Execution frequencies for standard routes

An execution frequency is the frequency with which a standard route is carried out by the carrier. The number you enter in the Execution Frequency field in the Standard Routes (fmlbd0150m000) session is the period, expressed in days, in which the service is run once. For example: enter five if the carrier travels the standard route once in five days, enter one if the service is run once every day.

The standard route is traveled as from the Start Date entered in the Standard Routes (fmlbd0150m000) session. If you enter 2 in the Execution Frequency field, the first time the service is run is on the Start Date, and the second time is two days after the Start Date.

Note: You cannot maintain execution frequencies of more than once a day in the Standard Routes (fmlbd0150m000) session. If the service is run more than once on particular days, you can enter the execution times for those days in the Dates and Times by Standard Route (fmlbd0155m000) session. For example, if the standard route is travelled at 10:45 and 16:00 on Monday, August 21st, 2002, enter 8/21/2002 10:45 and 8/21/2002 16:00 in the Dates and Times by Standard Route (fmlbd0155m000) session. You can also run the Assign Standard Route Dates and Times (fmlbd0255m000) session twice, each with a different start time.

The exact standard route execution dates are calculated in the Assign Standard Route Dates and Times (fmlbd0255m000) session. If you defined an execution frequency of once per three days in the Standard Routes (fmlbd0150m000) session, you can calculate the dates on which the standard route is run. In the Assign Standard Route Dates and Times (fmlbd0255m000) session, you specify a date range and start up the calculation process. If a standard route has a frequency of more than once a day, you can also use the Assign Standard Route Dates and Times (fmlbd0255m000) session to calculate the execution dates and times. If the service is run twice a day, for example, enter this session twice, each time setting the same range of days, but with a different time.

When the calculation is finished, the resulting dates are displayed in the Dates and Times by Standard Route (fmlbd0155m000) session. In this session, you can manually maintain the calculated dates and times for the current standard route. For example, you can enter any deviations from the normal execution frequency in the Dates and Times by Standard Route (fmlbd0155m000) session. For example, if the normal execution frequency is once every three days, and in one particular week the carrier makes one extra trip, you enter the date of the extra trip in the Dates and Times by Standard Route (fmlbd0155m000) session.