The optimizer settings allow you to adjust parameters to generate schedules as close as possible to your actual operations. These settings are:
Optimizer options
Optimizer priority: Choose whether you want the optimiser to prioritise minimising distance travelled or time en route.
Grouping stpos: Allows you to get routes with more grouped stops.
Idle time: Maximum waiting period for your vehicles at a stop.
Automatic stop balancing: For the stops in a plan to be distributed among all the vehicles you have added.
Balance route times: Enable this item to find routes with similar times for the drivers assigned to your plan.
Balance route distances: Enable this itme to find routes with similar distances for the drivers assigned to your plan.
Traffic options
Departure time: Allows to take into account the traffic at a given time. If you choose a future date, the optimizer will take into account a history. The result may change if you optimize again.
Vehicle type: Choose the vehicle that you use in your operation.
Things to avoid: You can choose to have your vehicles avoid highways, freeways, tunnels, and more.
