Transportation Smartbench features

Transportation Smartbench (TSB) provides many features common to the Transportation Manager Web user interface including, but not limited to:

Saved search and refresh
Ad-hoc search
Division/Logistics Group restrictions
Monetary visibility restrictions
User-level configuration of columns on lists
Operations configuration and permissions through Screen Elements
Multi-row selection for executing operations (limited)
Single and multi-column sort of search results
Freeze columns in lists
Hyperlink navigation to properties pages for key entities and related objects (limited)

Notable features of the TSB include:

Define and arrange searches to align with workflow activities
Define dashboard-like Summary views to present key performance indicators (KPIs) and key performance thresholds (KPTs) you care about
Display stop/load/booking/trip views from a specific Summary view KPT
Execute multiple searches (for example, stop, load, shipment leg, shipment, trip, booking and so on) with a single click
Indicate a search or collection of searches to execute automatically when TSB is launched
Search and display results across plans
Perform Load Building, Load Processing on objects aligned to an authorized plan
View the Transportation Smartbench supported entities search results as independent lists on the same page
Cascade selected items in a search result to a new list of related objects in a separate view
Search, set thresholds and colors for load capacities (utilizations) as a percentage across seven dimensions: weight, volume, pieces, pallets, item utilization, laden length and overall (user-level)
Configure the status values to display in different colors (user-level) for supported entity types
Configure properties pages (user-level)
Update multiple rows in a list with the same data value
Drag-and-drop to:
- assign/move shipment legs to an existing load
- assign/move loads to an existing booking or trip
- assign drivers to loads, trips, and skeleton routes
- re-sequence load-stops
Expand a load list selection to show stop information or expand a stop list selected to show shipment legs
Configure to auto-sum on key columns based on list view selection (user-level)
View routing for a stop, load, shipment leg, shipment, trip, booking, and skeleton routes list selection in the same or separate Maps panel
View the properties of two objects or two map panels side-by-side
Copy the TSB configuration of one user to one or more other users

For more information on the TSB frame, see the following topics: