Resource Start and End Locations

Start and End locations can be defined for a resource. Oracle Field Service Routing considers the travel time from start location to first activity and travel time from last activity to end location. This section also discusses how SLR is used to improve travel between the last unfinished activity to the resource end location.

To configure locations, click Settings > Locations. Home zone center locations can also be defined here.

Once Activities are routed within a Mobile Worker's route, the application tries to get better travel estimations between pairs of keys using location services where the travel was estimated using less reliable methods (expansion, coordinate based only or default). The application applies this correction in travel estimation only for Activity to Activity travels and not from the Last Activity to the Resource End Location.

Now, the application tries to correct the estimated travel and considers travels from the last Activity to the Resource end location post routing. If the travel between last Activity to the Resource end location are calculated using company default, expansion or coordinate based method then the application sends the travel complaint from the last activity in the route to the resource end location to SLR, to get a better estimate of the travel between the two keys of last unfinished activity to the resource end location.