Mission creation

Createapickup-deliveryjob

Build a mission that includes pickup and delivery locations, time windows, durations, capacity fields, skills, and priority.

8-12 minutesBeginnerpickup delivery job tutorial

Scenario

A dispatcher needs to plan a job where the driver must pick up goods before delivering them.

What you will do

Create a new mission.
Choose pickup-delivery mission type.
Add pickup details.
Add delivery details.
Set durations and time windows.
Add capacity, skill, and priority fields.

Before you start

Pickup and delivery addresses or coordinates.
Expected pickup and delivery windows.
Required vehicle skill or capacity details.

Sample data

Pickup: Demo Warehouse
Delivery: Demo Customer
Pickup duration: 8 minutes
Delivery duration: 10 minutes
Required skill: refrigerated or fragile, only if matching vehicle skills exist.

Steps

01

Open missions or distributions.

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02

Select branch and date.

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03

Create a new mission.

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04

Choose pickup-delivery.

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05

Enter pickup address and coordinates.

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06

Enter pickup time window and duration.

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07

Enter delivery address and coordinates.

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08

Enter delivery time window and duration.

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09

Add item count, weight, volume, required skills, and priority.

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10

Save the mission.

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11

Confirm it appears as a pickup-delivery mission.

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Success checklist

Mission type is pickup-delivery.
Pickup and delivery locations are both complete.
Time windows are valid.
Required skills match at least one active vehicle if optimization will use them.

Common mistakes

Pickup and delivery coordinates are swapped.

Pickup time window starts after delivery time window.

Required skill does not exist on any active vehicle.

Pickup duration is left blank when service time matters.

Screenshots to capture

Use anonymized product data. These are screenshot requirements for the final tutorial pass.

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New mission action.

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Mission type selector.

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Pickup address, coordinates, time window, and duration.

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Delivery address, coordinates, time window, and duration.

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Capacity, skills, and priority fields.

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Created pickup-delivery mission in list.

Ready for the next dispatch step?

Continue with optimize a day of deliveries.

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