User Guide - Masternaut
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1. 30 00 Fired cost o HOMERTON HOSPITAL 9 44 35 0 20 00 Ontime 08 30 15 00 50 00 ST HELIER HOSPITAL 10 08 0 30 00 Ontime 08 30 15 00 10 007 Drive time 3 40 17 ST GEORGES HOSPITAL 10 42 0 25 00 Ontime 08 30 15 00 10 00 Drivendistance 126km WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL 11 11 0 20 00 Ontime 08 30 15 00 10 00 s ST PETERS DISTRICT GENE 11 32 0 25 00 Ontime 08 30 15 00 20 00 Working time 20 13 29 B Lunch 12 00 1 00 00 On time Overtime 0 00 00 ST MARYS HOSPITAL 13 01 0 25 00 Ontime 08 30 15 00 10 00 Waited time 1 38 29 ST PETERS DISTRICT GENE 13 28 0 20 00 Ontime 08 30 15 00 20 00 Late time 0 00 00 ST THOMAS HOSPITAL 13 51 0 20 00 Ontime 08 30 15 00 20 00 Rest time 4 00 00 WHIPPS CROSS HOSPITAL 14 17 0 25 00 Ontime 08 30 15 00 10 00 OLDCHURCH HOSPITAL 14 47 0 20 00 Ontime 08 30 15 00 20 00 End 15 12 0 00 00 On time Vehicle 4 4 gt Reload B A On time 46 Late 0 Waited 4 ESB 0300 o300 tooo 1100 i200 1300 1400 1500 B KING KINGSEDGW HOMI ST HELI ST GET WHITST PE 1 MENASA ST MA ST PEST TH WHIPR OLDO EJ 5 UNM WATA WEX WESTH BARNE ASHA CENT BRON GREENYNINMERNNII MAYO HILL EI 5 RIM MOOFEALIN MOU LEW QUE ROY4QUEENQUER NORTH HEME CHARIN ROYA Ej Heric 2 5 QUERPRINI KINGS WREX WYCI NORTH HAMM CHA ORBRIINE WI WEST DAREN CHEU EPSO E Start Stop2. 18 00 If the client does not use a second delivery time period do not put anything in this field empty field User Guide TourSolver version 2 0 7 Using TourSolver e Punctuality This is a subjective value that gives importance to delivery delays A punctuality factor of 0 corresponds to a null penalty factor meaning that delays are allowed in deliveries On the other hand a punctuality factor of 1 or more requires TourSolver not to allow late deliveries if possible Clients having a punctuality factor of 5 will have less risk of having late deliveries than a client with a factor of 1 e Delay penalty additional cost per hour late It allows a smarter control in respect of the time windows e Fixed visit time corresponds to a fixed delivery time meaning the minimum delivery time used for a client For instance for fuel delivery the fixed time is the parking time time used connecting the hoses and time to put everything back in place afterwards The fuel transfer time can also be calculated proportionally to the quantity to be delivered see Load time u in Vehicle constraints In this case it is added to the fixed delivery time The format is hh mm example 00 25 for 25 minutes e Unload time u Unload time per unit the value corresponds to the time required to deliver or pick up a certain quantity of merchandise The value is in seconds per unit of merchandise For example in the case of fuel delivery the run i
3. client to deliver to it absolutely needs to be matched e Quantity represents the quantity to be delivered The indicated value corresponds to the vehicle s capacity see the third step in the assistant E g in the case of packages the number of packages to deliver is indicated in the case of liquids fuel the number of litres is used for example 3000 in the case of large bundles the volume is used 2 for 2ms Multiple units volume weight length etc can be used at the same time see below e Time wdw 1 Start corresponds to the time at which the client may begin to receive deliveries meaning the beginning of the delivery time period The format is hh mm example 07 30 e Time wdw 1 End corresponds to the time at which the client stops to accept deliveries meaning the end of the delivery time period The format is hh mm example 12 00 e Time wdw 2 Start in the case where a client can receive deliveries at two different time periods such as morning and afternoon this constraint corresponds to the beginning of the second delivery time period The format is hh mm example 14 00 If the client does not use a second delivery time period do not put anything in this field empty field e Time wdw 2 End in the case where a client can receive deliveries at two different time periods such as morning and afternoon this constraint corresponds to the end of the second delivery time period The format is hh mm example
