MoverTimes by Robin Nyman

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Description

MoverTimes is aimed at individuals, companies and organisations that need to plan ground based logistics when transporting people, goods and equipment by road. It is a vehicle movement planning utility that produces a set of vehicle/unit movement times along a pre-designated route. Outputs are a series of tables displayed as date time groups that can be used to plan the movement of single ground vehicle to many hundreds of vehicles as part of a convoy.

The following parameters are used to calculate the date time groups:

Start time required
End time required
Start Date required
End date required
Speed
Vehicle density
Packet size
Packet gap
Column gap
Road type (urban, motorway, mixed)
Total distance
Distance between checkpoints
Unit names
Vehicle quantities
Halt times
Checkpoint open/closed

All the above parameters can be changed quickly to provide different planning options and scenarios for the same route. Many routes can be created each with large numbers of units and vehicle quantities. Read only outputs include Run Time and Total Time taken by the convoy/vehicle to complete the route.

Two results tables are produced during calculations: an all-unit/vehicle table and an individual vehicle/unit table showing packet times. All tables can be scrolled up/down, side to side and emailed as attachments from within MoverTimes as csv files for spreadsheet applications. The files, which are generated automatically when the results are calculated, consist of an all-unit/vehicle table and a table for each unit showing individual packet date/times.

Saved routes, with associated units, times and defaults, can be sent (and received) as zip files using the internal email facility to/from any other planner using MoverTimes.

MoverTimes consists of five pages that provide data entry and controls:

Mover page
Control page
Edit Routes page
Units/Vehicles page
Results page

The Mover page is the start screen used to create new routes, select existing routes from a scrollable list, delete routes from that list, email zip routes and set defaults for new routes. Existing routes are displayed in alphabetical order, numbers taking precedence.

The Control page is the area where times and dates are inserted/changed, checkpoints closed/opened, halt times inserted/changed, road types selected and route parameters set. In addition the route can be copied by simply editing the route name displayed; the original route is kept and a new route with the new name is produced.

The Edit Route page is used to change existing routes and the total distance which is in whatever units (miles or kilometres) in the hour to suit requirements. From here checkpoints can be added, removed or inserted into the route and halt times entered. The distance between checkpoints is always checked against the total distance to ensure date/time calculations for the whole route are correct. Each route automatically includes a start point (SP), multiple numbered checkpoints (CP) and a release/rendezvous point (RP). Total distance as well as distance between check points can be edited; and checkpoints can be inserted or removed.

The Units/Vehicles page is used to enter unit and vehicle names and quantities. For planning purposes units/vehicles can be moved up and down, removed or added to the list so their timings along the route reflect where they are in the list relative to other units/vehicles.

The Results page provides the tables of times results. Once displayed each unit name can be selected to get that unit timings plus individual packets times. From here csv files can be emailed as attachments using the internal email facility.