TMS - Auto Vehicle Allocation (AVA)

Intelligent driver recommendation for last-mile trip creation

Version: 1.0
Owner: Omniful Product Team

Summary

Auto Vehicle Allocation introduces configuration-based driver and vehicle recommendation during manual trip creation. The feature evaluates SLA readiness, vehicle eligibility, capacity safeguards, driver availability, and basic performance criteria before recommending an assignment.

Applicable only to last-mile trips.
Recommendations are generated during the trip assignment step of Create Trip.
Users can switch back to manual assignment at any time.
If no eligible driver is found, no recommendation is returned and the user can continue manually.

How It Works

Configure Auto Vehicle Allocation rules
Navigate to TMS > Configurations > Auto Vehicle Allocation. Define time and SLA thresholds, allowed vehicle types, capacity buffer, driver shift limits, allocation logic, and performance filters.
Open Create Trips
Go to TMS > Trips > Create Trips to review unplanned shipments that are available for trip creation.
Select the shipments to plan
Choose the shipments that should be grouped into the trip and initiate trip creation from the action button.
Review the Add Shipments step
Add more packages if required or continue with the selected shipment set, then click Next.
Choose assignment mode
At the assignment step, users can either continue in Manual mode or switch to Auto Allocation.
Accept the recommendation
In Auto Allocation mode, the system recommends a driver and vehicle based on the configured rules. Review the suggestion and create the trip.
Complete trip creation
After the recommendation is accepted, the trip is created and continues through the standard trip life cycle.

Technical Details

Rule inputs used by the recommendation engine

Rule Area	Supported Setting	Operational Impact
Time and SLA	Max Allowed Pickup Time, Max Pickup Distance	Filters drivers who cannot realistically reach pickup within the configured SLA window.
Vehicle and Capacity	Allowed Vehicle Types, Capacity Buffer	Restricts recommendations to compatible vehicles and prevents unsafe or overloaded assignments.
Driver Availability	Max Trips per Day, Min Idle Gap Between Trips	Avoids over-allocation and maintains a buffer between trip assignments.
Allocation Rule	Highest Rated Driver, Nearest Driver	Prioritizes the best-rated eligible driver or nearest driver when generating a recommendation.
Performance Filter	On-time Threshold	Ensures only drivers meeting the minimum performance threshold are considered.