Active trips section

The Trips tab.

The active trips section of Multi Mode Dispatch sorts trips into six tabs:

Planning
Doors
Outbound
Inbound
P&D
Trips

You can assign resources directly to trips on these tabs. To assign a resource, you can:

Right-click a trip to open the shortcut menu and then select Assign.
Drag and drop resources from the resources section onto a trip.
Drag and drop resources onto a trip in Trip Operation Planning.

Toolbar options

Each trip tab has its own toolbar. These are the options that are shared across the active trip toolbars:

Toolbar option	Definition
Refresh	Refreshes the data on the tab.
Clear Selection	Clears any selected records.
Select/Unselect this Record	Toggles selection of the record. You can also hold the Ctrl key and left-click to select and unselect records.
Select All	Selects all the records on the grid.
Set Filter	Opens the Filter Trips window. In this window, you can create field-specific or SQL-based custom filters for the active trip grids. You can set a default filter for each of the active trip grids in Security Configuration.
Clear Filter	Clears any custom filters.
Trip Item Details	Opens the Trip Item Details window. In this window you can view, add, and delete, barcode item information for the selected trip.
Search	Searches for specific records on the grid.
Filter	Filters records based on the currently selected grid column. To apply a filter: Select a grid column label. Enter text into the Filter field. Select Enter.
Trip Type	Filters the grid based on the trip type. This is only available on the Planning, Outbound and Inbound tabs. The trip types are: Terminal: Trips that have freight going through a terminal. Direct: Trips that have freight going directly to the customer. Both: Trips that have both types of freight.

Toolbar option

Definition

Refresh

Refreshes the data on the tab.

Clear Selection

Clears any selected records.

Select/Unselect this Record

Toggles selection of the record.

You can also hold the Ctrl key and left-click to select and unselect records.

Select All

Selects all the records on the grid.

Set Filter

Opens the Filter Trips window. In this window, you can create field-specific or SQL-based custom filters for the active trip grids.

You can set a default filter for each of the active trip grids in Security Configuration.

Clear Filter

Clears any custom filters.

Trip Item Details

Opens the Trip Item Details window. In this window you can view, add, and delete, barcode item information for the selected trip.

Search

Searches for specific records on the grid.

Filter

Filters records based on the currently selected grid column. To apply a filter:

Select a grid column label.
Enter text into the Filter field.
Select Enter.

Trip Type

Filters the grid based on the trip type.

This is only available on the Planning, Outbound and Inbound tabs. The trip types are:

Terminal: Trips that have freight going through a terminal.
Direct: Trips that have freight going directly to the customer.
Both: Trips that have both types of freight.

Toolbar shortcut menu options

Right-click a toolbar to access its shortcut menu. These are the shared shortcut menu options for the active trip tab toolbars:

Menu option	Definition
Toggle Design Mode	Activates the Screen Design mode to create and save different layouts. For more information, see Custom Screen Design Mode and Screen Design tab.
Set Filter	Opens the Filter Trips window. In this window, you can create field-specific or SQL-based custom filters for the active trip grids.
Clear Filter	Clears any custom filters.
Exclude Trip	Excludes the selected trip from the grid.
Restore Excluded Trip	Restores an excluded trip.
Show/Hide Excluded Trips	Shows or hides trips you have excluded. If set to Show, excluded trip records appear on the grid with gray text. If set to Hide, excluded trips do not appear on the grid.
Load Quick Filters Layout	Loads your saved Quick Filters layout.
Save Quick Filters Layout	Saves the currently applied Quick Filters as a layout. The saved layout loads when you select Load Quick Filters Layout.

Menu option

Definition

Toggle Design Mode

Activates the Screen Design mode to create and save different layouts.

For more information, see Custom Screen Design Mode and Screen Design tab.

Set Filter

Opens the Filter Trips window. In this window, you can create field-specific or SQL-based custom filters for the active trip grids.

Clear Filter

Clears any custom filters.

