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Frontier iDispatch is designed as an integrated logistics planning
module, leveraging Frontier® ERP based sales, production
and configuration information to build truck loads based on user-defined
rules and logic. The iDispatch application is fully integrated
with the Frontier® ERP production scheduling and bar code
reporting modules, as well as third party route planning and
optimization products.
Frontier iDispatch Truck Management Supports:
- A Java™ based, IBM WebSphere development environment
that can be deployed on any standard web server and utilizes
an Application
Program Interface (API) layer to leverage Frontier® ERP
based application program logic and data
- The definition of user-defined truck types and associated
capacity limits to define an organization’s available fleet
and establish constraints for building truck loads
- User-defined truck scheduling rules, maintained by plant
and shipping route, leveraging Frontier® ERP based data and
formulas to automatically generate suggested truck loads
- A flexible scheduling screen design allowing a user
to define the information and format required, providing summary
and detailed
visibility and update of suggested truck loads
- Multiple load status codes to identify the stages of
planning a specific truck load is in, tracking when the dispatcher
has
finalized the load content and defined drop sequences
- Established interface routines to third party route
planning applications, such as PC-Miler and Transact, to optimize
the delivery
of a planned truck load and generate drop sequences based on the established
rules and algorithms
- Visibility of finalized truck loads and drop sequences
within the production scheduling application, providing the option
of scheduling production based on truck schedules
- Real-time validation of products being loaded onto
a truck against the finalized truck schedule to eliminate loading
errors
- Automatic generation of bills of lading based on the
finalized truck schedules and the products that have been loaded
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