The Flowtlas journal
Practical ideas for people who plan visits — from the first list to the decisions that shape a working day.
7 articles
Operations
Compare nightly depot returns, specified accommodation stops and continuation between work periods with a fictional two-day route example.
Read article : Multi-day route planning: depot returns and overnight stopsOperations
Investigate unassigned work systematically: check data, eligibility, capacity and timing without confusing a bounded search result with impossibility.
Read article : Why jobs remain unassigned—and what to check nextOperations
Model specialist eligibility, ordered stops, same-tour rules and timing gaps without mistaking them for qualification checks or cross-vehicle sync.
Read article : Skills and task dependencies: make the right work happen in the right orderPlanning basics
Understand how planning inputs, assignment and stop order work together, and how to judge a route plan beyond the shortest line on a map.
Read article : Route planning vs. optimization: start with the operationPlanning basics
Separate customer appointments, service duration, team work periods and breaks to prepare a route plan that reflects the time an operation needs.
Read article : Time windows and service time: make room for the actual workPlanning basics
Learn why starting load, ordered stops, signed changes and consistent capacity units matter when planning collections and deliveries together.
Read article : Pickup and delivery capacity: follow the load through the routeOperations
Understand proportional visit targets, working-time balance and a fixed extra-distance cap, including the supported scope of Flowtlas workload balancing.
Read article : Workload balancing: choose a fair target without losing the routeTurn ideas into a first conversation
Prepare a representative planning example with our guide, sample CSV and workshop checklist.
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