Feature List OMD/Scheduler Feature List OMD/Scheduler

Note that the list below is not exhaustive since we constantly add new functionality which may not yet appear in the list.

Planning Algorithms

  • Advice
  • Cheapest
  • Plan Day
  • Plan Engineer/Resource
  • Move
  • Nearest First, Furthest First
  • Most Urgent/Longest
  • Swoon Mix
  • Location Planning
  • Fast Lane
  • Fill Trips
  • BatchScript
  • Clustering
  • Vehicle Routing (with Time Windows)
  • Custom Algorithms

Integration

Standard Functionality

  • Standard work patterns
  • Floating breaks
  • Standard holiday calendars
  • Individual work patterns
  • Individual holiday calendars
  • Supports hard and soft territory boundaries
  • Automatic planning
  • Manual planning
  • Currently supported languages: English, French, German Dutch and Spanish
  • Run Modes: Client and Background

Standard Criteria

  • SLA requirements (earliest/latest)
  • Estimated Duration
  • Opening Hours
  • Skills and Skill Levels
  • Logical skill constraints: AND, OR, NOT, ()
  • Territories
  • Location
  • Fixed Appointment
  • Required Resource, Preferred Resource and Backup Resource
  • Resource Availability
  • Overtime Costs
  • Maximum Overtime
  • Travel Distance and Travel Time
  • Weight and Volume
  • Maximum Workload
  • Parts
  • Task Groups

Geographical Map

  • Navteq/map&guide or TeleAtlas/infoware, Google
  • Supported Countries: Europe, America, Australia, other
  • Detail level: streets/house numbers
  • Address matching
  • Accuracy: GPS coordinates
  • Manual Geocoding
  • Rule-based Geocoding
  • Reverse Geocoding
  • Overview map, Detailed map
  • Location display
  • Route display
  • Route report
  • Snapshots
  • Zoom In, Zoom Out, Zoom Selection, Overview
  • Shift in all directions
  • Map updates twice a year (optional)
  • Certified platforms: Windows XP//Vista/7

Gantt Chart

  • Tree Structure
  • Overview horizontal
  • per Day horizontal/vertical
  • per Resource horizontal/vertical
  • Drag and Drop
  • Resizable Gantt Chart
  • Resizable Gantt row height
  • Hide Weekends
  • Hide Nights
  • Territory Filter
  • Adaptable Colour Schemes
  • Property symbols

Optimization

  • Trip
  • Optimize Day
  • Optimize Resource
  • Overall Optimization starting Today

Workflow

  • Adaptable and extensible
  • Customizable Colouring Schemes

Key Performance Indicators

  • Tasks Total
  • Unplanned Tasks
  • Unplanned Tasks (%)
  • Distance
  • Travel Time
  • Average Speed
  • Points
  • Stops
  • Visits
  • Trips
  • Resources
  • Days
  • Working Hours
  • Travel Time/Working Hrs.
  • km/Visit
  • h/Visit
  • Approx. Distance
  • Visits/Working Hours
  • Visits/Resource
  • Too Late
  • Too Late (h)
  • Trips with Overtime
  • Overtime
  • Trips without Tasks
  • Skill Mismatches
  • Skill Level Mismatches
  • Territory not supported
  • Preferred Mismatch
  • Idle

Further Functionality

  • Identification and resolution of extended or shortened tasks
  • Stop List
  • Unplanned Tasks
  • Waiting List
  • Planned Tasks
  • Closed Tasks
  • Restores window size/pos.
  • Tables sortable
  • Columns moveable
  • Columns resizable
  • Columns hideable
  • Restores table layouts
  • Task symbols
  • Unplan peaks
  • Edit Breaks
  • Save to File
  • Quick Search
  • Options Preview
  • Route Report
  • Fixed Timeline
  • Task identifier format mask

Feature List OMD/Mobile Feature List OMD/Mobile

Agenda Communication
  • Separate lists for backlog, Today, Next and Closed
  • Brief or extended layout of task info
  • Indication of mobile status of task by means of an icon, indicating Planned, On the Way, On Site, Closed
  • Indication of server-side status of task by color, according to the adjustable color schema of the Visual Scheduler
  • Send mobile events such as On The Way, On Site or Closed immediately to OMD server
  • Send location of device in specific intervals
  • Push-based technology, allowing immediate update on new incoming tasks or changes to the plan
 
Task Task Details
  • Estimated Duration / Actual Duration
  • Call customer
  • View task details
  • View attached documents
  • View location of task on Google Map
  • Go (On the Way) / Start navigation
  • On Site
  • Camera
  • Customer Signature
  • Field Worker Signature
  • Barcode scanning
  • Material Usage
  • Finish task (Closed)
  • NFC scan of material
  • Customer info such as name, phone number and e-mail address
  • Task Identifier / Task Group
  • Position in Trip
  • Scheduled Time
  • Earliest / Latest
  • Contract Type
  • Skill
  • Address details
  • Latitude/Longitude info
  • Opening Hours
  • Delivery Types
  • Delivery Item Details

 

Other  
  • Service Report forwarded to customer e-mail address
  • Car Stock
  • List of Material / Spare Parts