The optimizer settings allow you to adjust parameters to generate schedules as close as possible to your actual operations. These settings are:
Optimizer options
Optimizer priority: Choose whether you want the optimiser to prioritise minimising distance travelled or time en route.
Grouping stpos: Allows you to get routes with more grouped stops.
Idle time: Maximum waiting period for your vehicles at a stop.
Automatic stop balancing: For the stops in a plan to be distributed among all the vehicles you have added.
Balance route times: Enable this item to find routes with similar times for the drivers assigned to your plan.
Balance route distances: Enable this itme to find routes with similar distances for the drivers assigned to your plan.
Traffic options
Traffic (license with no Add-ons). Allows you to define a speed coefficient to simulate traffic.
Transport mode (Add-on).
Departure time (Add-on). Defines the departure time for the optimizer to calculate the traffic for that particular moment.
How to edit the settings
Modify the default settings of your project. This will mean that your plans will be created with this default configuration. Access from Project Settings > Optimizer.
Modify the settings in a plan. You can also change the settings for a specific plan. Inside the plan, click on the gear to the right of the Optimize routes button.
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