Assign skills to vehicles

AntsRoute allows you to optimize the planning of your operations by taking into account the specific skills required for certain tasks. With this feature, you can assign skills to each of your vehicles to ensure they are suited to the jobs they are given.

🤔 Why use skills for your vehicles?

Some operations require specific equipment. For example, a delivery may require the use of a vehicle equipped with a Mobile Crane. By assigning skills to your vehicles, you ensure that only suitable vehicles are selected for the corresponding tasks.

Step 1: Create skills

Before assigning skills to vehicles, you must first create them in the platform.

How to create a skill:

1. Go to the “Settings” module.
2. Click on the “Skills” tab.
3. Enter the name of the desired skill.
4. Press the “Enter” key on your keyboard.

   

💡 You can:

• Delete a skill by clicking the cross to the right of its name.
• Edit a skill by double-clicking on it.

Step 2: Assign skills to vehicles

Once your skills are created, you can assign them to each of your vehicles to reflect their capabilities.

To assign skills to a vehicle:

1. Go to the “Resources” module.
2. Click on the “Vehicles” tab.
3. In the table, click on “…” then “Edit” next to the relevant vehicle.

   

4. Check the boxes for the skills that apply to the vehicle.
5. Click “Save”.

   

☝️ Tip: You can create a new skill directly from this tab by clicking “Add a skill”.

Step 3: Define the skills required to perform a task

You can specify the required skills when planning a work order.

☝️ Good to know: You can require multiple skills for a single task. The system will then assign a vehicle that possesses all of the selected skills.

Method 1: Add interventions manually

1. Go to the “Schedule work orders” tab.
2. Fill out the form.
3. In the “Skills” field, check the ones required for this task.

   

The algorithm will then assign the work order, taking these criteria into account.

Method 2: Import work orders

If you use file import to add work orders, you can specify the required skills by adding specific columns.

How to do it:

1. Add a column named Comp_XXX, where XXX is the exact name of a skill you’ve created (e.g., Comp_Mobile Crane).
2. For each row (work order), enter “YES” if the skill is required, otherwise enter “NO”.

📝 Example: