A Day in the Life of a Bringg Dispatcher

Ops Manager Guide

publicationDate
2023-03-19
Role
Ops Manager

For a dispatcher, the Bringg Platform makes your workload lighter by automating most typical dispatch and fulfillment processes, helping you deliver on time with great customer experience scores. Save hours by automatically preparing routes, finding available drivers, vehicles, and carriers.

You can manage by exception and let Bringg do the work, allowing you to make fast, accurate decisions by checking alerts on potential problems before they become larger issues. Bringg presents the information and functionality you need to react.

Use the Bringg Platform to manage the entire order flow and fulfillment process.
Figure 1. Use the Bringg Platform to manage the entire order flow and fulfillment process.

A Typical Day

Use Bringg to dispatch planned or on demand orders assigned to your teams.

  1. Bringg can automatically schedule orders with your consumers .

    When consumers add their orders in your web store, Bringg dynamically checks each order's requirements against your delivery capacity and availability, to suggest delivery windows when you can fulfill that order. Your company can offer consumers choices like express shipping, green delivery, Click & Collect options, and so on, all validated in real time by Bringg.

    Automatically offer delivery windows to consumers
    Figure 2. Automatically offer delivery windows to consumers

  2. Let Bringg build optimized delivery routes automatically.

    • (On demand orders only) Bringg's AutoDispatch rapidly creates and assigns routes as your consumers place orders. With AutoDispatch you can automatically batch orders together to create on demand routes , while keeping to very short SLAs.

      Bringg creates on demand routes automatically with AutoDispatch
      Figure 3. Bringg creates on demand routes automatically with AutoDispatch

    • (Planned orders only) Run Bringg's route optimization to automatically create routes.

      Bringg's route optimization builds efficient delivery routes automatically, taking into account your business requirements and delivery landscape.

      Bringg creates efficient optimized routes
      Figure 4. Bringg creates efficient optimized routes

      Then easily adjust them using the route planner to add, remove or move orders between routes. .

      Bringg highlights any unassigned orders and presents the routes on a map and timeline, so you get the full picture while preparing routes and guiding drivers on the road. Learn more

      Adjust planned routes with the route planner
      Figure 5. Adjust planned routes with the route planner

  3. Bringg assigns each route to the personnel and equipment needed to fulfill its orders.

    • (Own fleet only) Bringg automatically assigns each route to a vehicle, trailer and driver with the required training and equipment to fulfill each order.

      Change any of these assignments easily, as Bringg presents a real time list of all available drivers and vehicles with the required skills. Learn more.Assign a Different Driver for Orders on a Planned Route

      Easily reassign orders to different personnel and equipment
      Figure 6. Easily reassign orders to different personnel and equipment

    • (Delivery Hub only) Let Bringg implement your delivery strategy and automatically choose the best carrier (carrier) for each order.

      You can use carriers exclusively, or as a backup for your own fleet during peak hours and holiday seasons. Expand your business by adding new carriers with the carrier catalog. Learn more.

      Choose and automatically manage carriers with Bringg
      Figure 7. Choose and automatically manage carriers with Bringg

  4. Your warehouse and store staff can prepare, stage, and handoff goods with Bringg's step by step guides.

    Bringg integrates into your warehouse/store operations and existing systems seamlessly, so you can leverage the routing results in your processes. Bringg can inform your staff where to stage each order, the driver to expect for each handoff, and create labels for each package, based on the route details and assignment.

    Handoff orders to drivers and maintain the chain of custody effortlessly, with quick scan and customized forms in the Bringg Driver App.

    Bringg guides your staff as they prepare, stage, and handoff orders
    Figure 8. Bringg guides your staff as they prepare, stage, and handoff orders

  5. Keep your finger on the pulse while your orders are on the way, with live tracking and status updates from your drivers and carriers.

    Drivers receive step by step instructions for each delivery in the Bringg Driver App or the carrier's app, including failed attempts and returns, freeing you up to manage by exception. You'll know exactly when to step in to react to changes on the ground, with Bringg's personalized alerts. Learn more.

    Address unique situations by:

    • Communicating with drivers, by sending a notification to the Driver App or leaving a note on an order.

    • Taking action directly in Bringg, like assigning an order to a different driver or carrier. Bringg highlights the relevant, real time information for every action, so you can quickly implement informed decisions.

    Track your deliveries with the Bringg Platform
    Figure 9. Track your deliveries with the Bringg Platform

  6. Manage driver and partners in Bringg, to streamline your fulfillment operations in a single system.

    Onboard new drivers in minutes. Add a new driver in the Bringg Platform with just a few clicks, the step by step guidance in the Driver App does the rest.

    • (Own fleet only) Set up your drivers' schedules using delivery blocks, to combine their availability with your fulfillment needs.

      Enter breaks and work hour caps once, for Bringg to automatically include them in each driver's daily work schedule.

      Produce invoices and calculate tips owed to each driver automatically in Bringg.