This section details features which compliment the Permanent Booking module, they are designed specifically to support fixed routes (scheduled/dedicated) environments:

Permanent Versions
Allows the entire set of permanent bookings (routes) to be duplicated for a nominated date. This allows you to edit selected jobs for the nominated date (turn off jobs, add jobs, move/add/delete stops, change times, etc) leaving the original jobs file intact. Useful for managing one-time changes to routes weeks in advance of major holidays, without having to undo those changes before loading jobs for the next business day.

Job Scheduling
Specify when job is to be performed via any combination of:
• Days of the week
• Time of day
• Types of week (odd, even, all, etc.)
• Commencement date
• Termination date
• No. of times job should be performed
• Exception dates available to easily work around public holidays
• Pre-allocate a designated driver if required
• Mark job as “auto-allocate” (to save dispatcher from having to do so)
• Mark job as “auto-complete” (useful for monthly billing tickets)

Multi-stop functionality
• simple feature to copy an entire job, making any necessary changes
• easily move/add/delete stops
• globally adjust times on selected stops

Intricate Holiday Rules
• Cancel job: cancels job if falls on a holiday
• Proceed as Normal: job goes regardless
• Next day re-schedule: cancel for holiday, load on next day
• Move entire week one day: moves Mon job to Tue, Tue to Wed, etc.
• Delay cancel to next day: cancels job on day after holiday

Permanent Booking Loader
• Ability to load selected jobs from within the Permanent Booking client
• Ability to repeatedly run the loader without risking duplicate orders
• Easy to add new scheduled jobs and immediately load for "today"
• Load jobs by day or day range, and/or customer or customer range, or by individual job no., up to a week in advance.

Exceptional Job Details
• Load up to 2 sundries per stop, useful way to permanently add flat sundry fees such as insurance, tolls, airbill charges, agent fees, etc.
• Overriding fee and pay tables: supports overriding fee and/or pay table which applies only to that job. Useful when different rate structures like weight and waiting time are sold on permanent jobs
• Automatic PoP and PoD messages to message group: flag a job to automatically notify CSR or customer of Proof of Pickup or Proof of Delivery.
• “Will-call” feature: Marks job with a 'WC' icon to alert dispatcher of pending job
• Set fee and/or pay per stop: optionally set overriding fees and pays at the stop level
• Job notes: Field for summary description of job, visible to dispatcher and optionally printed on driver manifest.
• Stop notes: field for detailed stop notes, visible to dispatcher and optionally printed on driver manifest. Useful for training drivers or backup drivers.
• Stop type: ability to flag a stop as Pickup, Delivery, or Both
• Stop-level PoD's: ability set PoD required at the stop-level
• Stop reference: ability to set a reference at the stop-level
• Sales rep at job level: ability to set overriding sales rep at the job level, useful on house accounts where sales rep adds new business

Driver scheduling features
• set driver on job by day of week (Mon driver, Tue driver, etc.)
• ability to set absences via Dispatch
• ability to set driver to cover absences
• reports to track scheduling conflicts

Driver itinerary
At-a-glance view of driver's entire day by stop

Driver history
Quick access to who has performed a particular job
• active drivers only
• sorted by most recent date
• includes no. of times
• controllable search-date range

Manifest display via Dispatch
• control of display field (Name, City, etc.)
• quick access to stop notes
• up to 6 goods types per job
• enter goods quantity by stop
• automatically calculates total weight based on qty and type of goods
• PoDs at stop-level
• balance checking, warns dispatcher of count mismatch
• extra stop-level data button for scanned package ids

Early Warning display
Advanced display for late alarms (allocation, pickup, delivery)

Blacklist feature
Prevents dispatch from allocating a specific route, or blocks driver from an entire account

Allocation blocking
Useful for driver expiry notices: when you try to pre-allocate or allocate a job to a driver who has had allocations blocked (either warning or complete block), dispatcher gets a pop-up dialog appropriate to the level of warning.

Search feature
Find the closest driver to a job; list drivers sorted by distance including vehicle type, no. of jobs on-board, last known location and time, and current heading. Filters available to restrict search results to Pickup Zone, Delivery Zone, My Channels, My Fleets