How to divide requests between vehicles equally?

Posted on 14.11.202414.11.2024 by admin

It’s no secret that vehicles can suddenly break down, a driver can get sick, or more vehicles than usual can be needed. Accordingly, for reinsurance, it is better to have a small reserve of vehicles. What if there are more vehicles than necessary for a daily delivery, but the work, at the same time, needs to be divided among all drivers?

The most obvious solution — to divide the points equally between the couriers — does not actually distribute the load evenly: there are different distances between the points, and the time spent at the points waiting for unloading can vary greatly. As a result, one driver can finish all the work by lunchtime, while the other is busy until the evening. In such cases, we suggest aligning the work of couriers in time.

ANT-Logistics will take into account the number of points, speed limits, distance differences and unloading times — as a result, you will get efficient routes that will be as similar as possible in time.

There are 2 options for calculating with time alignment.

First one, you need to distribute the load equally among the vehicles, but at the same time, the number of vehicles involved must be reasonable. In this case, having selected vehicles, check the box — Align routes in time, indicating Yes :

After completing the calculation, we see: firstly, out of all the selected vehicles, the service used only 3, and secondly, all routes are approximately the same in duration:

The second option assumes a balance in time for all selected vehicles. Do everything as in the previous example, but specify Yes in the additional parameters — in the Use all autos vehicles field:

After performing the calculation, you can make sure that all selected vehicles are involved in the delivery, while their work time is as balanced as possible:

If you are interested in the described functionality, we are ready to demonstrate its operation, perform the necessary settings and provide access to the service. To do this, leave a request on the ANT-Logistics website.

Service points by day of the week

Posted on 14.11.202414.11.2024 by admin

Several of our clients contacted us with the task of taking into account the working days of the sale points. For example, an point accepts goods only on Mondays, and if such an point accidentally appears in order on any other day, route calculation must be blocked. Thus, the driver will not waste time and fuel.

In order to display the work schedule of points by day, go to the Table settings 1, select the Directories — Sales points 2, in the sub-box Schedule 3 — Editing record 4 — Show 5.

There are 2 ways to set the point’s work schedule:

1. Select a point, click twice to open Editing record 1 tab, Schedule field 2, select the necessary days of the week 3.

2. Excel file. Add the Schedule column, indicate in front of each point the working days of the week separated by commas, where: 1 — Monday, 2 — Tuesday, etc. Save and upload the file to ANT-Logistics.

Go to Service — Configuration — Documentation — Rule for controlling the schedule of SalePoints visit — select Block routes calculation.

Now, if a request accidentally gets a point that is not serviced on the specified day, route calculation will be blocked with a blocking warning displayed on the screen.

How to correctly assign roles to employees?

Posted on 31.10.202431.10.2024 by admin

If more than one person is responsible for logistics in your company, for example, there is a manager and a logistician or several logisticians, it may be useful for you to distribute administrative access rights to the service. You will also need this setting if you plan to provide drivers with mobile devices on which our mobile application is installed. Each driver will only see his own route.

Working together, there is a risk of accidental editing or deletion of reference information, for example, by a new employee who is just learning the service. Rigid Administration does not allow for such risks. Administrator rights are automatically obtained by a user who has registered on the ANT-Logistics service. Only the Administrator can enter, delete, edit information in the Directories by default. He, if necessary, can easily connect new delivery points, change the access level for a particular employee.

Collaboration involves the use of both static and dynamically configured access levels (roles). Static roles — have a number of specific fixed access rights to the service. These roles include:

Administrator — has access to all the functionality of the service: entering / editing data in directories, route planning, control, analytical module;
Controller — can see all documents, reports, directories, settings without the right to make any changes;
Driver — receives information about his route on a mobile device, as well as data about the clients of this route;
Observer — using a mobile device, he monitors the routes of a certain vehicle or the routes into which the points assigned to the observer fall.

Dynamically configurable roles can be configured manually, i.e. give access to certain functions of the service or vice versa to prohibit. These roles include:

Logist;
Analyst;
Dispatcher.

