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DiPS
Bridge House
BEWDLEY
Worcestershire
England
DY12 1AB
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Mini DiPS
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This product presents a new
opportunity for smaller companies to realise the benefits of
using a comprehensive vehicle scheduling tool to optimise
delivery schedules.
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It incorporates the full DiPS
program but for a limited size of operation. The basic package
functions for a single operating location and an agreed maximum
resource level. The usual limit is in the region of 250
deliveries but the system is easily upgradeable by modem to cope
with larger modelling should the situation arise.
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Rather than the traditional
single purchase price, the package is rented with yearly
payments from the commencement of operation. Rental charges lie
well within the scope of any company operating a small vehicle
fleet of any type.
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The program is able to make multiple passes through the data to
solve all the constraints that have been placed on the solution. For
example, if different priority orders exist, it is possible to
schedule higher priority orders first in order to maximise vehicle
capacities in the early passes followed by lower priority "fillers"
in later passes.
Once the automated DAYPLAN run is
complete these routes are saved on the central database. It has been
found in practice that about 85% of these routes are directly
acceptable, leaving much more time per route for a load planner to
concentrate on the more difficult areas of the day's plan.
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multi-day or multi-trip routes are also planned automatically
without user interaction. Where all or some of the routes need to
use a pre-defined pattern, DiPS may be set-up with intelligent fixed
routing management offering a variety of options, from traditional
fixed routes maintained in the database, to continually updated
schedules based on last weeks routes, and even zonal scheduling
based upon customer postcode. This program will also build carrier
lists according to user defined constraints of order size and location.
Subsequent vehicle routes may choose to take orders off these existing
carrier lists if it is economical to do so.
For more information on
Costing click on this link.
All the required checks are made
on time and load constraints using the road network travel times and
warning messages advise the user of anything illegal. Visual
displays for Orders not assigned to Trips by varying priority ensure
that nothing is missed from the plan. Re-optimisation of an amended
route is provided as a pop-up option.
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For more information or to arrange a demonstration
of DiPS software please phone 01299 400528 or email sales@dips.co.uk.
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