Dispatch Data Setup

System Options to Review

• Product Lookup Option: 2= Show only Job Prices (Optional)
• Show Only COD Prices

Plants

• Set Color

Normally lighter colors will display best. Verify color setup will work well with remote desktop systems.

• Set Plant to Dispatch - Concrete
• Setup Critical Time fields

Job Setup Time

Batch Setup

Batch Load

Plant Wash

Job Wash

• Setup Batch Mix

This is the dummy product code that is sent to batch controls when a NonMix product is used on line 1 of a ticket

• Setup Plant Open and Close Times

This will be used in future Roll Forward handling for multi-day orders.

Products

• Verify that Plant_NO is setup
• Verify correct Product Base. See Updating the Base Product Code for 1.8 System
• Set the Product Type for all mixes to CONCRETE MIX

(The default Product Type should be setup in Product Class Maintenance)

• Set up Default Quantities for all non mix products. See Setting up Default Quantities to Optimize Dispatch

Trucks

• Set Current_Plant and Returning_Plant to match Home_Plant

Security

• Setup Security Levels by User (System Maintenance Menu/User Maintenance)
• Remove all accounting functions for Dispatchers
• Add Security to the CCTSECTL list as needed. See Dispatch: Creating Default Security Settings
• Add File Maintenance items as needed to the Dispathc menu. NOTE: Try to use one custom menu for all users, and use security settings to make them inactive.

Menu

Create the following ccwmnu file:

;CCWMNU.INI
;
;
; Copyright 2007 GivenHansco Inc.
; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
;
;---------------------- Dispatch System ------------------------

[App_DI]
File Maintenance=DIFM
File Lists=DIFL

[DIFM]
Customers=ARFMCUS
Products=ARFMPRD
;Customer Prices=ARFMCPR
;Group Prices=ARFMGPR
;Job Prices=ARFMJPR
Plants=ARFMPLT
Trucks=ARFMTRK
Drivers=ARFMDRV
Zones=ARFMZON

See Also:

Dispatch Time Definitions

Dispatch: Sending NonMix Products to Batch Control

Converting Orders to Dispatch