4. format is hh mm example 12 30 Lunch duration time the driver soends having lunch The format is hh mm example 01 00 Trips with night breaks long haul commercial traveller etc Overnight cost corresponds to the overall costs of an overnight stay This value is only accessible with the TourSolver w night breaks wizard For example 20 indicates a cost of 20 euros Return every indicates the maximum number of days without going back to the depot unless the vehicle needs to be reloaded Example Salespeople journeys For a sales person leaving on Monday and going back on Thursday this value will be set to 4 NB JourSolver w night breaks wizard shall ONLY be used for solving problems when a vehicle has to travel several days consecutively no daily return to base The return is done once all customers have been visited unless forced by the Return every constraint If some columns do not exist in the Vehicles data file default values will be used Once columns are set up click on Finish gt to go to the last step the calculation parameters User Guide TourSolver version 2 0 12 Using TourSolver Setting the optimisation parameters This dialog box allows selecting the optimisation parameters There are 3 parameters TourSolver for MapPoint Options Tour processing Evaluate existing x Cancel s Optimise _X Cones s Stop Automatically Help Stop After 30
5. min Route processi AVL provider if applicable AML Service e mail AVL licensee ID The Options dialog menu allows you to select the calculation parameters for TourSolver and possibly to tell with which AVL Automatic Vehicle Location service you want to exchange information Tour processing TourSolver can be used in two different ways e Evaluation this option enables to evaluate the costs of existing routes This is particularly interesting for the companies that want to estimate the real costs before starting an optimisation process Two Customers constraints indicate for each customer the route to which it belongs Original Vehicle ID and its rank number in the route Visit sequence n e Optimisation TourSolver will optimise the global cost of routes depending on the set of parameters and constraints Stop processing the calculations can be stopped in any of two manners Automatically the calculation stops automatically Stop after minutes The calculation will stop after the number of minutes specified A solution is proposed but it may not be the optimal solution nor a valid solution Route processing This option allows the user to indicate whether he prefers the routing calculations to take into account the whole road network detailed or to prefer major roads highways express ways If major roads are preferred the vehicle can still use sma
6. the optimisation calculation The optimisation calculation is automatically launched after the last step of the TourSolver Wizard If data has already been imported clicking on the Start button can launch the optimisation calculation If the data has been modified the user can refresh the information by clicking on the Refresh data button before restarting the optimisation process The optimisation calculation can take few seconds depending directly on the RAM available on your computer and CPU clock The optimisation calculation can be stopped manually by clicking on the button Stop It will also stop automatically if the option Stop automatically has been selected in the Options dialog box If the option Stop after_minutes has been selected the optimiser will stop after the time defined by the user It is possible to modify the calculation options by clicking on the Options button User Guide TourSolver version 2 0 15 Using TourSolver Results At the end of the calculation results are displayed in two ways the upper left window displays the vehicles trips this is the Planning of the routes The lower left window displays the results as a Gantt diagram A legend is associated to the diagram The calculation statistics are displayed in the upper right part of the window Displaying the tours on the Microsoft MapPoint map To draw the routes on the map just click on the button Map an
7. values will be used Once Customers constraint columns are matched up in the Wizard click on Next gt to go to step 3 User Guide TourSolver version 2 0 9 Using TourSolver Step 3 Vehicles constraints This third step indicates to TourSolver the constraints related to the Vehicles Those constraints would have been previously entered in the Vehicles file To indicate the Vehicle constraints to TourSolver select the Vehicle constraints column corresponding to each of the type of constraints managed by TourSolver TourSolver wizard Ed For each column heading of the Vehicles dataset a constraint from the combo box needs selecting The fields le Vehicle ID and Cost hr must exist for valid progression to the next stage Kouma hasang Pay whole day Constraints Capacity Cost km Cost hr v Pay whole day Sample view Vehicle ID Capacit Cost hr Cost km Pay whole day Fixed cost of use Fixed cost of non use The constraint columns that do not have a matching heading will megtart time uno avew ni she optimisation process lt Previous Hete Lv Enin X Cancel 7 Hep The Vehicle constraints are e Vehicle ID name of the vehicle this is a required value e Capacity corresponds to the vehicle s maximum capacity The value used corresponds to the type of delivery see step two in the assistant For example in the case of packages the total number of packages that the vehic
