Material Delivery

The transport orders are provided in the Material flow > Material delivery menu (formerly milk run application and forklift application).
Tour planning

The functions of material delivery can be operated via a mobile terminal.

The material delivery shows the drivers of different vehicles navigation, instructions on the necessary processes and important dates and times of the current tour.

The material delivery has the following functions:

Navigation to each station
Display loading and unloading activities at each station
Current display of departure time, delay and maximum allowed delay
Current display of the productivity and utilization of the tour

The Reporting a Problem button can be used to report problems at any time during the tour.
To reload the Material delivery menu, press reset_grey to refresh the display.

If a vehicle is selected, a tour can be started.
Performing a Tour
If no vehicle is selected, use Select a vehicle and set the tour display to continue.

Select a vehicle and set the tour display

The vehicle to be used for a tour must be selected under Material flow > Material delivery. Settings can be made to display the vehicle’s tours.

Prerequisite

Transport management administrator or Transport management logistics planner role

Procedure

Predefined routes are only displayed when On-demand tour is selected in the Settings.

To select a vehicle, use to open the Settings dialog window.

Depending on the vehicle type selected, different settings are displayed.
To change vehicle settings, continue with Vehicles.
In the Vehicle drop-down list, select a vehicle to be used for a tour.
If necessary, change the following settings for the display of the vehicle’s tours:
- Display work instructions as a separate step
  
  or : Determines whether or not additional work instructions are displayed to the driver during the tour.
- Show hall
  
  or : Determines whether or not the hall to be delivered to is displayed to the driver during the tour.
- View storage location
  
  or : Determines whether or not the storage location to be delivered to is displayed to the driver during the tour.
- Display urgency of transport orders
  
  or : Determines whether or not the urgency of transport orders is displayed in the individual work steps.
- Group transport movements
  
  or : Determines whether or not the transport movements of transport orders with the same destination are combined into a single tour.
- Show rejection of trailer coupling
  
  or : Determines whether or not a message is displayed in the event that the driver refuses to couple trailers.
- View planned arrival time
  
  or : Determines whether or not the scheduled arrival time at the destination and at the next station is displayed.
- Display capacity utilization of the tour
  
  or : Determines whether or not the maximum capacity utilization of the tour is displayed during the tour.
- Tour as needed
  
  : A tour can be started even if the vehicle is not assigned a tour.
  
  : A tour can only be started if the vehicle has been assigned a tour.
- Play signal tone when tour is assigned
  
  or : Determines whether or not a signal tone is played as soon as a new tour is assigned to the vehicle.
- Customized problem descriptions
  
  : If a problem needs to be reported, customized problem descriptions can be selected from a drop-down list.
  
  : If a problem needs to be reported, standardized problem descriptions can be selected from a drop-down list.
- Live update of transport movements
  
  or : Determines whether or not changes to third-party systems are updated in real time during the tour.
- Confirmation of individual transport movements
  
  : The execution of each individual order can be confirmed with a button and the job is grayed out.
  
  : The individual orders cannot be confirmed.
- Hide confirmed transport movements
  
  or : Determines whether or not confirmed orders are hidden if the confirmation of individual transport movements is activated.
  
  The confirmation of transport movements can be revoked during the tour.
- Hide preparation/follow-up steps
  
  or : Determines whether or not the Preparation and Follow-up steps are displayed during the tour.
- Hide steps for coupling/decoupling
  
  or : Determines whether or not the Decoupling and Coupling steps are displayed during the tour.
- Threshold for urgent (min)
  
  Specifies the time period after which the delivery is to be considered urgent. If the remaining time before the Due date/time is less than the Threshold value for urgent (min) , an orange circle is displayed next to the unit load during a truck tour.
  e.g. 10 minutes:
  During truck tours, a green circle is displayed next to the unit load if the delivery is on schedule. Once there are 10 minutes or fewer remaining before the deadline, the threshold has been reached and the green circle next to the unit load turns orange.
- Threshold for very urgent (min)
  
  Specifies the time period after which the delivery is to be considered very urgent. If the remaining time before the Due date/time is less than the Threshold value for urgent (min) , an orange circle is displayed next to the unit load during a truck tour.
  e.g. 5 minutes:
  During truck tours, a green circle is displayed next to the unit load if the delivery is on schedule. Once there are 5 minutes or fewer remaining before the due time, the threshold has been reached and the green circle next to the unit load turns orange.
Use Save to accept the settings for the vehicle’s tours.

The current tours for the vehicle are displayed.

Reporting a Problem

Problems that occur during a tour can be reported immediately. Problem descriptions can be selected from a list. Depending on the configuration, default problem descriptions or individual problem descriptions are displayed.

During the tour, tap Report a Problem.
Tap Select problem .

A drop-down list opens.
Select required entry from the drop-down list.
Tap on OK.

The predefined problem description is saved and is reported immediately.