By default Logist, Analyst and Dispatcher have access to view documents, reports, directories and settings. The logistician can additionally plan and edit routes, as well as control their implementation. In order to view the settings for accessing dynamic roles to the service functions, go to Table settings 1 in the Directories menu. For each line with the functionality of the service, the columns View Access 2 and Change access 3 indicate the roles that have been granted access:

In order to change the access settings, by double-clicking on the line with the desired functionality, we will open the Editing record 1 field. In the View Access 2 and Change Access 3 lines, you can change the view rights and the change rights for the Logist, Analytics and Dispatcher:

You can also set or remove restrictions on certain actions with routes for the Logist, Analyst, Driver and Dispatcher. This feature is implemented for the lines “Documents/Routes”, “Documents/Routes (SP)”, and “Documents/Routes (Products)” 1, located in Table Settings 2. To do this, on the Toolbar, enable the button Properties of map objects 3 and select one of the above lines in Table settings 2. The Properties window will appear on the screen, in which we will press Edit 4 in the Forbiddance field:

In the Edit window that appears, you can tick ✓ or untick on the actions need with routes:

To add a new user with Administrator, Logistician, Controller, Analyst, Dispatcher access, go to Service, Settings, select the Access tab 1. Click on the “+” button 2, in the Adding record 3 window that opens, select the required access type and specify the user’s valid email address. Also, in order for a new user to receive useful information with contacts and lessons on the application, we recommend that you select Yes in the Subscribe field:

After that, an email with a link to go will be sent to the specified email address from support@ant-logistics.com.ua.

Adding a user with an access type of Driver or Observer, we will specify not only the email address, but also the access password — a letter with an invitation to the new user will not be received. This login/password combination is passed to the appropriate employee to enter the mobile application

In this part of the article, we will take a closer look at using the Observer role. As mentioned above, this type of access allows the user of the mobile application to track certain routes. For example, you have a great client to whose chain of stores you deliver products daily. You can give him Observer access, and he will track the movement of the machine that delivers goods to his points. To do this, in the Directories panel, select the Vehicles 1 tab. In the Editing Record 2 window, go to the Other 3 tab and in the Observer 4 field, select the required observer:

Now the user of the mobile application will be able to track all the routes of this vehicle.

Let’s consider another situation. Your best customer’s chain of stores may serve different vehicles, with delivery on different days. In this case, it is enough for you to show only those routes and only on those days when delivery is made to the customer’s stores. To do this, in the Directories panel, select the Sale points 1 tab. In the Editing Record 2 window, go to the Other 3 tab and in the Observer 4 field, select the required observer. In the same way, we assign all its delivery points to the observer:

Now the user of the mobile application will be able to track any routes that the points he observes fall into.

It should also be noted that the service provides the ability to completely or partially block route editing, depending on one or another status of these routes (Approved, Checked, etc.). More information about this feature can be found in the article Routes: statuses and editing prohibitions.

A wide range of roles and options for setting bans in the ANT-Logistics service allows you to effectively and individually distribute access rights between company employees and customers. The Administrator can edit access to the service at any time by adding or deleting users, as well as changing the type of access for existing users.

Copying requests to another list

Posted on 31.10.202431.10.2024 by admin

We are pleased to announce a recent enhancement to our service’s functionality, addressing a concern raised by some of our clients. It has come to our attention that certain users encountered difficulties while attempting to copy requests for other days or lists. We are delighted to inform you that we have taken measures to simplify the process of copying applications to different lists. This improvement aims to provide a easier and more efficient experience for all our clients.

To copy an application from one list to another:

• specify the request list you plan to copy 1. In our example we used second list;

• press the pencil icon to open the »editing requests» list. Select Copy Request 2;

• in the new window «Copying a request» 3, in the Date field, select the date on which you plan to paste the copied list;

• in the Request list number field 4 — select the number of the request list to which you need to copy (if the number of the list is highlighted in red, a new list with this number will be created during copying);

• you can also add some Notes (optional) 5;

• select the necessary values in the fields Save order 6 and Copy options 7.