8. Ma ellan Ing nierie Version 2 0 Table of contents Table of contents PSST AREA TN O N ez s le ected eat oc op cere espe vn ges a eee date E tte eee 3 USING TOURSOLVER vannan n tin aerbeweredt aa A aE 4 Presenation sanra E EE A AETA Sivan USA 4 Import customers data and vehicles into Microsoft MapPoint eesssssesseeesssssssrereeessssssrereessssss 4 Setting vehicle speeds eszak ela ai ar aeina AEAN NAS NENEN EN KN SEANA A EARE E E evek E SENAN Na 5 SETTING OPTIMISATION POLAMETETS sieri a aae A E A E a e le ER 5 SI OA DO O EIIE RETENEN E AGE ie RE Nid A S 6 Step 2 CUSTOMERS C r straiNiS san n n a N TN Nie 7 Step 3 Vehicles constiaiNt Si aanne na a a a a a a tkel 10 Setting the optimisation DOGFAMETESS ccccseccsecssescseccscscseecssscsssssescseessesssesssesssessssssessesssseesssesees 13 Optimisation CalCulation 0 c cads wate elk i an Aaah iin ans 15 Display the TourSolver WING OW va cdcfescasee s odscsessecse8s lonsiesteeesoSesuvicobets0dsndesualesdydecedeledeativde dooce Godeed ovdesede 15 Start Stop the OPTIMISATION COICUIATION ceeccccessscesssccsseccessecessecessecesseccsseecessecesecessecesseecsseeceeeeess 15 RESUITS PEENES EE TAT S AEAT AE E TA EE AEE E EE 16 Displaying the tours on the Microsoft MapPoint MOP es sssssessessessessessesseseesresressesresresresresresresees 16 Eponing ihe resns n E E Numan k Nas 16 MAGELLAN INGENIERIE a A 17 ECAC WONIECIS oooi eenn AEREA ETAR TAEA E A NE A A 17 C
9. OMPANY Profilen reran E E E E E E EA ees 17 Contact So pe E E A PE eee 17 User Guide TourSolver version 2 0 2 Installation Installation The TourSolver application can be installed on the following platforms Windows 98 Windows NT4 Windows 2000 Windows Millenium Windows XP The minimum RAM size is 256 Mb 384 Mb is recommended for better performances To install TourSolver Insert the CD ROM in the CD ROM drive The Installation Wizard starts automatically If not double click on the file Setup exe After setting the installation directory for the application the files are copied on your computer When the message InstallShield Wizard finished appears click on Finish TourSolver is installed on your system This add on application can only be used if Microsoft MapPoint is installed on your computer Installing Microsoft MapPoint can be done before or after installing TourSolver To uninstall TourSolver you have to go to the Start Up menu in the Windows toolbar and select Parameters gt Configuration gt Add Remove Programs After selecting TourSolver for MapPoint in the programs list click on Add Remove The Install Uninstall Wizard appears User Guide TourSolver version 2 0 3 Using TourSolver Using TourSolver Presentation TourSolver for Microsoft MapPoint is an add on application to Microsoft MapPoint 2002 which adds multi vehicle trio optimisation features while
10. d select Draw tours The routes are automatically drawn on the Microsoft MapPoint map It is also possible to display the routes one by one In this case right click with the mouse on the Vehicle name in the Planning window The contextual menu has three items Select as a Stop point the Stop points are displayed in the legend window of Microsoft MapPoint They can be used with any of the Microsoft MapPoint tools Draw tour it draws the selected journey in detail on the Microsoft MapPoint map Draw synoptic tour draw arrows between customers It is also possible to view the customers to be delivered click first on a customer s name in the Planning window of TourSolver and by using the contextual menu right click select the item Centre On to centre this customer on the Microsoft MapPoint map Exporting the results The tour plan can be exported in Microsoft Excel Word or in Text format These exports can be generated from different locations e For all the routes click on one of the Export buttons in the TourSolver toolbar e Fora specific route select a vehicle in the planning window and in the contextual menu right hand click select Export planning and the desired format Excel or Word The roadbooks for the routes can be exported to Microsoft Excel or Word e For all the routes click on one of the Export buttons in the TourSolver toolbar e Fora specific route select a vehicle in the pla
