Starting the Tour

Depending on the transport requirement (Transport orders) and tour planning (Tour planning), one of the following two scenarios is shown under Material flow > Material delivery:

No tour available

No tour is available for the selected vehicle at the time of logging on.

1. To select another vehicle for a tour, continue with Select a vehicle and set the tour display.

   Or:

   To start a tour anyway, select a predefined route.

   Predefined routes are only displayed when On-demand tour is enabled in the vehicle's tours settings.
   Select a vehicle and set the tour display

   A new tour is calculated using the transport orders available in the system.

2. To carry out the tour, tap Start.

An alternative tour will be started.

• To follow the sequence of steps at the start station, continue with Performing Preparatory Special Activities.

Tour available

At the time of logging on, a tour with an immediate start time or with a start time in the future is planned.

The Name, the Departure time and the Time remaining before the tour must be completed are displayed. The following KPIs are displayed below the departure time:

• Utilization
  Percentage utilization of the vehicle and trailers
• Productivity
  Time ratio between the work steps at the stations (delivery, loading, coupling and decoupling) and the total duration of the tour (work steps + travel time)
• Maximum schedule variance
  Maximum permitted delay on the tour

1. To complete the tour, tap Start.

The tour will start at the start station.

• To follow the sequence of steps at the start station, continue with Performing Preparatory Special Activities.