Exclude Trip

Excludes the selected trip from the grid.

Restore Excluded Trip

Restores an excluded trip.

Show/Hide Excluded Trips

Shows or hides trips you have excluded.

If set to Show, excluded trip records appear on the grid with gray text.

If set to Hide, excluded trips do not appear on the grid.

Load Quick Filters Layout

Loads your saved Quick Filters layout.

Save Quick Filters Layout

Saves the currently applied Quick Filters as a layout. The saved layout loads when you select Load Quick Filters Layout.

The shortcut menu also shows all your saved Quick Filters for the selected grid:

Special grid features

Some of the active trip grids have columns with special features.

Bill Changes

This column is available on the Planning, Doors, and Outbound trip grids. Double-click in this column to open the Freight Bill Changes for Trip window.

The Freight Bill Changes for Trip window.

This window can be configured to show and audit changes to made to freight bills after they have been assigned to trips. You can then mark that the changes have been reviewed.

FB Late Status

This column is available on the Planning, Doors, and P&D trip grids.

If the status code of any freight bills assigned to a selected trip is Late, this field will be True. If there are no freight bills with the Late status code, this field will be False.

New Pickups

When the Freight > Pickups tab is refreshed, TruckMate will allocate any trips with a matching pickup location.

The New Pickups field for the allocated matching record will be set to True for trips with available locations that match unassigned freight bill pickups. The New Pickups column appears on the Planning, Doors, and Outbound tabs.

The trip number of the allocated trip will be displayed in the Existing Trip field on the Pickups tab. You can then assign the freight bill to the desired trip which has a matching pickup location.

You can assign a pickup with no terminal return leg. When you do this, a window will appear to confirm if this is a direct delivery. For this process to work, the Multi Leg Trips application configuration option (app config) must be set to True.

Grid shortcut menu options

Right-click a grid to access its shortcut menu. Most of these shortcut menu options are available on all the active trips tabs. Options that are only available on some of the tabs are marked with an asterisk.

Menu option

Definition

Toggle Design Mode

Activates the Screen Design mode to create and save different layouts.

New Trip

Creates a new trip.

Although the same New Trip option appears on each tab, the type of trip that is created depends on the tab.

Cancel Trip

Removes the trip from the grid.

You usually cannot cancel active trips. This is because if the trip is active, it is out of the planning phase and the trip has started.

The security setting Dispatch - Allow Cancellation of Active Trip must be enabled to cancel an active trip.

Find Trips Near

Opens the Find Near window to the Trip tab.

Set Origin

Opens the Select the Origin Zone window.

Select a zone ID to change the start zone of the trip.

Set Destination

Opens the Select the Destination Zone window.

Select a zone ID to change the end zone of the trip.

Assign

Assigns a resource or a bill to a trip.

Assign has sub-options for each resource or freight bill type you can assign to the trip.

Select a resource to open a search window for that resource type.

The Assign sub-options.

If you select Pickup Bill, Delivery Bill, or Outbound/Through Bill, a quick match window opens where you can enter freight bill numbers.

The Quick match Pickup Bill window.

Select OK to keep the window open so you can enter multiple bills. Select Cancel to close the window. The freight bills are added to the selected trip in the order they were entered.

Select Match Bill by Trace Number to enter a trace number type and a trace number. You can then match a freight bill based on the trace number.

Deassign

Removes an assigned resource from the trip.

Find Carrier Near

Opens the Find Near window to the Carriers tab.

* Park in Yard

(* Doors, Outbound, Inbound and P&D tabs only) Sets the trip’s status to Park in Yard.

* Park at Door

(* Planning, Inbound, and P&D tabs only) Marks the trip as being parked at the door. This moves the trip out of the planning phase and marks the vehicle as being physically at that door.

ETA

There are four options under ETA:

ETA Details: Opens the ETA Information for Trip window. In this window, you can see the estimated time of arrival (ETA) for every leg of the trip.
Calculate ETAs: Opens the ETA Calculator window. In this window, you can select Calculate ETAs to see a calculation of the ETA for the trip.

