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.
How to edit settings
Modify the default settings of your project. This will mean that your plans will be created with this default configuration. Access from Project Settings > Optimizer.
Modify settings in a plan. You can also change the settings for a specific plan. Inside the plan, click on the gear to the right of the Optimize routes button.
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