Delivery Map

NOTE: Requires Microsoft MapPoint Software

This form allows you to route selected deliveries. The route map displayed, with the directions listed above and the stops listed to the left.

You can either split up the loads at the point, or go on to printing the route.

Printing the Route

To print the route, first select the type of printout you want from Microsoft MapPoint. The options are:

Option	Description
Strips	This option will print a small strip map, followed by driving directions.
Full	This will print a full-paged map for increased detail.
Turns	This will print a small map for every important turn.
Dirs	This will print out driving directions only, with no map.
Map	This prints out an alternative map.
CSV	This will put write a file to your computer with the route in a format readable by programs such as Microsoft Excel.

Once you have selected the map type, click Print. You can print multiple map types. Simply select the next type and click Print again

Splitting the deliveries

To split the delivery loads between multiple trucks, click Split Loads.
You now will see a list of all the current stops, plus which deliveries are on this truck.

By default, all deliveries are on the first truck. To remove or add all the stops to the current truck, click the <<< or >>> buttons, respectively.
To add or remove an individual stop, simply put the mouse over it, press and hold your left mouse button, and drag it to the other box (Called Dragging and dropping). Simply Drag and Drop all the stops until your truck is loaded or unloaded to your desires.

To help you decide which stops should go on which truck, there are two things to help you. First, you can click on Details and more information will be displayed for each stop. Click this again to return to the default view.

You can also click on Show Stops to show a map below the lists to see where they are, without calculating a route between them. Click this button again to hide them.

Routing the current truck

To route the truck that you have set up under Split Loads, simply click the Route Stops button. This will route the stops in the current truck. If this is acceptable, you can click Print to print the route for these stops. When you return to the Split Loads, the stops you have already routed will be slightly transparent to indicate that they have already been routed. Repeat this until all the stops have been routed.

Configure Optimization

You can adjust how your trucks will be routed by using the configuration panel. You can set the following options:

Field	Description
Start Time	This sets the time that Microsfot MapPoint© will scheduled your truck to depart at. The default is 7:00am
Time Per Stop	This sets how long the truck is allotted at each stop once it arrives. The default is 10 minutes.
Cost Per Mile	Adjusting this will change how the route is optimized.
Cost Per Mile	Adjusting this will change how the route is optimized.
Trucks	Currently can only be 1

Adjust Route

Once WinCDS has worked to find the best route, you can view the route on screen, including Time Windows, Arrival/Departure Times, and more. From this screen, you can view the route, or rearrange it selecting a stop and using the up/down arrows on the right. You can also have WinCDS try to work a while longer to find an optimal solution by clicking the Continue button. If you are satisfied with the route, you can click Close.

Exiting the mapping form

To exit the form, click Done. If you have not printed the map, you will be asked if you want to.