Drivers in MaxOptra represent the drivers of your fleet
Many parameters of a driver affect automatic planning:
The Operating hours define driver's work/break time for each day which is taken into account when planning
Duty time limit and Driving limit parameters define planning boundaries by limiting the hours the driver can work per shift and driving hours per shift.
Note During manual planning some or all of these rules can be ignored.
To create a new driver, make sure the selected role is Account Administrator and you are on the Drivers page of the Settings tab:
On the bottom toolbar of the screen, click Add to open the setup screen for the driver:
Basics - Fill in the general information and key details of the driver Required Details: "Name" | "External ID" | "Distribution centre" | "Password"
Operating hours - Define the working hours and availability;
The break type can be set in the Distribution centre settings
Click the button to apply the selected operating hours to additional days
Click the switch the mark the driver as available
3. Execution - Control operational preferences and rules
Glossary
In the Name type the name of a driver
In the Distribution centre field, select the Distribution centre this driver is assigned to from the dropdown. The DC operation time, will be used by default when the driver is first created. You can change these values, if necessary
In the Vehicle field, select the vehicle this driver is assigned to from the dropdown
In the Cost per hour field, specify the cost (in pounds) for one hour of work of a driver
In the Duty time limit field, specify the maximum amount of hours a driver can work per shift
In the Driving limit field, specify how many hours a driver can drive per day
In the Login and Password fields fill in the driver's login and password. Retype password in the Confirm password field
In the E-mail field type the driver's e-mail address
For more information about required and optional parameters of a driver, see Driver parameters.
Click Save to save a driver