Geofencing for automated route start/close when at Depot

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We appreciate that drivers have a lot on their hands when it comes to navigating their busy days and routes. In aid of the superheroes of logistics and to further improve the data accuracy, we have rolled out geofencing to automate route start/close when at the depot.

If you are looking into this feature, you are already familiar with how geofencing works. So lets proceed to setting this up.

Go to Settings -> Mobile workflow -> Advanced:

In the section Automated Route start/Close when at Depot , toggle the switch to enable automatic starting and closing of routes (1):

This feature will ensure that the driver's mobile app automatically initiates and finalises a route once the driver leaves or arrives back at the depot, based on GPS location. 

You may also permit a driver to revert a route from “In Progress” back to “Scheduled” if it was initiated automatically by the App (2) but for any unforeseen circumstances may require restarting:

Important to know:

• Approximate radius for detecting your warehouse is 300m. When a driver leaves this radius the app will attempt starting a route, when enters this radius the route will be closed.

• If Vehicle Check or Load Check are required prior to route start the app will not start a route automatically, it will remind the driver to start the route from the mobile app with a service message.

• if there are several routes scheduled for different dates the app will not start the route automatically. It will prompt the driver with a service message to tap the Start Route button in the app.

• If there are several routes with different Ship from addresses for the current date the app will start the route based on the driver's GPS location.

• The route will not be closed automatically if there is mandatory Vehicle Check after the route is closed.

• All sites within the route shall have status 'Visited' for the app to close the route automatically.