Optimal routing — delivery of building materials

Posted on 24.10.202424.10.2024 by admin

The delivery of building materials is perhaps the most difficult to route, and this is primarily due to the fact that the delivered products have different characteristics in terms of weight and volume. So, for example, a car with a carrying capacity of 1500 kg and a body volume of 8m3 can transport up to 1m3 of bricks weighing up to 1500 kg, but at the same time, 1500 kg of foam plastic with a volume of 100m3 will no longer fit in the vehicle. This example shows while planning routes, weight and volume are taken into account simultaneously, and exceeding one of the parameters, even if the other parameter still does not exceed the vehicle’s capabilities, is not allowed.

The system allows you to calculate the time of loading / unloading the vehicle, depending on the amount of delivered products. The system will also help to load the vehicle correctly, so that, having arrived at the point, the driver does not waste time looking for products in the back.

First you need to select the capacity units of vehicles, you can do this by going to Service — Configuration — Accounting, where opposite kg(weight) and m.cub.(volume) we set Yes:

Pay attantion! If you are shipping in pallets of standard sizes, then in this case you can keep track of the capacity in units (pcs).

Now we will indicate the carrying capacity and capacity of the vehicle. In the corresponding fields, you can enter 3 values: minimum, nominal and maximum allowable. In this example, the nominal capacity is 1500 kg, but the system understands that if necessary, the machine can be loaded with 1600 kg (maximum). The system will issue a warning about congestion, but the calculation will not be blocked. The minimum is used to prohibit driving a vehicle with a small load.

Pay attention! Any truck is a vehicle whose dimensions and carrying capacity are subject to signs restricting the movement of trucks. If the vehicle is up to 3.5 tons — indicate the type of vehicle — car.

Make sure that the product accounting is unabled. To do this go to the Service — Configuration — Accounting.

Calculating, you must take into account the time required for loading or unloading, which directly depends on the amount of products to be delivered. In the directory, select Product groups. In the General group, set the loading time of the vehicle at the warehouse 10kg/min and 1m3/min, and the time of unloading the vehicle at the point 15kg/min and 2m3/min:

It remains only to correctly load all the poroducts into the vehicle so that upon arrival at the first point of the route, the goods are at the door of the van. To do this, let’s create a loading list in the analytical module. Having generated the required document, set the sorting in descending order in the Position field:

Consider an example of calculated routes. The administrative time at the points was set to 8 min 1 — this is the time for parking, coordinating documents, etc. — for each point, such time can be set individually and transmitted by the Unload_Time field. The total time spent by the vehicle at point — 2 — is calculated as follows: 8 + 1500/15=108 min. You can now print the Vehicle Loading 3 document and direct the vehicle to be loaded:

Pay attention! If you use 2 or more unloading coefficients, the larger of the resulting time intervals will be used while forming the route. For example, if it takes 15 minutes to unload products by volume, and 100 minutes by weight, the service will take into account a larger indicator, i.e. 100min.

The system can calculate routes in such a way that the points to which products of greater weight are delivered have priority. In the Service — Settings — Field for load factor select the weight, in the Coefficient load factor, first set 0 and calculate the routes, then set the 1 and calculate the routes again:

After completing the calculations and comparing them, you can be sure that with a coefficient load factor of 0, the service first of all calculated the minimum route in terms of mileage — 37.36 km. In the second case, with a coefficient of 1, the route became a little longer — 38.53 km, but it is clear that at the 3rd point the vehicle unloaded the maximum weight — 500 kg. The difference in mileage is not significant, but due to the earlier unloading of the maximum weight, greater fuel savings are achieved:

In case of long distance routes

Posted on 07.10.202407.10.2024 by admin

A typical task for a truck driver: you need to deliver cargo to several customers in different cities of the country.

Everything seems simple, but there is one small problem: the car will not have time to do it in one day and, accordingly, following the general scheme of our service, it will start to be late everywhere. The route will be «wrong», with delays and attempts to make it to places where it is impossible to make it in one working day. It is necessary to somehow tell the calculation module that we will have a route for several days.

For this, we use the multi-day routes option.

To set this parameter in the Route Formation field, click Additional parameters 1 > Calculation modes 2 > Multi-day routes 3:

The Qty of days of movement tab determines how many days the delivery can take place. If the Auto 3 option is selected, the number of days will be determined by the parameters in the application.

