How do I optimize route for a fleet with limited range?

The routing dispatchers can now control the mobile workers' travel time and travel distance in a routing plan. The Street Level Routing (SLR) feature helps to optimize the route of a mobile worker using electric vehicles or similar type of fleet with limited range.

You can manage mobile workers’ travel time and travel distance in a routing plan using the Street Level Routing (SLR) feature. It helps to optimize the route of a mobile worker who uses electric vehicles or any vehicle with limited range.

To optimize daily travel of mobile workers who uses vehicles with limited travel range:

1. Navigate to the Routing Profiles page.
2. Select the routing profile to which you want to add the routing plan.
3. Click Add routing plan from Actions.
   Note: Currently this option is available only for bulk routing plans. If you want to update an existing bulk routing plan, select the routing plan and click Modify from Actions.
4. On the New routing plan screen, expand Travel time to see the available settings. If you're modifying an existing routing plan, scroll down the routing plan screen to see the Travel time section.
5. Select Use SLR and configure the following settings:
   • Select Daily travel limit, kilometers and enter a value between 0 and 9,999 kilometers.

     This sets the maximum daily travel to the specified distance if the route isn't activated yet. For the activated routes, the travel distance is recalculated for the started, completed, and en-routed activities and the daily limit is reduced to the specified value. If a higher value is set for individual mobile workers, the balance value is sent to routing as an individual limit for the respective mobile worker for the day.

   • Select Travel segment limit, kilometers and enter a value between 0.1 and 9,999 kilometers.

     This sets the maximum distance limit for each segment of travel in a mobile worker’s route. This limit helps in optimizing mobile worker's schedules by ensuring that travel between jobs is efficient and within acceptable parameters.

   • Set SLR time limit, % value to specify the total routing plan runtime to be spent on obtaining SLR data. Recommended value is 70%.
   • Select the optimization goal to minimize either total travel time or total travel distance for all resources. The available options are:
     • Prefer fastest routes, even if it means the increase of a total travel distance
     • Prefer shortest routes, even if it means the increase of a total travel time
6. Configure other settings as needed and select Add. If you're updating an existing routing plan, select Update.