Re work load level – route based

The existing groups are executed in a specific region and in the region, the planner aims to achieve the highest possible match to the times agreed with the customer. However, the engineer is already driving in a specific area and must stay there as much as possible to avoid the travel. The area in which the service engineer is working, is marked by the Center of Gravity of the cluster calculation. This point is the average GPS longitude and latitude of the activities in the group, represented by the blue dots on the map.

In the selected areas, routes are calculated according to the route planning algorithm. Since the plan is already in execution, generating a new plan is not considered, represented by the 'check' marks in the picture on the right. The next activity is already frozen because the engineer has started working on the activity.

Therefore only the not-firm planned activities can be rescheduled and re-leveled. The engine considers the existing Center of Gravity to allocate the activities. When the capacity end point of the firm planned activities is roughly equal, the engine re- clusters.

This leads to the situation indicated by the white lines in the picture on the left (with the original routes for reference). After implementing route calculation, in the newly calculated clusters, the route planning connects the firm planned activities. This is shown in the picture on the right.