Using the multi-day route option will show you that the car can drive for several days and will not be late to any point. It will arrive at the point, wait for it to be open, unload and drive on. If the working day ends, the vehicle will stop and wait for a new working day, and so on, until it has arrived to all of the points.

Pay attention! Use this option only if you really have a route for several days. Remember that by turning it on, you are extending the route for an indefinite period. Don’t do it for general, everyday transportation.

Delivery control: we track the movement of drivers along the route

Posted on 30.09.202407.10.2024 by admin

A quick response to unforeseen circumstances is a prerequisite for modern business. The logistician must monitor the movement of drivers along the route online in order to take appropriate measures if necessary. It is for this purpose that the Delivery Control functionality was created in ANT-Logistics.

In this article we will discuss the Delivery Control functionality, which allows you to monitor the driver’s visits to points, see visited and unvisited points. The logistician can independently set up the necessary rules, according to which the service will analyze actual routes and display notifications in case of violations.

Setting up rules

Let’s go to Document Delivery Control 1 and click the Additional parameters 2 button (in the form of a “gear”). In the window that opens 3, use the “+” button 4 to add rules according to which the service will analyze the actual route and identify problem areas.

Setting up rules, specify the following parameters:

● Description — enter a brief description of the rule in the field (in the future, when the rule is triggered, this information will be displayed in the Reason field in the Points and Journal tabs of the Delivery Control Document);

● Arrival. ∆, min – the minimum excess between the actual and planned time of arrival at a retail outlet, at which this point will be considered problematic;

● Departure. ∆, min – the minimum excess between the actual and planned time of departure from a retail outlet, at which this point will be considered problematic;

● Time at a point. ∆, min – the minimum excess between the actual and planned time of stay at a retail outlet, at which this point will be considered problematic;

● Time on road. ∆, min – the minimum excess between the actual and planned travel time to the point at which this point will be considered problematic;

● Distance. ∆, km – the minimum excess between the actual and planned distance traveled by the vehicle before arriving to the point, at which this point will be considered problematic;

● Time at SP fact. ∆, min — the minimum time of actual stopping at which a point (stop) is considered problematic. The rule can work for both scheduled and unscheduled points (stops), depending on the selected value in the Unscheduled point rule.

● Point visited – when this option is enabled, you can limit which points (visited or unvisited) the rule will apply to. If the parameter is not enabled, the service analyzes all points. Pay attention! Visited and unvisited points are analyzed by the service according to various parameters.

● Unscheduled point — the parameter takes into account the scope of the rule Time at the actual point ∆, min. If the value is set to Yes — the rule Time at point fact ∆, min works only for unplanned points (Unplanned tab), if No — only for planned points (Points tab). If the option is not enabled, the rule Time at SP fact. ∆, min works for both planned and unplanned points.

● Task completion— we indicate exactly what task the driver must perform at the point. If the task is not completed, the outlet will be considered problematic.

● Rule active – if set to “Yes”, the service will analyze the route according to the specified rule; if set to “No”, the service will not take this rule into account.

● Rule priority — this parameter determines which installed rules have the highest priority. The highest priority (important) rule will be displayed in the Reason field in the Points and Journal tabs of the Delivery Control Document.

You can configure the display of these parameters using the Table Settings Directory 1. Select Documents/Delivery Control: Rules 2, select the desired line in the subwindow. Then indicate a convenient width of the fields, the order of their arrangement, and also, if necessary, hide unused fields.

You can learn more about how to configure tables in the article Table Settings.

Features of the rules

1. You can specify one or more parameters in a rule. Using multiple parameters, the rule will only work if all the parameters specified in it work.

2. A planned point is considered problematic and is included in the Log if at least one rule is triggered for it.

3. Unscheduled points (stops) are checked only according to the rule Time at actual point. ∆, min (if the value is set to Yes or the Unscheduled point option is disabled). Unscheduled stops are displayed in the Unscheduled tab.