11. h to proceed to the import process The dialog box Import Data Wizard allows the user to set the symbol which represents your Customers e g a cross for a hospital In the Data Mapping Wizard Map Type window click on the Pushpin button last button at the bottom of the window and click on Next gt The last window Data Mapping Wizard Pushpins allows the user to modify the symbol for the points displayed on the map Set Symbol button Click on Finish to validate the importation of data User Guide TourSolver version 2 0 4 Using TourSolver Follow the same process to import vehicles The vehicles file provided as a sample is called Vehicles xls It is located in the same directory as Customers xls When you exit Microsoft MapPoint you can save the data you imported in the directory of your choice Give a name to the Microsoft MapPoint file which contains the imported data Its extension is otm Setting vehicle speeds The vehicle speeds are defined in Microsoft MapPoint These soeeds depend on the type of vehicle and on where the vehicles are travelling city interurban sub urban We advise you to modify the Microsoft MapPoint speeds To do so Choose the Route gt More options menu and select the Driving speeds tab in the Other driving options tab The suggested average speeds below will provide consistent results in an urban road netw
12. le can deliver is indicated in the case of liquids fuel the number of litres the tank will hold for example 10000 in the case of large bundles the volume is used 20 for 20m3 This is a required value Multiple units volume weight length etc can be used at the same time see below e Cost km vehicles mileage cost in whatever monetary currency you choose For example 1 5 to indicate a cost of 1 5 euro e Cost hr hourly cost of the vehicle s driver For example 20 to indicate a cost of 20 euros e Pay whole day when set to 1 this means that the cost of the whole day is taken into account as soon as a vehicle is used even for a few hours e Fixed cost of use indicates a fixed cost of a resource Example Using a rented vehicle In this case cost km and cost hr will be set to 0 Fixed cost of non use as well and the amount paid for renting the vehicle will be put into Fixed cost of use e Fixed cost of non use indicates a cost which is taken into account in the optimisation calculation even when this vehicle is not used This value allows integrating financial costs parking rental costs etc User Guide TourSolver version 2 0 10 Using TourSolver e Start time the format is hh mm example 07 30 e Finish time the format is hh mm example 17 30 e O time 1 Duration indicates the length of the first period of overtime hours e O time I Cost indicates the surcharge for each hour worked during the fir
13. ller roads but will tend to use major roads first Consequently the processing for the mileage chart is faster User Guide TourSolver version 2 0 13 Using TourSolver AVL Automatic Vehicle Location provider This option allows the user to indicate the e mail address and possibly the identification code to exchange information with the providers of Vehicle tracking services e Sending the results of Tour processing e Asking for the list of customers left to visit for each tour Using the AVL button from the TourSolver toolbar does send results or request a list to be optimised Select Optimisation Stop automatically and Prefer major roads Leave the AVL fields empty Click Ok to start the calculation User Guide TourSolver version 2 0 Using TourSolver Optimisation calculation Display the TourSolver window This window is displayed automatically after the last step of the Wizard TourSolver for Microsoft MapPoint Build 2 0 0 199 RC2 BEE SS Alac g B A 8 Magellan item Time Durai Qualfier Time Time Time Time Quant Fixe Sc Vehicle 3 Total cost 681 Start 8 00 00 0 00 00 On time les poe j KING GEORGES HOSPITAL 8 03 38 0 46 22 Waite 08 30 15 00 10 00 Duen coi a s KINGS COLLEGE HOSPITAL 8 53 39 0 20 00 Ontime 08 30 15 00 10 00 gvemight cost 0 EDGWARE COMMUNITY HO 9 15 50 0 25 00 Ontime 08 30 15 00
