v1.0.0

Direct Store Delivery is Live v1.0.0

April 22^nd, 2022                                                                                                   Version 1.0.0

Features Delivered in this Update

Scheduling Tool Feature:

• DL Freight generates an optimized schedule – called the Master Delivery Schedule, which creates visibility for all the stakeholders and enables DSD bookings for each store and supplier.
• DL Freight displays a calendar view from Saturday to Friday, to showcase essential information, from suppliers.
• The calendar provides several filters including Store, Vendor, and timeframe, and allows a toggle feature between week and day views.
• DL Freight provides several mechanisms for suppliers to define their schedules:
  • Ability to create and upload delivery schedules, either individually or in bulk to multiple stores.
  • Request adjustments to specific deliveries and provide relevant notifications for approval.
  • Schedule ad-hoc deliveries which are applicable to an already optimized timeframe.
  • Walk-in deliveries for rare occasions when a delivery is defined and scheduled with 24 hours or less notice.
  • Schedule seasonal deliveries such as Garden Centre products.
• Store managers can define a Blackouts which would cancel scheduled deliveries on the rare occasion of a store emergency.
  • Timeframe of a blackout (7-day max).
  • The reason for a blackout and the commodity types impacted.
  • Defining an entire store blackout versus a partial store impacting a select number of commodities.
  • Automatic cancelling of deliveries with notification to impacted vendors, store managers, and the DSD admin team.
  • Enhancing the store receiving logic for flexible schedule days after re-opening.
• The ability for Store Managers to check in a delivery (capturing the name and company name of the delivery) and to specific on-time metrics.
• The platform calculates on-time % based on the data inputted after each delivery.
• DL Freight consumes LSS data from Master store schedule data, including, but not limited to, number of bay doors, number of stores receiving associates, and store capacity.
• The platform is scheduling distribution center (DC) deliveries in addition to direct store delivery (DSD) providing the stores a thorough and complete view of all deliveries.
• DL Freight stores criteria derived from LSS data and business processes to optimize vendor schedules.
• DL Freight generates notifications for all scheduling types, blackouts, and interactions on the platform.
• Integrated with feedback evaluation form where Store Managers and Suppliers can provide their detailed feedback for process improvement considerations.

Reporting Module Feature:

• DL Freight generates a dashboard and reports directly from the platform to reflect On-Time % and weekly pre-sub.
• Integrate with Tableau for the purpose of data visualization for detailed pre-substitution metrics. 

Load Visibility Feature:

• DL Freight integrates with FourKites to receive delivery status information from the time of pick up to the time of delivery.

For any questions, please email us at dlfreight.support@dltlabs.io