4. Visited and unvisited plan points are analyzed by different parameters:

● Unvisited points are checked only using the Arrival. ∆, min and Departure. ∆, min parameters. In order for a point to be considered problematic, the difference between the current and planned arrival (departure) times must exceed the specified value.

● Visited points (with automatic marking of the visit using a GPS tracker) are checked according to all parameters established by the rule.

● Visited points (with a manual mark of visit in the mobile application) are checked only by the Arrival . ∆, min parameter(the actual time of arrival is taken to be the time of manually marking the visit).

● Visited points (with a manual mark of visit on the service in the Document Factual routes) are not checked according to the parameters, they are accepted by the service as points without violations and are not included in the Log.

5. The task completion option only works for visited points. This parameter cannot be combined with others (Arrival, Departure, Time at point, etc.) in one rule.

6. If there are several orders for one point, then the rule is triggered only for the first order; subsequent orders do not appear in the Log.

Active parameters are highlighted in black, inactive ones are hidden.

Rules can be edited or deleted using the corresponding toolbar buttons at the bottom of the Rules Settings window.

Examples of setting rules

First Rule – applies to unvisited points (in the Point visited field – “No”). The rule will work and points will be considered problematic if the difference between the current and planned arrival times exceeds 10 minutes:

Second Rule – applies to visited points (in the Points visited field – “Yes”). The rule will work and the points will be considered problematic if three parameters are combined simultaneously:

● the difference between the actual and planned arrival times exceeds 10 minutes;

● the difference between the actual and planned departure time exceeds 10 minutes;

● the difference between the actual and planned distances will exceed 5 km.

Third Rule applies to visited and unvisited points (the Points visited field is a hidden parameter). The rule is not active, so the service does not take it into account. If you set “Yes” in the Rule active field, the rule will work and the points will be considered problematic when two parameters are combined at the same time:

● the difference between the actual and planned arrival times exceeds 10 minutes;

● the difference between the actual and planned distances will exceed 5 km.

Fourth Rule — applies only to unscheduled stops (in the Point visited field — hidden parameter, in the Unscheduled point field — «Yes«). The rule will work and unscheduled stops will be considered problematic if the actual stop time exceeds 15 minutes.

Fifth Rule — will work if the driver does not complete the assigned task for the visited point (in the Point visited field, set a hidden parameter or select «Yes» — in any case, the task control rule is checked only for visited points).

If any rule “triggered” at a planned point, then this point is displayed in the Log tab and has the “Problem” status in the Points tab in the Delivery Control Document.

If the rule “triggered” at an unscheduled point (stop), then this stop is displayed in the “Problem” status in the Unscheduled tab in the Delivery Control Document.

Notifications of violations

If you want to find out about all machine deviations online, you need to go to Profile 1, Other 2 tab and in the Sourse of notification 3 select the most convenient course for you. In this case, when the rule is triggered, notification will pop up in the lower right part of the service screen.

Pay attention! Online violation notifications are not available for unscheduled stops (Unscheduled tab).

Clicking on the notification, the Log tab in the Delivery Control Document opens.

Pay attention! If you do not have the Sourse of notifications field in your Profile, contact technical support.

What should I do if notifications are not received when set to “Yes”?

1. Check your browser settings. We’ll give an example for the most popular browser Google Chrome:

2. Check your Windows settings (Settings – System – Notifications ). Turn on notifications for your browser.

3. Check the installed browser extensions; some extensions may block notifications.

Points tab

The Points 1 tab displays a list of points along the selected routes (routes are selected in the Routes tab). Points where violations are detected according to the established rules have status 2 “Problematic”. Such points are indicated by a red shading line. If the problems at the point are corrected, then status 2 changes to “Visited” or “Not Visited”, the red shading of the line disappears.

The Reason 3 field displays a description of the triggered rule. If several rules were triggered for one point, then the highest priority rule is displayed in the Reason field (or if the priority for rules is left at the default Auto, then the first triggered rule is displayed).

Points are displayed on the map according to the symbols described below in the Routes Tab section.

Routes tab

Routes for the selected date are displayed here. Routes that have problem points are indicated by a red shading line. The number of problem points on the route is displayed in the Problem points field 1.

