Dispatching is a method of centralizing management for a fleet of automobiles. The main tasks carried out by a transportation dispatch system are as follows:
- Vehicle location monitoring at intervals of one minute
- Operative management of transportation process in real time
- Speed and direction management with real-time mileage
- Controls ensuring the timely completion of transportation tasks
- Minimalizing the influence of human factors in the completion of transportation tasks
- Controls on the misuse of equipment, staff working on the ‘side’, and transport stoppages
- Monitoring of fuel consumption
- Indicators for the condition of the fleet, including functionality of the system, mechanisms and equipment
- Hotline between dispatchers and drivers
- Time plans and updates on completion of assigned routes
- Indicators for routes passing predetermined locations within a set time frame
- Monitoring of the work of drivers and dispatchers
- Objective sensor monitoring and accounting for completion of transport assignments
- Preparation of departmental reports for the transport fleet with regard to previous accounting periods