You can select Explain Dates to enter any notes about the ETA.

Note that leg ETAs and departure dates are not considered. Only the freight bill’s Pickup By and Deliver By date ranges are considered.

A mileage server must be set up and running to calculate an ETA.
View TruETA: Opens the View TruETA window. TruETA is a cloud-based trip planning tool. It uses real-time data to calculate an ETA for each stop along a truck’s route
TruETA Notifications: Shows TruETA notifications such as early windows and late windows.

Change Status

Opens the Trip Status Change window where you can update a trip’s status.

The Trip Status Change window.

For most statuses, the At Client field populates using the destination client. However, for Docked and Arrive at Dock statuses, the terminal setup based on the To Zone field set for the leg is used instead.

All the selected trips have to be in an Available, Docked, or Late status to make a status change.

Manage Driver’s Fuel/Credit Cards

Shows the fuel cards and credit cards for the driver assigned to the trip.

Credit card details such as credit card type

Manage PUnit’s Fuel/Credit Cards

Shows the fuel cards and credit cards for the power unit assigned to the trip.

Credit card details such as credit card type

Manage Driver’s Fuel/Credit Child Accounts

Shows the driver’s Child card accounts.

Child account details such as vendor ID

Print

Includes two options: Print Manifest and Print Load Card. Select either option to open the Report Selection window.

Print Manifest prints details of the trip’s manifest. Print Load Card prints the trip instructions and driver details.

For more information on report functionality in TruckMate, see Crystal Reports.

Optimize

Opens Load Optimizer.

Mobile Messaging

Contains mobile messaging options such as Load Offer.

Round Trip

Includes options to set a trip as head haul or back haul:

Set as Head Haul:
Marks the trip as the head haul for the round trip.
Set as Back Haul:
Marks the trip as the back haul for the round trip. Requires manual entry of the head haul trip number in the Set Back Haul Round Trip window.

The Set Back Haul Round Trip window.

Set as Back Haul (Searching):
Marks the trip as the back haul of the round trip. The Select Trip Number window opens so you can select the head haul trip number.
Set as Back Haul (Advanced):
Marks the trip as the back haul for the round trip. Opens a search box that lets you search by power unit or driver.

The records appear in reverse date order using the Actual Date of the trip. The number of records displayed is set by the Back Haul Advanced option app config.
Add Return Leg
This option lets you route a trip back to the first non-auto repositioned zone on a trip. You can make a number of picks and drops on a truckload trip and route the trip back to the origin zone.

When you select Add Return Leg, TruckMate scans the existing legs to:
- Find the first non-auto-repositioned zone (the first planned stop on the trip).
- Create a new leg from the very last To Zone on the trip to the determined original From Zone.
  
  If an empty leg is created to move resources from their current location to the start of the trip, the zone is discarded. Once this leg is created, you can dispatch the trip.

If the End Zone of the trip is already the same as the start of the trip, selecting Add Return Leg will do nothing. It will only generate a new leg if the trip End Zone does not equal the original Origin Zone of the trip.

Trip Operation Planning

Opens Trip Operation Planning.

* Fuel Optimization

(* Outbound, Inbound, and Trips tabs) Opens the Fuel Optimization Query window.

Show Productivity

Opens the Productivity Details window. This window shows an activity history for the selected trip in a grid.

Trip Notes Summary

Opens the Trip Notes Summary window. This window shows notes for the trip and freight bill. You can also enter new notes in this window.

The Trip Notes Summary window.

You can also see shipping instructions for each freight bill.

The Shipping Instructions for FB pane.

View Custom Defined Fields

Shows trip information entered into any custom defined fields.

Intermodal

Has options to create and adjust trips.

Swap Delivery Legs

Allows you to view trip legs and reorder them. This is only available for merged trips.

Trip Reefer Monitor Settings

Opens the Trip Reefer Monitoring window.

