ANT-Logistics - Blog about optimal logistics

Many companies are faced with a situation where vehicles start their route from a garage, after which they need to drive to a certain gas station, load at a warehouse, possibly reload at intermediate warehouses (suppliers' warehouses), make deliveries, return to the warehouse, to the garage. Is it common for you? Then set up a route template for each vehicle, specifying in it a sequence of visiting points for each day.   Task 1. The vehicle needs to leave the garage, refuel at a certain gas station, load at the main warehouse, reload at the suppliers' warehouses, deliver the goods to points, deliver documents to the main warehouse and return to the garage.   1. Enter service points in the directory. Directories - Service points - add ( + ) - select Type (gas station or garage) - specify the Name - enter the Address - OK : Add a gas station in the same way. In my case Gas atation 1. To the main warehouse LVCenter , I added an intermediate one: LVC1 . (there may be several

 About a year ago, new icons appeared in the Routes Document , which inform the user about the presence of violations in the generated route. Three types of icons are displayed depending on the severity of violations: - minor violations; - more serious violations; - big violations. If there aren't any icons, there are no violations in the route. The degree of importance of violations is determined by the service automatically based on the values set by the user in the Logistics tab and partially in the Logistics+ tab (Service > Settings): The values in these tabs affect the calculation of penalties for route evaluation, depending on which the service displays the necessary violation icon in the generated route. When you hover the mouse over the violation icon, a clue appears on the screen with violations detected in the route. If you are interested in the described functionality, we are ready to demonstrate its operation, perform the necessary settings and provide access to th

ANT-Logistics allows you to calculate routes in several versions. Service users can build route options taking into account various parameters, and then determine the optimal route among them. The developers have added a new option to take into account calculation versions in Analytics for the convenience of comparing the indicators of routes built in different versions. Next, we offer instructions on how to compare route indicators of different versions of the calculation. 1. We create a new report page. W e specify the number of visual elements. In this case, we will compare the indicators of several versions in one visual element. 2. Click the setting button of visual element 1 and in the Settings window, in the tab Description and type , select the D ata showcase - Report: Routes 2 . 3. In the tab Fields , select the fields required for the report, including the field Calculation Version . Click OK to save changes. 4. In the report filter, set the end and start da

 Among the users of ANT-Logistics, multi-day routes are planned by companies with various types of activity. This can be the delivery of auto parts, the delivery of food, medicines, etc. Delivery points are located in other cities and even regions, so a full route takes several days. To calculate such routes, it is necessary to take into account the capacity of the vehicle, the amount of goods delivered to the points and the time of its unloading,and also the average speed . As a result, routes will be obtained indicating the date and time of arrival of the car at a particular point. If the car arrives to closed point, it will wait for its opening in the morning, unloads and follows the route further. Entering information into vehicle directories, it is necessary to indicate the restriction of their carrying capacity (volume, capacity), indicate the work schedule 00:00-23:59, the type of vehicle (do not forget that for the "truck" type, part of the roads will be closed in cit

 In one of updates of the mobile application, the ability to search for products in the Order by barcode and QR code has been added. This is a useful feature for sales agents. It helps you quickly find a product in the general list, for example, returning it from a sales point. Enter the values of barcodes or QR codes in any convenient field for products. This can be done using the API or manually - to do this, go to the  Directory- Products   1 and double-click on the line with the product to open the Editing Record box, in the User field 2 tab, enter data in any field convenient for us. In our example, we enter data in User field 1 3 . Then go to the Directory -Table Settings 1 . Select Documents / Mobile Agent (Products) 2 . In the sub-box, select User field 1 3 . In the window that opens, in the General tab, we can rename this field - enter a new name Barcode (optional action). On the Mobile App 4 in the Show (mobile) choose Yes 5 . Go to the mobile application in Orders 1

How to efficiently load cars and not forget a single product in the warehouse? For this purpose, ANT - Logistics uses the Loading Sheet . The Loading Sheet is a list of cargo that must be picked up at the warehouse. This document is generated in the mobile application of each driver. ANT-Logistics users have been using two types of Loading Sheets for a long time: by goods (suitable when loading is carried out by individual items of goods, without linking to route points) and by points (when warehouse workers ship orders that are collected separately for each points). Recently, the developers added a new type of Loading Sheet - by points and goods . It contains information about route points and an expanded list of goods for each point. Such a loading sheet will be useful in the case when it is necessary to deliver not one unit of cargo to the point, but several collected parcels or boxes that have a unique code. To do this, on the service, go to Service-Settings-Mobile agent