Routes List Guide – Last Mile Route Management

Your Route4Me Routes List is a centralized route database where you can store and manage millions of planned, optimized, and scheduled last mile routes. Specifically, you can search and filter routes by their attributes, track route progress and destination statuses in real-time, assign drivers and vehicles to routes, dispatch routes, reschedule routes, edit routes, and more. Furthermore, the Routes List enables you to open and edit routes planned by Route Planners, track routes dispatched by Dispatchers, monitor route progress on routes driven and completed by drivers using the Route4Me Mobile App, and seamlessly manage all your routes on a single, centralized trusted route planning software database Additionally, learn more about Route4Me’s Team Hierarchy and user permissions for any medium size business and large business.

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Customize Routes List – Route Data Column Customization

Using the Routes List, you can view routes and associated data relevant to your business. For efficiency, you can easily customize the data on your Routes List and how it’s displayed. To do so, click the Display Columns Icon. Next, in the “Display Columns” panel, check the boxes next to the items you want to enable on your Routes List. Moreover, you can customize the order of the selected columns by dragging and dropping column names to the preferred position.

NOTE: For convenience, your custom column selection and column order are saved and automatically opened when you sign in to your account. Furthermore, the Dispatch Mode and Recently Created View Modes have individual column settings and must be configured separately. You can learn more about Routes List View Modes further in this guide.

Below, you can find the list of all available Routes List columns and their descriptions. NOTE: The “Route Name“, “Assigned User” and “Assigned Vehicle” columns can’t be deselected or moved on the Routes List when configuring columns.

Filter & Sort Routes – Use Custom Filters And Route Sorting Options

Last mile businesses of all sizes benefit from efficient tools to easily find and manage specific routes. Medium and large businesses can have millions of planned and optimized routes, which are impossible to sort by hand. Route4Me’s Routes List enables you to seamlessly filter, sort, group, find, and manage your preferred routes in seconds. After enabling the data columns most relevant to your routing operations, you can use customizable filters to sort millions of routes by virtually any attribute. Furthermore, you can use View Modes and grouping options to group routes by a preferred value or attribute and more.

Dispatch View Mode – View Routes By Scheduled Start Time

By default, the “Dispatch” mode sorts routes by their Scheduled Start Time. Specifically, this View Mode shows routes with the latest start date at the top of your Routes List and routes with the earliest start date at the bottom of the list. To enable this View Mode, select “Dispatch Mode” in the top left of your Routes List. Then, click “Start Date” and select the date range for the scheduled routes you want to see.

Furthermore, in Dispatch Mode, routes are grouped by the same Start Date, and each section shows the number of routes that start on a given date. Accordingly, to collapse or expand a section, click the Arrow Icon next to it.

Recently Created – View Routes By Created Date

By default, “Recently Created” mode sorts routes by “Created Date“. Specifically, this View Mode shows the most recently created routes at the top of the Routes List and routes created earlier at the bottom. To enable this View Mode, select “Recently Created” in the top left of your Routes List. Then, click “Created Date” and select the preferred created date range.

Filter By Date Range For Route Created Date And Route Start Date

Depending on the selected View Mode, your Routes List will automatically be sorted by a specific date range. In detail, “Dispatch Mode” automatically groups and sorts routes by their Start Date, which is the date when the route is scheduled to begin. Furthermore, the “Recently Created” mode automatically sorts routes by their Created Date, which is the date the route was planned and optimized, and does not group routes by default.

You can use “Created Date“, “Start Date“, and time frames to filter routes in both View Modes. To do so, click the Date Range Field, select the date type (“Created Date” or “Start Date“), and select the preferred date range by which you want to filter routes.

Routes List Filters – Filter Routes By Route Attributes And Values

After you’ve sorted the Routes List by your preferred date range type and time frame, you can filter routes by different attributes to see only the most relevant preferred routes from a list of millions. To do so, click “Filter” and enable the preferred filtering options. After that, the Routes List will show only those routes that match your specified filters. Additionally, click the “Reset” button to remove all enabled filters. Below, you can find the list of all available Routes List filters and their descriptions.