14. managing constraints vehicle capacity delivery time windows visits duration social constraints A Wizard helps you to easily enter these data and then starts optimisation calculation The results can be exported to Microsoft Excel Microsoft Word or flat Text Import customers data and vehicles into Microsoft MapPoint Before using TourSolver it is necessary to import your data into Microsoft MapPoint Importing means placing your customers and your vehicle starting points and warehouses on a map To do so there are two methods If you know your customers addresses Microsoft MapPoint can geocode them which means locate them on a map at their address If you have the geographical coordinates of your customers Microsoft MapPoint can put them automatically on the map The Microsoft MapPoint import process is the following Select the Data gt Data Import Wizard menu Select the file containing the data to be imported from the appropriate folder By default the installation directory is C Program Files TourSolver for MapPoint Sample data A sample file Customers xls is provided in this Sample data folder In this Import Wizard you may need to match the fields corresponding to the name address postcode city and country do not use P O boxes addresses nor corresponding ZIP codes If you have geographical coordinates select the columns corresponding to the X and Y Click on Finis
15. n e Fixed load time corresponds to the fixed reloading duration if the vehicle is reloaded during a return to the depot example for fuel deliveries The format is hh mm example 01 00 This fixed amount of time can be complemented with a proportional time Load time u for the quantity to reload or unload The reloading of a vehicle during its journey is performed at the depot meaning the vehicle s defined address e Load time u Load time per unit the value to be indicated corresponds to the time required to load or unload a certain quantity of merchandise The value is in seconds per unit of merchandise For example in the case of loading a tanker the loading rate is 20 litres per second or 0 05 seconds per litre The value to enter is thus 0 05 e Load before departure indicates whether the time to load the vehicle before departure is taken into account value set to 1 If the value is set to 0 the vehicle is considered as already loaded e Load on return indicates whether the time to reload the vehicle after the last visit is taken into account value set to 1 User Guide TourSolver version 2 0 11 Using TourSolver Veh characteristics Vehicle characteristics these are the characteristics provided by the vehicle to satisfy the characteristics requested by the customers This is a list of words separated by comas Working day this is a unique value between 1 and 31 It indicates the day a vehicle wo
16. nning window and in the contextual menu right hand click select Export roadbook and the desired format Excel or Word TourSolver automatically calculates the mileage charts in distance and time during the optimisation process It is possible to export these by clicking Export to Excel User Guide TourSolver version 2 0 16 Magellan Ing nierie Magellan Ing nierie Headquarters MAGELLAN INGENIERIE 710 Avenue Aristide Berg s 38330 MONTBONNOT France Tel 33 0 4 76 52 5454 Fax 33 0 4 76 52 5455 URL www magellan ing fr Company profile Magellan Ing nierie is a software and development components OCX and Java publisher Our know how and expertise are focused on directions routing proximity search isochrons catchment areas territory partitioning etc mileage charts and multi vehicle scheduling Contact us GENERAL INFORMATION EXPORT AND PARTNERSHIP info magellan ing fr Mr Vincent JACQUES viacques magellan ing fr ORDERS TECHNICAL SUPPORT sales magellan ing fr techsupport magellan ing fr Copyright 2002 TourSolver Grenoble France All brand or names mentioned in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of the corresponding companies or organisations All rights reserved Warranty restrictions Information contained in this document is subject to change without prior notice from the editor The entire risk of the use or the results of the use of this document remains with the
17. ork but they can be modified to suit your own vehicles if needed More Route Options 24x Profile Driving speeds Fuel Costs Segments Motorways Reset Other limited access 100 roads ial Major roads 64 Enter your average driving i speeds in kph Minor roads 55 Streets 31 Default settings reflect average speed limits across Europe Y not posted local speed limits Always obey local speed limits Cancel Setting optimisation parameters The role of the TourSolver Wizard is to integrate the constraints that must be taken into account in the optimisation calculation Two Wizards are available the first one is for single day journeys the second is for journeys that last more than one day The sample data provided show how to optimise a one day journey for delivering drugs to hospitals in a given area Five vehicles are used User Guide TourSolver version 2 0 5 Using TourSolver Step 1 Data selection To start the TourSolver Wizard select the menu Tools gt TourSolver Wizard in the Microsoft MapPoint menu if you do not see it you have to install TourSolver again see the Installation chapter The dialog box corresponds to the first step of the TourSolver Wizard TourSolver wizard feb Vehicles ha It tells TourSolver the name of the tables containing the customers and the vehicles data which would have necessarily been previously imported into MapPoin
18. reate 2 Customer lines and to indicate 2 on the first line and 4 on the second line assuming that 2 represents Tuesday and 4 represents Thursday It is the user who defines the matching between the day numbering and the actual calendar days Examples from 1 for Monday to 7 for Sunday then 8 for the next Monday if all days are taken into account from 1 for Monday to 5 for Friday then 6 for the next Monday if only the working days are taken into account e Quantity 2 Quantity 3 Quantity 8 besides the Quantity constraint described above TourSolver has 7 other parameters to deal with dimensions Each of these parameters is corresponding to the parameters Capacity 2 to Capacity 8 on the vehicle constraints User Guide TourSolver version 2 0 8 Using TourSolver Examples delivering heavy and bulky objects One will use Quantity and Capacity for the weight and Quantity 2 and Capacity 2 for the volume Loading the vehicles and delivering the customers will be optimised depending of the double constraints of weight and volume delivering fuels One will use as many Quantity and Capacity parameters as types of fuels The deliveries loading of vehicles returns to depots will be optimised depending of each fuels needs A vehicle will deliver without going back to the depot as long as it has the requested fuels for the customers left to be delivered even if some compartments are empty e Original vehicle ID thi
19. rks the day of a tour following the same definition used for Possible visit days in the customers constraints To plan journeys made by the same vehicle on different days it is necessary to create as many vehicle lines as days and assign a unique day value to each of these lines Open stop indicates that the journey and the calculation of the costs associated to the journey stops after the last visited customer value set to 1 The vehicle starts from the depot unless Open start is set to 1 but does not go back to it Open start indicates that the journey and the calculation of the costs associated to the journey starts from the first visited Customer value set to 1 The vehicle goes back to the depot unless Open stop is set to 1 but does not start from it Optimum start indicates that the vehicle start time is calculated to fit best customers time windows format 0 No 1 Yes If set to 1 the finish time is moved accordingly so that the work time stays the same Min drive time Minimum drive time when two customers are geographically very close from each other or even at the same location this value indicates the minimum time spent between the end of delivering at one customer and beginning delivering the following customer Example Customers in the same building This values takes into account going back to the vehicle between the two customers Lunch time time the vehicle s driver stops to have lunch The
20. s 5 litres per second or 0 25 seconds per litre The value to enter is thus 0 25 e Reard characteristics Required characteristics this indicates the characteristics requested by the customer They can be of any kind and are expressed by a list of words separated by a coma Examples For a customer requesting a maintenance visit of a vending machine and the delivery of consumables one will indicate maintenance delivery At least one of the vehicles must have those characteristics in order to deliver this customer For a customer downtown one will indicate Small vehicle because this customer can not be delivered by a truck At least one of the vehicles must have those characteristics in order to deliver this customer e All characteristics reqrd All characteristics required when this value is set to 1 it indicates that the whole list of characteristics must be taken into account This also means that at least one of the vehicles has all those characteristics available If this value is set to O it means that only one characteristic can be matched e Possible visit days list of integers separated by a coma indicating a day number from 1 to 31 This list indicates which days the customers can be visited Several consecutive days can be separated by a hyphen and 0 means any day possible Example 1 5 7 9 for days 1 to 5 7 and 9 If a customer has to be delivered on Tuesday AND Thursday it is necessary to c
