1. CAPS RoutePro CAPS Logistics Overview RoutePro Dispatcher Features.
Data required.
Solution methods.

2. CAPS Overview Computer Aided Planning & Scheduling
Founded in 1979 by Georgia Tech Professor (Don Ratliff)
Acquired by Baan (Netherlands & Virginia), 1998.
Acquired by Invensys (London), 2000.

3. CAPS Customers Almost 400 companies and > 2500 copies of software
Transportation
Food & beverage
Utilities
Telecom
3PL
41 countries.
25% of Fortune 100.
Transportation savings of 8-30%.

4. CAPS Products Logistics Toolkit - 1989 Suites: 1997-98
Supply Chain Designer & Coordinator
TransPro (transportation planning)
RoutePro (route optimization)
BidPro (carrier bid analysis)
New Families in 2001
MOMENTUM - Integrated Logistics Planning
INNOVATION - Strategic Supply Chain Planning

5. CAPS Products Supply Chain Planning Transportation Planning
Routing & Scheduling
Supply Chain
Designer
Strategic
BidPro
RoutePro Designer
Supply Chain
Coordinator
Tactical
RoutePro Dispatcher
TransPro
Operational

6. CAPS RoutePro RoutePro Designer RoutePro Dispatcher
Strategic and tactical analysis.
Use to:
Analyze territories.
Select fleet size.
Design fixed routes.
RoutePro Dispatcher
Operational routing.
Use to create efficient routes quickly and easily.

7. Historical orders & routes
RoutePro
RoutePro Designer
Historical orders & routes
Forecast orders
Master Routes
Service Days Frequencies
Fleet Size
Daily Routes
RoutePro Dispatcher
Drivers
Current orders
Mobile Dispatch
Vehicle Status

8. RoutePro Handles wide variety of routing:
Time windows.
Long haul routing.
Local routing.
Mixed pickups and deliveries.
Backhauls.
Cross-docking (for predefined shipments).
Sequences of truckload trips.
Incorporates several solution algorithms.
Can manage vehicles, drivers, and tractors separately.

9. RoutePro Users Administrator Dispatcher Setup system
Create load and validate data
Setup routing rules and parameters
Configure options for dispatcher
Dispatcher
Import orders
Validate data
Create routes
Analyze results
Schedule assets (assign routes to drivers)
Export routes

10. RoutePro Objects Required objects: Other objects: Sites (locations).
Orders.
Vehicles.
Other objects:
Road network.
Loading docks.
Products.
Time windows.
Drivers & driver teams.
Tractors.
Rush hour windows.

11. Road Network
Can use a variety of road networks provided with RoutePro.
Administrator can edit roads and nodes.
Change speeds.
Delete roads.
Block roads.
Add roads.
Add intersections.
Make one-way or two-way.

12. Road Network
Different colors for different road classes.

13. Road Network
Zoom in on Boston and Cape Cod.

14. Sites Where orders are pickup up or delivered.
Customer, DC, plant, etc.
Can have associated dock types.
Loading dock configuration may restrict type or size of vehicles that can visit site.
Can have flexible time windows for sites.
Start time.
End time.
Maximum wait time and cost per hour.
Maximum early time and cost per hour.
Maximum late time and cost per hour.

15. Sites
Tool deliveries from one warehouse to two types of customers.

16. Zoom in Around Warehouse
Two way or one way roads.
Sites are not really on roads.

17. Connecting Sites to Roads
Red squares are nodes on road network.
Assumes travel from site to nearest road node.

18. Site Data - Location

19. Site Data - Time Windows

20. Site Time Windows Start time: 9:00 am - End time: 5:00 pm.
wait
early
late
5:00 pm
7:00 pm
6:30 am
8:00
9:00
Start time: 9:00 am - End time: 5:00 pm.
Maximum wait time: 1.5 hours
Cannot load/unload
Maximum early time: 1 hour
Maximum late time: 2 hours
Can load/unload during early and late time at a penalty.

21. Geocoding Street level U.S. Postal codes Canadian postal code City
3 digit zip code
5 digit zip code
9 digit zip code
Canadian postal code
City

22. Orders Associated with sites. Orders consist of products.
Pickup location and time window.
Delivery location and time window.
Orders consist of products.
Quantities can be specified as desired in three measures.
Weight, Volume (cubic feet), Other (pallets)
Can specify line item by product.
Given characteristics of products, and unit quantities RoutePro will aggregate.

23. Orders - Location

24. Orders - Pickup Time Window

25. Orders - Product Detail

26. Orders - Aggregated

27. Products, Orders and Vehicles
Can specify conversions from product units to vehicle units.
Can define variable load/unload times by product.
Can define compatibilities between a product and another product or a vehicle.

28. Orders - Load/Unload Time

29. Vehicles Multiple types with different characteristics.
Availability.
Cost data.
Vehicle limits.
Route limits.
Drivers data.
Tractor data.
Different types allow compatibilities between vehicles and
Sites (docks).
Products.
Drivers.
Tractors.

30. Vehicle Availability Specify time and day vehicles become available
Now or in future.
Specify start and end time each day.
Specify start and end location.
Specify reloading locations.

31. Vehicle Types & Availability

32. Vehicle Costs Fixed cost (per route). Cost per hour. Cost per mile.
Cost per stop.

33. Vehicle Costs

34. Vehicle Limits Maximum number of routes (in a given time period).
Maximum vehicle work hours (in a given time period).
Maximum vehicle distance (in a given time period).
Maximum vehicle speed.

35. Route Limits
Maximum
Miles.
Hours.
Number of stops.
Number of orders.
Number of loads (reloadings).
Cubic feet, Weight and Pallets.
Can specify that last order picked up must be first delivered.
Can specify that vehicle must be empty before making any pickups.

36. Three Driver Options No drivers No drivers, but default costs
To model external carriers.
No driver costs included.
No drivers, but default costs
Does not assign drivers to vehicles.
Includes labor costs for drivers.
Can specify >1 driver for long routes.
Assign drivers to vehicles
Assigns compatible driver to vehicle after routes are built.
Can specify >1 driver for long routes

37. Driver Data Costs. Break profile. Work profile. Regulations.
Per mile, per hour, layover.
Break profile.
One or more breaks per route.
Work profile.
Start and end time for each day.
Regulations.

38. Driver Costs

39. Driver Break Profiles

40. Tractor Data Add-in software module.
Allows tractors to be treated separately from trailers.
Assigns tractors to vehicles after routes are built.
Tractors handled similar to drivers
Availability.
Costs.
Work Profile.

41. Vehicle Compatibilities
Specify whether each vehicle type can serve a particular type of
Order or product.
Site (dock).
Specify whether each vehicle type can use a particular type of tractor or driver.