Group Routes By Start Date, User, Vehicle, Status And More

Your filtered Routes List can be refined further by grouping routes according to shared attributes or details. To do so, click the “Group by” field and select the preferred attribute to group routes by. Then, routes will be grouped by the selected attribute. Each group is titled with the group attribute and shows the total number of routes in the group. Accordingly, to collapse or expand a group, click the Arrow Icon next to it. In detail, you can group routes by the attributes described in the table below.

Find Routes By Route Attributes With Routes List Search Bar

Route4Me’s flexible route search enables you to quickly search through millions of routes and find the ones you need in seconds. Specifically, you can search for your routes by route details, order information, customer details, etc. To search for a route, input a specific attribute associated with the route into the Search Bar.

For example, you can search for a route by the Invoice Number associated with a specific destination on the route. Accordingly, the search function will find the route, which includes the route address associated with the respective invoice number. Below, you can find the list of available attributes you can use to search for routes.

Sort Filtered Routes By Route Data Columns

After selecting the preferred View Mode, applying filters, and grouping routes, you can easily sort all displayed routes by a specific column. To do so, click the column header of the preferred column to sort all displayed routes from the highest value in this column to the lowest or vice versa.

NOTE: You can sort your Routes List by one column at a time – sorting by a specific column overrides the previous column sorting. Additionally, when grouping routes, column sorting will sort routes within groups as in the image below but not sort groups compared to each other in the Routes List.

Routes List Controls – Horizontal Scrolling, Resize Columns And More

Your Routes List will always display all enabled route data columns. When there are more columns than can be viewed on the screen at one time, use the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom to scroll through all enabled columns on your customized Routes List. Correspondingly, when the Routes List contains more routes than can be displayed on the screen, use the vertical scroll bar to scroll through all routes that match your filters. Furthermore, you can resize data columns on the Routes List by clicking and dragging the divider between the preferred column you want to resize and a neighboring column.

Track Route Progress – Monitor Real-Time Route Progress Data

The Routes List enables you to efficiently and seamlessly track route analytics and progress. Utilize customizable filters, grouping settings, and data columns to get actionable intelligence for your specific business and routing needs. Below, you can find examples of how the Routes List can be used to track route progress, monitor performance, and much more. Along with these examples, the Routes List offers virtually limitless possibilities for seamlessly and intuitively tracking, collating, and sorting the most complex routing analytics to maximize the performance of your last mile business.

Monitor Real-Time And Historical Driver Performance On The Routes List

For instance, you can monitor driver efficiency and performance. To do so, click the Display Columns Icon and enable your preferred driver performance data columns, such as “Destinations Total” along with “Done Destinations” and “Failed Destinations“. With these settings, you can compare the performance of different drivers by the total number of successfully completed planned destinations on routes. Additionally, you can enable route compliance metrics such as “Out of Sequence Destinations“, completed and remaining planned distance, and more to monitor driver route adherence.

Then, click “Group by” and select “User” from the menu to group your routes by the drivers assigned to them. Next, click “Start Date” and filter your routes for the preferred date range, such as “Last week“. Additionally, click “Filters” to filter the grouped routes only by certain drivers or progress status. This way, your Routes List will display routes from the previous week grouped by their assigned driver with route destination completion metrics and sub-totals for the selected time period.

Track Vehicle Capacity Utilization On Routes With Routes List Filters And Groups

In addition to driver performance, you can track vehicle utilization to maximize fleet capacity and performance. To do so, click the Display Columns Icon and enable your preferred vehicle utilization data columns, such as “Pieces Planned“, “Weight Planned“, and “Revenue Planned” along with Pieces, Weight, and Revenue remaining at the end of routes. With these settings, you can compare the capacity utilization of different vehicles for the previous month and see which vehicles are underutilized or overutilized. This is especially important if you field a mixed vehicle fleet with different capacity profiles among your fleet vehicles. Additionally, learn more about Mixed Fleet Route Planning and Vehicle Capacity.

Next, click “Group by” and select “Vehicle” from the menu to group routes by the vehicles assigned to them. Then, click “Start Date” and filter your routes for the preferred date range, such as “Last 30 Days“. Additionally, click “Filters” to filter the grouped routes only by certain vehicles or progress status. This way, your Routes List will display routes from the previous month grouped by their assigned vehicles with utilization metrics and respective sub-totals.

Monitor Planned And Completed Routes With Routes List Groups And Filters

Furthermore, you can quickly and easily get an overview of your routes to see how many have been completed across a given time frame, how many are currently in progress, and more. To do so, select “Dispatch Mode“, click “Group by“, and select “Route Status” from the menu to group routes by their respective status. Then, click “Start Date” and filter your routes for the preferred date range, such as “This month“. Next, go to “Filters” and “Route Status” to select only those statuses relevant to your use case, such as “Finished” and “Started“. This way, your Routes List will display routes from the current month in two groups, one for “Started” in-progress routes and one for “Finished” routes.

Destinations Mode – View Destination Data And KPIs On The Routes List

In addition to filtering and sorting routes and viewing route data, the Routes List enables you to switch to Destinations Mode. There, you can view data and information associated with individual customer destinations grouped by their respective routes. To switch to Destinations Mode, click the “View Destinations” button in the top-right of the Routes List.

The Destinations List automatically groups destinations by their respective routes. To view all destinations that match the current filters without grouping by route, click the “Group by” button and select “None” from the menu. Additionally, you can filter the Destinations List in the same way you filter the Routes Page. To do so, click the date range field and select the preferred date range. Then, click “Filters” and select the preferred attributes from the menu.

For convenience, Destinations Mode shares the controls and functionality of the Routes List, including customizing data columns. This way, you can quickly and easily view the most relevant destination data and KPIs. With the Destinations List, you can gather actionable intelligence on the performance of your business, inventory and vehicle utilization, and more.

To customize the Destinations List, click the Display Columns Button. Next, in the “Display Columns” panel, check the boxes next to the items you want to enable on your Destinations List. Moreover, you can customize the order of the selected columns by dragging and dropping column names to the preferred position.

Mobile Driver App And Routes List Real-Time Data Sync

Route4Me seamlessly synchronizes updates between the Mobile Driver App and the best route software. In detail, drivers and field members can use Route4Me’s Mobile Android Route Planner and iOS Route Planner apps to navigate routes, add destination statuses, attach proof of visit and delivery, etc. Route4Me automatically synchronizes changes made on the mobile app, and you can instantly see route updates on the Web Software Routes List in real-time.

Similarly, managers, route planners, or dispatchers can use the trusted route optimizer Route Editor to insert or remove route stops, resequence addresses, reschedule routes, and make other route modifications. Accordingly, drivers and field team members will instantly get route updates on the mobile app in real-time.

Manage Routes – Edit Routes, Route Settings, Export Routes And More

In addition to tracking route progress, team performance, fleet utilization, and more, the Routes List is one of your most powerful tools for route management. Before managing and editing routes, use filters to make sure the routes shown on your Routes List are those you want to manage or edit. After filtering routes, you can then manage individual routes or manage multiple routes simultaneously with bulk actions. Specifically, you can assign drivers and vehicles, insert addresses, re-optimize routes after making changes, adjust scheduling details, export route data, dispatch routes and notifications, and much more.

Individual Route Management – Edit And Manage Single Routes

To access all available individual route management options such as real-time GPS tracking, detailed address and destination editing, customer and destination details, etc., open the preferred route in the Route Editor. To do so, click the “Open Route” button or right-click the route you want to open and select “Open Route” from the menu. Additionally, learn more about managing and editing routes with the reliable route software Route Editor.

Moreover, you can access many of the same route management options as the Route Editor directly from your Routes List. To do so, click the Dropdown Arrow next to “Open Route” or right-click the preferred route. You can learn more about each individual route management option from the Routes List in the table below. Additionally, click the “Actions” button to insert a preferred address into the most optimal route or open the Route Operation Matrix for routes scheduled for the current date.

Bulk Route Management – Edit And Manage Multiple Routes Simultaneously

Furthermore, managing multiple routes at the same time is just as easy as managing individual routes. To use bulk route management actions, select the preferred routes to manage by checking the boxes next to them. Then, in the menu bar above the Routes List, you can click the “Dispatch” button to dispatch routes and customer notifications, click the “Change Start Time” button to reschedule the selected routes, and click the “Bulk Actions” button to open the Bulk Actions route management menu. All available multiple routes management options are described in the table below.