In this article you will learn about the possibilities for allocating more than one truck to a shipment in Visibility Hub. Also the connection with Transporeon will be covered here.
In the daily business of a transport planner, switching a truck happens quite regularly. It can be a planned situation to optimize transport operations but it can also happen more spontaneously, if e.g. a truck needs to be repaired and another one takes over a shipment.
How to do a tractor switch in Visibility Hub
There are two main possibilities for performing a tractor switch directly in the Visibility Hub UI.
Real time allocation
Pre-planned allocation
Real time allocation
With real time allocation, one truck is simply unallocated from a shipment and another truck is allocated while the shipment is ongoing. This only works if you are logged in as a carrier user.
Click on “Change allocation” in your detail transport view
You can modify the allocation, remove one vehicle, or even remove all allocations.
Click on ‘Confirm Allocation’ below in order to confirm your changes.
Stop based allocation
If you know from the start of the shipment that a tractor switch will happen, you can pre-plan the switch with our stop based allocation feature.
After clicking on the “Allocate” button in your detailed transport view, select “Add another vehicle”.
Add the license plate of the truck that will take over the shipment
Don’t forget to add the stop after which the switch will happen and confirm the allocation.
What are other possibilities for a tractor switch?
If you don’t allocate in the Visibility Hub UI (e.g. because your company is using an interface) it is still possible to perform a tractor switch.
Tractor switches are supported functionally in our API. The principle behind it is the same as if the allocation happens in the UI (pre-planned allocation & real time allocation). If you need further information on this, please contact support.transporeon.com
If you are allocating via Transporeon, real time allocation is still possible. This means that you can simply change the allocated license plate in Transporeon. This information will be forwarded to Visibility Hub so that the tracking of the transport is continued with the correct vehicle.
Should you encounter any issues or need further assistance, please reach out to support.transporeon.com