WorkWave FleetFor more information on the proper formatting of your Excel or CSV, please see What is the Correct Format for my Excel File?
First, figure out what you are doing at each address you go to. Are you picking something up, dropping something off, both, or visiting for another reason entirely?
First, figure out what you are doing at each address you go to. Are you picking something up, dropping something off, both, or visiting for another reason entirely?
Then, you can define different types of Orders in WorkWave Route Manager by using different column names in your Excel or CSV. These column names are not required, but can be helpful when mapping your fields. Excel Templates are included for your convenience at the bottom of this article.
Pickup
A Pickup occurs whenever you are going somewhere and putting something on your truck. If you’re defining a series of Pickups in your Excel/CSV file you can call them “Pickup”:
Pickup
A Pickup occurs whenever you are going somewhere and putting something on your truck. If you’re defining a series of Pickups in your Excel/CSV file you can call them “Pickup”:
|
Name
|
Pickup Full Address
|
Pickup Service Time
|
Pickup Time Window Start
|
Pickup Time Window End
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
James Smith
|
12 Ex St, NJ, USA
|
20
|
11:00
|
13:00
|
Dropoff
A Dropoff occurs whenever you are going somewhere and taking something off of your truck. If you’re defining a series of Dropoffs in your Excel/CSV file you can call them “Dropoff”:
|
Name
|
Dropoff Full Address
|
Dropoff Service Time
|
Dropoff Time Window Start
|
Dropoff Time Window End
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
James Smith
|
12 Ex St, NJ, USA
|
20
|
11:00
|
13:00
|
Service
A Service occurs whenever you are going somewhere and nothing is being put on or taken off of your Vehicle (example: a sales call). If you’re defining a series of Services in your Excel/CSV file you can call them “Service”:
|
Name
|
Service Full Address
|
Service Service Time
|
Service Time Window Start
|
Service Time Window End
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
James Smith
|
12 Ex St, NJ, USA
|
20
|
11:00
|
13:00
|
Pickup & Dropoff
You can even combine Pickup & Dropoff if you need to set an origin (the Pickup) and a destination (the Dropoff) for your Load Capacities. Put both types of columns into your Excel sheet:
|
Name
|
Pickup Full Address
|
Dropoff Full Address
|
Pickup Notes
|
Dropoff Notes
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
James Smith
|
12 Ex St, NJ, USA
|
20 Smith St, NJ, USA
|
Front entrance
|
Rear entrance
|
If your business is based on picking up and delivering back to your Depot (or even the opposite), you can do that too: