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PINNED Price Adjustments for asphalt products based on Oil Index changes.
We have received request to add functionality to Apex to support escalation/de-escalation of pricing based on changes to the Oil Index. We would like to get feedback from the community on how you handle this process today. Please Vote if you would...
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As a fleet allocator, I would like to know how well I am meeting customer commitments (based on delivery windows).

Amount of commitments met can be an important KPI in transportation.
Chris Miranti almost 6 years ago in Dispatch 1 Reviewing

As a fleet allocator, I would like to know how well I am utilizing each driver.

Driver utilization is an important KPI for transportation. It should be easily visible and regularly updated (perhaps in COMMANDtrack).
Chris Miranti almost 6 years ago in Dispatch 0 Reviewing

As an order taker, I would like the ability to ensure vehicle demand does not exceed supply (which may vary day by day or even by time of day, as well as location/region).

Currently, Apex does not accommodate changes in vehicle supply. This does not work well when dealing with third party hauliers, as additional vehicles may need to be requested and available vehicles changes over time.
Chris Miranti almost 6 years ago in Dispatch 0 Reviewing

As an order taker, I would like the ability to provide and record a delivery window (+/- 30min, +/- 4hr, etc.) to the customer.

When confirming an order with the customer, it is good to confirm a time window as well. Between 2-4, between noon and 4, etc. Different business lines may require tighter windows than others. Perhaps a customer is willing to accept Rock at any t...
Chris Miranti almost 6 years ago in Dispatch 0 Reviewing

Royalty Source independent of order

The "Royalty Source" is entered for every Ticket in the Scale house dependent on where the product has been sourced. When there is a requirement to correct something later on in the process any change in the "Edit Ticket" screen is also wiping out...
Ralf Maier over 6 years ago in Ticket 1 Reviewing

Custom Date Field - Advance Automatically

To facilitate our ability to back-date tickets at our Steel Mill locations like we could in COMMANDagg through the 'Previous Day Ticketing' screen, we placed a custom, non-UDF date field on the Dispatch Scale Ticket screen. Our AutoID locations le...
Alan Pawlik over 6 years ago in Auto ID 0 Reviewing

Have auxillary display boards have the ability to display ticket total price for active customer

Better customer service
Guest about 2 years ago in Auxiliary Display 0 Reviewing

Insurance Expiration Time

Add ability to expire insurance based on not only date, but time (Expiration @ 12PM was seen in Texas)
Chris Miranti about 4 years ago in Ticket 0 Reviewing

Retain original scheduled Dispatch Load time

Apex will automatically move Dispatch Loads to future times when the Dispatch Order is updated. When this happens, you gain a picture of what your schedule looks like now. However, you lose the picture of what Dispatch Loads are late. It would be ...
Chris Miranti over 5 years ago in Dispatch 0 Reviewing

Allow repeat last load on Dispatch Order regardless of date.

If a truck is entered with no current assignment, then populate the vehicles last load information even if it was from a previous date and on a Dispatch Order. Have a single pop up window asking user if they wish to continue using last assignment;...
Kerry Dougan almost 6 years ago in Ticket 0 Reviewing