Activity Maintenance

Owned by Megan Stanage (Unlicensed)
Apr 14, 2023
3 min read

Logistics Execution > Common > Activities > Activity Maintenance

Although there is an Activity Maintenance form, you can access activity maintenance for a specific activity by clicking the Activity ID on other forms.

The Activity Maintenance form functions as the dispatch status board or interactive trip sheet. It allows you to process an order using actions created during Activity Master setup.

Activity maintenance can be accomplished manually via the Logistics Execution module or can be configured for integration with external device driver macros in conjunction with automated actions.

Manually Process an Activity

Once an activity is paired with the necessary assets on the Activity Resource Workbench, you can begin processing the order using the Activity Maintenance form.

The Activity Maintenance form is accessible from the ribbon on either activity workbench.

Although the individual steps to manually process an activity vary based on the operation type, as well as the activity master and template, you are responsible for using buttons and automated actions to create each status update.

Example

A logistics company runs a dedicated operation, including a milk run (see screenshot above), that is made up of four pre-loaded deliveries. To complete this activity, you must manually trigger all actions associated with it. 

Remember: An activity only needs a START and END action to be completed.

In the case of this dedicated activity, you must first execute the START function to indicate the activity is underway. Using automated actions, starting the activity also executes a TRANSFER-LOAD function, updating the assets and workers status to indicate the pre-load.

Once the activity begins, you need to process ARRIVE, TRANSFER-UNLOAD, and DEPART functions for each of the deliveries, completing the activity with an END function.

As these actions are executed for each delivery, Transport + Deliver creates arrival and departure timestamps for each location, and also updates the demand location to the appropriate delivery stop.

Requested Date Time

The Requested Date Time field displays the customer's requested arrival time for each activity line. Although this field might be indicative of customer preference, it is most commonly associated with appointment time.

Actual Date Time

In addition to recording the inbound and outbound times for each activity line, Transport + Deliver also records the actual date time.

The Actual Date Time field represents the time of inventory transition at a location.

For an activity using auto-load or auto-unload, this coincides with one of the macros. Otherwise, Actual Date Time populates upon inventory transfer from asset to facility.

Note

If a logistics order has logistics order lines tied to multiple activities, Transport + Deliver does not allow the second activity to start until the first activity is completed.

This ensures the correct sequence of events is followed.

Other Options


 Change Mode of Delivery

Click Change mode of delivery on the ribbon to open a flyout window that allows you to change warehouse-based demand on an activity to a different mode of delivery.

 Manual Entry

Click Finish Manual Entry on the ribbon to finalize your manual entry and calculate distance.

 Rating

Click Transportation on the ribbon to view rating options that will open the Rate Route Workbench for the selected activity.

 Reset Activity

Click Reset Activity on the ribbon to roll the activity back to the beginning, before any actions were processed.

Important

You must have the Logistics Execution Activity Reset role assigned to access this option. The system administrator role automatically inherits this role.

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