All route points marked with a checkmark 2 are displayed in the Points tab. To view the planned and actual route, you must click “GO” in the Plan and Fact columns 3.

The map displays the points of the routes marked with “checkmarks”:

● red circle — visited or unvisited points with violations;

● green circle — visited points without violations;

● blue circle – unvisited points without violations.

Log tab

This tab displays a list of all plan points where problems were detected (according to established rules). If the problems at a point are corrected (for example, the logistician deactivated a rule that worked for this point, or if an unvisited point became visited, therefore, the triggered rule is no longer relevant for it), then the value “Yes” is automatically indicated in the Fixed 1 column.

The log is filled as violations are detected by the service — updates occur approximately every 10 minutes. You can perform a manual update with loading data on new violations by clicking the Update 2 button. The same button is also present in the Points, Routes and Unscheduled tabs.

The Reason field in the Log tab is filled in according to the same principle as in the Points tab. It displays a description of the triggered rule. If several rules were triggered for one point, then the highest priority rule is displayed in the Reason field (or if the priority for rules is left at the default Auto, then the first triggered rule is displayed).

Unscheduled tab

To display the Unscheduled tab, click the Show unscheduled (“eye”) button 1.

The Unscheduled tab displays a list of all unscheduled stops. All unscheduled stops in which a violation was detected according to the Time rule at the fact point. ∆, min, have the status “Problem” 2. Such points are indicated by a red shading of the line.

When the Unscheduled tab is enabled, unscheduled stops are additionally displayed on the map:

● red square — unscheduled points (stops) with violations;

● green square — unscheduled points (stops) without violations.

Filtration

In the Delivery Control Document, using the Filter 1 button, you can filter and search for data according to the required criteria. And in the Points tab, using button, indicated in our example as 2, you can also configure the display of only visited, unvisited or problem points.

Monitoring task completion

Using the Task completion parameter, you can monitor the completion of tasks by drivers.

The parameter can be activated for all visited points. The principle of its operation is as follows: if there is a task for a visited point (take a photo, put an electronic signature, deposit an amount, etc.), but the driver has not completed it, then the point will be considered problematic and will be displayed in the Log tab.

Pay attention! Monitoring task completion cannot be combined with other parameters (Arrival, Departure, Time at point, etc.) in one rule.

Rule priority

Creating a rule, you can set its priority (importance) by selecting the required numeric value in the Rule priority parameter. The highest priority (important) rule will be displayed in the Reason field in the Points and Login the Delivery Control Document tabs.

Setting the priority up, we are guided by the principle: the higher the priority value, the more important the rule (i.e., a rule with priority “1” will be more important than a rule with priority “0”, and a rule with priority “2” will be more important than a rule with priority “1” etc.). If you leave all rules in the Rule Priority parameter at the default value of Auto, the Reason field will indicate the first rule that was triggered.

Pay attention! To identify the triggered rule, you must fill in its “Description”, creating the rule.

A new platform for users of ANT-Logistics — join in the creation!

Posted on 17.09.202417.09.2024 by admin

Business growth and an increase of orders requires more and more resources. In this case, companies cannot always independently ensure the timely delivery of orders — there are not enough vehicles, employees, etc. It is at the moment when it is time to seek help from third-party services and use a hired vehicle. But in the current conditions of the economic crisis, this decision is not always lucrative, since the payment of rented vehicles often «eats up» the additional profit that was obtained due to increased sales.

Companies in search of a way out of the above-mentioned situation realized that the optimal solution is to cooperate with other businesses for mutual assistance and saving resources. They wrote to the developers of ANT-Logistics with an initiative to create a platform for users of ANT-Logistics, which allows you to offer your transport or, on the contrary, hire free vehicles offered.

What are the possible advantages of using this platform?

• Verified users. With all users of the platform are clients of ANT-Logistics we have concluded official contracts, which means that no one will become a victim of fraudsters.

• Saving. Of course, renting a vehicle from another company that drives empty or half-empty from point A to point B is more profitable than ordering and paying for hired transport.

• Trust. You will be able to issue ratings and thus form ratings for both customers and performers.