The Trip Reefer Monitoring window.

In this window, you can set target temperatures and allowed tolerance for an assigned trailer or reefer.

Override Deliver By

Changes the appointment times for the freight bills on a trip.

Select the calendar to set a delivery date and time. Select the Override Delivery Appointment checkbox to make the Delivery Appointment Required and Delivery Appointment Made checkboxes available.

Planning tab

On the Planning tab you can plan a trip and pre-assign equipment and freight. Since you can only have one vehicle at a door at a time, pre-planning lets you plan many trips for the same door without causing a conflict.

When creating trips on the Planning tab, you may be prompted to enter a Destination Zone or a Door Number. For more information on these prompts, see Specify Destination for New OB Trips.

The most important shortcut menu option on the Planning tab is New Trip. You can use this option to quickly create a trip within the tab.

New Trip has three options: Terminal, Direct, and Local P&D.

If you select Terminal, you are prompted to select a destination for the trip.
If you select Direct, you are prompted to select an origin for the trip. The trip is created with PENDING as the destination.
If you select Local P&D, you are prompted to enter a door for the trip. The trip you create follows the same process as a "standard" P&D trip. It is assigned the default route ID assigned to the terminal.

After you select a destination, the LTL Terminal Door Information window opens. This window has a list of doors and the status of any active and planned trips set for each door. This lets you track the activity at each door.

The LTL Terminal Door Information window.

Doors tab

The Doors tab shows a terminal’s doors and any associated trip information.

While the Planning tab is used for trips that have not yet arrived or do not yet exist, the Doors tab shows the trips that are physically docked at the doors.

Doors tab shortcut menu

The Doors tab has some unique shortcut menu options. Many of these options are related to Dock Activity:

Menu option	Definition
New Trip	This option lets you plan a new trip. When you select it, you are prompted to enter a door number for the trip. If you select this option while on the Doors tab, you can choose between Outbound or To Be Unloaded. Select Outbound if the trip is leaving the terminal. Select To Be Unloaded to create the trip directly at the door so it can be unloaded.
Move Back to Planning	Moves the trip back to the Planning tab and removes it from the Doors tab.
Dock Activity	Includes dock activity options to update the status of a shipment while it remains on the dock.
Loaded To Go	Sets the trip’s status to the Loaded to Go status code for the current working terminal.
Leave Empty	Select this option to set the trip’s status to Leave Empty. This means the freight can leave the terminal without being in a Start Loading or Finish Loading status.
Park In Yard	Sets the trip as being parked in the yard.

Menu option

Definition

New Trip

This option lets you plan a new trip. When you select it, you are prompted to enter a door number for the trip.

If you select this option while on the Doors tab, you can choose between Outbound or To Be Unloaded. Select Outbound if the trip is leaving the terminal. Select To Be Unloaded to create the trip directly at the door so it can be unloaded.

Move Back to Planning

Moves the trip back to the Planning tab and removes it from the Doors tab.

Dock Activity

Includes dock activity options to update the status of a shipment while it remains on the dock.

Loaded To Go

Sets the trip’s status to the Loaded to Go status code for the current working terminal.

Leave Empty

Select this option to set the trip’s status to Leave Empty. This means the freight can leave the terminal without being in a Start Loading or Finish Loading status.

Park In Yard

Sets the trip as being parked in the yard.

Outbound tab

The Outbound tab shows all trips that have departed from doors. Trips in this grid are leaving the terminal on the way to their destination.

Inbound tab

The Inbound tab shows all the trips that are scheduled to come to the terminal but have not yet arrived.

P&D tab

P&D (pickup and delivery) trips can have a regular route assigned to them. For example, a trip might have a route that drivers take every day.

You can create a pickup and delivery trip by dragging a route from the Routes tab onto the P&D tab.

Trips tab

The Trips tab shows all trips in the TruckMate system, including trips that are not related to your current terminal. This can be useful if you want to find a trip, but you are not sure where it is.