making it easier to manage large fleets.
Assign and Dispatch Assets
Efficiently assign and dispatch assets using real-time data. The new system enhances the accuracy of matching trips with available assets, ensuring smoother operations and minimizing downtime.
Optimize Dispatch Plans
Leverage enhanced filtering and sorting tools to optimize plans based on:
Driver availability and Qualifications
Asset usage
Load requirements
This optimization feature helps maximize resource utilization and streamline operations.
Truck Posting to DAT
Alvys now enables dispatchers to seamlessly post available trucks, trailers, and drivers directly to DAT from Dispatch Planner v2. This eliminates the need to switch between systems, improving efficiency and visibility.
With this feature, dispatchers can:
Post trucks to DAT with pre-filled details.
See which trucks are actively posted in the Dispatch Planner Drivers table with a new "Posted" column.
Filter and manage posted trucks directly from Alvys.
Unpost trucks when they are no longer available.
Automatically unpost a truck when assigning a trip to a posted driver.
How to Use Truck Posting to DAT
Posting a Truck to DAT from Dispatch Planner
Navigate to Dispatch Planner List View and select the Drivers table.
Find an available driver/truck combo.
Click Post next to the driver/truck.
Confirm posting details (schedule, equipment type, location, etc.).
Click Post—the truck is now listed on DAT!
Unposting a Truck from DAT
Open the Drivers table in Dispatch Planner.
Locate a posted truck (or use the "Posted" filter).
Click Unpost and confirm.
The truck is removed from DAT.
Automatically Unposting on Trip Assignment
If a dispatcher assigns a trip to a posted truck, they will see a confirmation modal to warn that the asset is currently posted to DAT.
Filtering & Managing Posted Trucks
Use the new "Posted" column to track which trucks are listed on DAT.
Apply the "Posted" filter to quickly find active postings.
Please see the recording of our webinar demonstrating this exciting feature: