Reload  

Use

You can use this function to define which additional materials should be loaded onto the vehicle during a tour, or unloaded before the end of the tour.

The driver interrupts the current tour and returns to the distribution center for a stop-off to load additional material onto the vehicle, or unload material that is no longer required. At this point, the back end transfers the changes in quantity made for each material during the process. The vehicle stock is updated accordingly on the mobile device. The driver can then continue the tour.

 

Reload as part of the tour process

Integration

The function is designed for use on mobile devices and for paper-based processes.

You can use the check-in and check-out functions for this process.

For more information, see Entering Tour Data on Mobile Devices.

When checking in or out during a stop-off, you can only enter the current vehicle stock quantities.

Prerequisites

●      The tour must be started but not yet completed.

●      You can only reload or unload materials for a delivery if you already transferred the materials during the initial data transfer on the mobile device before the start of a tour.

Features

●      You can use transaction /DSD/SV_RELOAD to create a document for a shipment in the back end. You enter the material data concerning the reload in this document. You can enter data on the materials that have been reloaded or unloaded in the same step.

The system can handle up to 99 stop-offs, which are stored in the back end as the reload sequence.

Based on the document created, you can generate and print a material list showing the materials that have been reloaded and the relevant quantities. This list can be accessed by the driver or senior storeperson.

If drivers synchronize their mobile device before resuming the tour, the system automatically updates the stock data on the mobile device.

You can only change the reload data if it has not yet been transferred to the mobile device. Once the data has been transferred, you can no longer make changes.

Goods movements must be made separately.

Materials that are reloaded during a stop-off are initially debited to the driver. The system does not post these materials to the relevant customer accounts until the final settlement run.

Example

A delivery driver is on a tour. He or she delivers the materials that have been ordered to the first three customers. Everything goes according to plan. What is not planned, however, is for the driver to receive returns and empties. He or she still has four customers who want to purchase more material than they had originally ordered, that is, more than is already on the vehicle. The driver realizes that the vehicle stock will not be sufficient for the remaining deliveries. The driver informs the distribution center of the planned changes during the tour. He or she then returns to the distribution center to update the vehicle stock. The driver unloads the returns and the empties and loads the missing material. The driver then continues the tour with the updated data on the mobile device.