21. s value identical to the value Vehicle ID of one of the vehicles can be used to assign a customer to a specific vehicle This is particularly useful when evaluating the cost of existing routes or to reload and modify routes that have already been optimised e Visit sequence n when a customer is assigned to a route using Original vehicle ID the Visit sequence n indicates the position of the customer in this specific route e Keep original vehicle when a customer has been assigned to a vehicle using Original vehicle ID during the evaluation an existing route Keep original vehicle will force this customer to be visited by this vehicle when optimising format 0 No 1 Yes e Perform delivery indicates whether a client should be delivered or not If Perform delivery equals 1 a client will receive a delivery but in all other cases the client is not integrated into the route This column allows you to select only those clients to be delivered for the optimisation calculation without having to add or delete data from your map e lt Keep Data gt these columns are kept and exported in the reports at the end of the optimisation calculation when using Export to Microsoft Word Export to Microsoft Excel or Export to Text You can export your own information to the reports eg specific instructions customer s phone number entry code to a building etc If some columns do not exist in the Customers data file default
22. st period of overtime hours If the hourly cost is 20 euros and the overtime rate is 25 euros then the surcharge is 5 e O time 2 Duration indicates the length of the second period of overtime hours When this value exists the vehicle can not work beyond the sum of work duration plus the duration of the 2 overtime periods e O time 2 Cost indicates the surcharge for each hour worked during the second period of overtime hours e Max driving duration indicates the maximum number of hours a driver can drive without taking a rest e Rest duration indicates the minimum duration of a rest when a driver has reached the Max driving duration before he can drive again e Min rest duration indicates the minimum duration of a rest so that it can be accounted in the Rest duration Example If Max driving duration is 4h30 Rest duration is 45 minutes and Min rest duration is 15 minutes the driver can drive again for a period of 4h30 if he has taken 3 rests of 15 minutes On the contrary if he has taken 2 rests of 20 minutes and one of 10 minutes he will have to rest at least 15 minutes again before driving again e Rest at depot indicates whether the time spent at depot during the reload of vehicle is value set to 1 or is not value set to 0 taken into account in the Rest duration e Rest at customer indicates whether the time spent at a customer is value set to 1 or is not value set to 0 taken into account in the Rest duratio
23. t In the sample data provided Customers xls represent a set of fictitious Customers and Vehicles xls a set of fictitious vehicles Click on Next gt to go to the next step User Guide TourSolver version 2 0 6 Using TourSolver Step 2 Customers constraints This second step tells TourSolver the constraints related to Customers These constraints would have been previously entered in the Customers file TourSolver wizard x For each column heading of the Customers dataset a constraint from the combo box needs selecting The field Name must exist for valid progression to the next stage Column heading Quantiy Time wdw 1 Start Time wdw 1 End Time wdw 2 Start Constraints Time wdw 1 Start Time wdw 1 End Time wdw 2 Start Sample view 10 45 00 Quantity aE Time wdw 1 Start 10 15 00 Time wdw 1 End 09 30 00 Time wdw 2 Start Time wdw 2 End Fixed visit time Punctuality Delay penalt sz Foret The constraint columns that do not have a matching heading will nocGetGrkenine aecourn ni he optimisation process lt Previous Next gt x Cancel Kd Help To indicate the Customers constraints to TourSolver select the Customers constraints column corresponding to each of the type of constraints managed by TourSolver Contraints that are not matched will not be used Possible Customers constraints are e Name represents the name of the
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