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Create and set up your logistics points

Set up your logistic points: Geolocation, security protocol, site instructions

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Written by Support Dashdoc
Updated over a week ago

From Address Book > Logistics Points, you can :

  • Creating logistics points

  • Find previously used logistics points

  • See any signatories attached to a logistics point who will be involved in signing the e-CMR.

Clicking on one of them will take you to the file for that point.

From this page, you can :

  • Check the geolocation of your logistics points

  • Add safety protocols linked to the site in question (which will be sent to your drivers)

  • Add site instructions.

  • Delete this item (provided that it is not linked to a company or that the company to which it is linked has another reference address)

Create your logistics points

Go to the address book: "Logistics points".

Click on "Add a logistic point"

Whether or not to link your new point to an existing company in your address book

Enter the address

Select your type of address (carrier, shipper, pick-up, delivery)

Save

From this page, you can :

  • Check the geolocation of your addresses

  • Add the security protocols linked to the site in question (which will be sent to your drivers)

  • Add site instructions.

  • Delete this point (provided that it is not linked to a company or that the company to which it is linked has another reference address)

Check the geolocation of your logistic points

Help your drivers get to the right place by geolocating your logistic points.

If your telematics is connected to Dashdoc, the precise geolocation of your logistic points will also allow you to benefit from advanced functionalities such as geofencing (site arrival and departure detection), or ETA (estimated time of arrival).

From the address book

In the address book, go to Logistic points, and click on the blue button at the top right of the screen, "Add a logistic point".

Fill in the information (company, city, postal code...) and specify if it is a pick-up address, a delivery address...

Choose "Check GPS coordinates".

A screen with a map allows you to ensure that the geolocation of the site is correct.

Check that the blue dot is correctly positioned. You can move it on the map by clicking on it, or enter the latitude and longitude directly if you know them.

Also check the radius of the site if you want to benefit from the detection of arrival and departure of site via telematics (geofencing). The truck will be detected on site as soon as it is inside the blue circle. By default, the radius is 500m, but you can increase it (if the site is very large) or decrease it (if the site is small, or to avoid that the detection circle contains a busy road nearby).

Save this data. You will see in the company file that the GPS coordinates are well verified.

If you have created an address without checking its coordinates, it is always possible to enter them afterward, by clicking on "Modify". Moreover, if drivers have already made loads or deliveries at this address, the red dots on the map will indicate their geolocation when they check in on the mobile application, which will help you to position the site correctly.

As a driver, use GPS coordinates to navigate

By checking the GPS coordinates of the pickup and delivery sites, drivers can easily obtain the navigation to the site, via the "Navigation" button that redirects to the navigation application on their phone or tablet.

Security protocols

On the Dashdoc web platform:

  1. Either from the "Address book" then "Logistic points" or from the details of transport by clicking on the point in question

  2. Select an address and click on "Edit" the logistic points

  3. On the "security protocol" section, you can drag the desired document or select it from the directories of your computer.

  4. Click on "Save" so that the addition is taken into account.

You can then modify or delete it via the buttons next to the loaded document.

When the driver passes through a loading or delivery site that has a security protocol entered in Dashdoc, he will automatically access the document before he can report his arrival on site.

In addition, it is also possible to consult and download the security protocol attached to a pickup or delivery site from the Dashdoc mobile application:

Once the driver confirms that the safety protocol has been taken into account, he will have to validate it again one week later (7 days rolling), unless the protocol has been updated in the meantime. In this case, the driver will have to confirm that he has taken note of the new safety protocol the next time he visits the site concerned.

Site instructions

You can also set up recurring site instructions from the address book. These instructions will be automatically populated on every shipment that passes through that site.

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