• Communication. Sometimes you want to ask for a recommendation or share your experience, right? We want to give such an opportunity.

The most important message we want to convey to you is that the platform is only at the development stage, so we invite you to express your wishes and ideas and, thus, join in creating a resource convenient for you.

If you are interested in this functionality, we would love to hear from you. Contact support, your manager or our email address support@ant-logistics.com

«ANT-Logistics» together with IT-Enterprise developed solutions to improve business efficiency

Posted on 17.09.202417.09.2024 by admin

The teams of ANT-Logistics and IT-Enterprise — a digital platform and ERP system that transforms the internal business processes of companies, did a cooperation cooperation.

Before signing the partnership agreement on joint actions, the project teams of IT-Enterprise and «ANT-Logistics» went through a stage of cooperation. Thus, by order of the company, IT-Enterprise specialists implemented integration with the cloud system «ANT-Logistics». As a part of the implementation of this task, «ANT-Logistics» provided IT-Enterprise specialists with free access to the service and provided support to developers in the implementation of integration tasks.

What does it mean?

Combining the competencies of the two companies will allow Ukrainian companies to offer even more IT solutions of various formats that will ensure business owners and managers successfully manage processes and increase the efficiency of using the resource. In particular, effective planning and routing of delivery.

What does IT-Enterprise do?

IT-Enterprise performs digital business transformation — optimizes and digitizes business processes, helps companies become market leaders. IT-Enterprise is a modern enterprise management system, a powerful tool for reengineering and optimizing of business processes, a fully functional ERP system containing MRPII, MES, APS, EAM, SCM and CRM systems. It has a wide list of digitization services that allows you to create an individual comprehensive solution for your business needs.

What do companies say?

«The war destroyed fixed routes, logisticians are faced with the extremely difficult task of delivering products and cargo in a situation of actual chaos. We have IT tools that can work to fulfill this complex task, taking into account new approaches to the efficiency of process management and the new level of the need to plan resources (fuel, time, costs for spare parts, etc.), — notes Taras Kakhniy, head of IT-Enterprise projects . — That is why we highly value the competence of the ANT-Logistics team and see significant potential in cooperation. Everyone should win, and consumers, first of all.»

«The cooperation of ANT-Logistics with IT-Enterprise is a significant step towards increasing the level of efficient transport management. Any company will be able to quickly automate logistics using a comprehensive solution: IT-Enterprise will help choose the best software, and ANT-Logistics will quickly implement and configure the cloud system of transport management . With small initial investments, the client will receive significant savings in logistics processes, additional opportunities for monitoring employees and analytical reporting,» says Oleksiy Prymak, co-founder and sales director of ANT-Logistics.

Thermal map — objective situation on the roads

Posted on 12.09.202412.09.2024 by admin

Unfortunately, there is no general database where you can monitor the state of roads. Therefore, logisticians do not always manage to respond to changes in the road situation in a timely manner, which means to promptly close and open roads in the service (or OSM map) and to correctly build traffic routes.

How can a logistician find out whether traffic has resumed in a certain area? ANT-Logistics has added a new feature that allows you to display the actual traffic on the roads. For this, a thermal map is used, on which the intensity of traffic is displayed in a gradation from green to red. If there is no movement, marks will also be absent in these areas. Information is displayed based on data from GPS trackers for the last 5 days.

Let’s give an example — during the war, a bridge was destroyed in the village of Borshchiv, Kyiv region. Thus, vehicles had to make a big hook while driving from Kyiv to Poltava. This hook is clearly visible on the thermal map. Therefore, the logistician can conclude from such a map that the bridge is not working, and close it in the service or OSM map.

On May 9, 2022, road traffic was restored, a detour was built along the destroyed bridge. The logistician can turn on the heat map of the actual traffic — he will see that the traffic has been restored and opens the passage.

It is very easy to activate the specified functionality: in the map area, you need to display the necessary sections of roads , then press the «Display all roads» button on the toolbar , mark Fact with a «tick» and press Execute. The screen will display a heat map of actual information about traffic intensity.

We would love to hear from you if you are interested in this functionality. Contact support, your manager or our email address support@ant-logistics.com