Planboard / Tripplanboard: Advanced Transport Planning with Adaption’s TMS

In the fast-paced world of transport and logistics, maintaining control over your operations is essential. It’s all about speed, insight, and adaptability. Adaption responds to this need with innovative solutions within the Transport Management System (TMS): the Planboard and the Trip planboard. These powerful and visual planning modules allows you to efficiently manage transport activities from A to Z, from order receipt to final delivery.

The Planboard and the Trip planboard

What is the Planboard?

The Planboard is an interactive, graphical display of both scheduled and unscheduled transport orders. Through one central interface, planners have immediate visibility into all relevant data, such as:

Current routes and trips
Available vehicles and drivers
Order details, loading and unloading locations
Scheduled and expected arrival times

Thanks to its intuitive drag-and-drop functionality, changes can be made quickly and easily. Think of rearranging trips, adding last-minute shipments, or rescheduling deliveries due to delays. The Planboard supports real-time decision-making, enabling logistics organizations to respond more rapidly.

Key Benefits of the Planboard:

Visual Clarity:

A clear and visual overview of all active and upcoming transport movements provides direct operational control.

Flexible Planning:

Planners can move orders to different vehicles or routes with a single mouse movement, no complex manual actions required.

Real-Time Insight:

Always up-to-date information on trips, expected arrival times, and statuses. This allows changes to be communicated immediately to drivers and customers.

Everything in one place:

Documents, statuses, contact details, and order information are linked and accessible from the Planboard—no more scattered Excel files.

Time Savings & Error Reduction:

With less manual work and more automation, the risk of errors is reduced and valuable planning time is saved.

Case Study: The Planboard in Action

A transport planner starts his workday and opens the Planboard. At a glance, he sees all trips scheduled for the day. A driver soon calls to report a 45-minute delay due to traffic. Two deliveries are at risk.

Via the Planboard, the planner selects the affected orders and, with a simple drag-and-drop, moves them to another truck that still has capacity. The planned times are automatically updated, and customers receive immediate notification of their new delivery time. The issue is resolved within five minutes—without chaos, phone calls, or manual recalculations.

Without the Planboard, this process would take much longer and be more prone to errors. Thanks to this smart tool, the planner remains fully in control, customers stay satisfied, and deliveries are made on time.

Example of the Planning Board in the Logistics Cloud Suite

This image shows the planning board within the Logistics Cloud Suite. In this example, three trips have been scheduled, while two remain unscheduled. Thanks to the clear layout, the planner can immediately see when the unscheduled trips can be planned. In addition, the planning board provides direct access to all relevant information about the already scheduled trips.

Curious about what this could mean for your organization? Request a free demo today and experience the benefits of the Logistics Cloud Suite for yourself.

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What is the Trip Planboard?

The Trip Planboard is a powerful extension within the Logistics Cloud Suite that allows you to efficiently combine shipments into complete trips. This tool not only provides planners with an overview but also gives them direct control over all ongoing and planned trips, fully aligned with the dynamics of daily logistics operations.

Through a single central interface, planners always have visibility into:

Planned and unplanned trips
Status of each trip (visually identifiable with color codes)
Available drivers and vehicles
Real-time status updates from the field

The intelligent drag-and-drop functionality makes it easy to adjust trips, combine shipments, or reschedule. The system also assists you: for example, it automatically suggests a driver based on previous trips, and you can make real-time adjustments based on actual driving times.

The benefits of the Trip Planboard at a glance:

Efficient combination of shipments:

Easily create smart combinations of orders into trips, tailored to routes, capacity, and available drivers.

Efficient driver communication:

Communicate directly with the driver via pop-up messages. Quick responses become the standard.

Flexible trip adjustments:

Is a driver ready earlier or later than expected? Easily add or remove orders from a trip and return them to the planning board.

Visual status overview:

Use color codes to make trip statuses immediately recognizable. Fully customizable by the planner.

Automatic driver suggestion:

Save time: the system automatically suggests the driver who previously drove the same trip.

Real-time status information:

See for each order when the driver arrived and when they finished. This way, you’re always informed about the progress of every trip.

Practical example: The Trip Planboard in action

A planner sees on the Trip Planboard that a driver has finished their trip faster than expected. Thanks to the real-time update, this becomes immediately visible. The planner quickly decides to add two extra shipments to the route. With a few clicks, he adds the orders to the trip, and the driver receives a pop-up message in the driver app with the new schedule.

Meanwhile, another driver reports a delay at a delivery address. The planner removes some orders from the trip and puts them back in the “planning board.” He later combines them with another trip to ensure everything is delivered on time.

Without the Trip Plan Board, this manual work would be time-consuming and error-prone. Now the planner remains in control, customers are well-informed, and the fleet is optimally utilized.

Example of the Trip planboard in the Logistics Cloud Suite

This image shows the Trip Planboard within the Logistics Cloud Suite. On the left, you see the planning board with unplanned shipments; on the right, the active trips marked with color-coded statuses.

Thanks to the filters and clear layout, the planner can easily sort, combine, and switch between tasks. All trip information, driver details, and status updates are always immediately available.

Curious about what this could mean for your organization? Request a free demo today and experience the benefits of the Logistics Cloud Suite for yourself.

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Why Choose Adaption’s TMS?

Fully Integrated with TMS, WMS, and FMS

The Planboard and the Trip planboard are not standalone modules but a fully integrated part of Adaption’s TMS. And it goes further, combined with the Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Forwarding Management System (FMS), it becomes a comprehensive logistics solution. Think automatic links between warehouse inventories and available loading capacity, or real-time updates on shipment statuses and rates. This creates an efficient workflow from order to delivery.

Adaption’s TMS with Planboard offers companies in the logistics and transport sector a unique combination of visibility, flexibility, and real-time insight. By streamlining processes and minimizing manual errors, you increase efficiency, reduce costs, and improve customer satisfaction. Whether you work with your own fleet, charters, or multimodal transport, Adaption keeps you in control.

Want to learn more about how these methods can improve your logistics?

Want to reduce errors, shorten lead times, and optimize your logistics processes? Discover the power of Adaption TMS and experience the benefits of the advanced planboard for yourself.

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