Every dispatcher knows the route they want. Hit the north side first. Run it backwards today. Swing by the dump halfway through and hand the rest to a second truck. Getting route optimization software to do any of that usually means fighting the settings. stopSuite's AI Route Assistant lets you just say it.
Ask for the Route You Want
The Route Assistant lives right on the route optimizer, next to the map. Type a request in plain words and it answers with a draft drawn on the map, so you can see exactly where each stop lands before anything moves.
"Serve the north side first" reorders the route around the area you describe.
"Reverse this route" flips the run in one step.
"Dump about halfway and give the rest to another driver" splits the work at an offload site and builds the second route for you.
Nothing changes until you click Apply on a draft you like, and an applied draft can be undone while the route is still untouched. You stay the dispatcher; the assistant does the busywork.
Shape Rules That Steer Every Optimization
Draw a shape on the map around any group of stops, give it a name, and give it one job:
Serve first or serve last, for a downtown core you want done before traffic or a rural loop that ends near the yard.
Serve together, so a neighborhood gets one unbroken visit wherever it fits best in the day.
Avoid, to keep trucks out of a low bridge, a school zone at drop off, or a road under construction.
Rules are saved on the schedule and followed every time its routes are optimized, and the Rules panel shows whether each rule was kept. The Route Assistant understands shapes too, so you can ask for them by name.
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