Vehicles
Vehicles is the list of trucks, vans and trailers your team uses. Each vehicle has dimensions, vehicle types, skills and capacity that the optimizer takes into account when planning.
How to open Vehicles
Go to Registry → Vehicles.
The list shows Name, Registration number, Brand & Model, Vehicle type(s) and Drivers by default. Use Customize table columns to show more, such as skills, groups, weights or costs.
How to add a new vehicle
Permission: Admin only.
- Go to Registry → Vehicles.
- Click Add New Vehicle.
- Enter the Registration number or the Identification number (VIN) and click Find next to it to fill in the vehicle’s data automatically (see below).
- Fill in the Internal name (required) and the rest of the form.
- Click Save.
How to look up vehicle data
In General vehicle details, type the Registration number (for example AB12345) or the Identification number (VIN) and click Find next to the field. When the vehicle is found, Zendera fills in fields such as the brand, model, seats, dimensions, weights and trailer limits, and the Vehicle engines and Vehicle emissions entries.
If nothing is found, the form shows Can not find any results. Check the number and try again, or fill in the fields yourself.
What’s on the vehicle form
| Card | What you set |
|---|---|
| General vehicle details | Identification number, Registration number, Internal name, Brand, Model and Operating country. |
| Vehicle dimensions | Vehicle length, Vehicle width, Vehicle height (cm), Vehicle weight and Loading weight (kg). |
| Vehicle groups | The groups the vehicle belongs to. See Groups. |
| Vehicle types | The vehicle types this vehicle counts as. Vehicle types are defined in Settings. |
| Vehicle skills | The skills the vehicle has. See Skills. |
| Vehicle capacity | The inner dimensions, the capacity per unit (see below), and optionally the largest product size the vehicle takes. |
| Vehicle cost | Use custom vehicle costs? If yes: Daily cost, Hourly cost, Km cost and Cost per stop. |
| Vehicle emissions | Fuel consumption, CO2 and NOx emissions, range and electrical consumption. |
| Vehicle engines | Engine volume, Fuel type, engine power. |
| Advanced vehicle details | Vehicle speed, Vehicle priority, and whether the vehicle has a travel time limit (Max travelling hours). |
| Driver breaks | Break rules for drivers of this vehicle: Take a break every and Break duration. |
| Extra details | Seats, registration status, trailer and roof weight limits, Euro class and First time registered. |
How capacity works
In the Vehicle capacity card, click Add capacity unit, pick a unit in Unit select and enter the Capacity of unit — for example how many pallets the vehicle takes. Units are created in Settings first.
Set Do you want to limit product size? to Yes to set the largest product the vehicle can carry (Max product length, width, height and weight).
How vehicle types affect planning
Orders can require a vehicle type, such as “Refrigerated”. The optimizer only plans an order on a vehicle that has the required type. Set the vehicle’s types in the Vehicle types card. The vehicle types themselves are defined in Settings.
How to link a vehicle to a driver
- On the driver — open the driver in Registry → Drivers and pick the vehicles in Driver vehicle. See Drivers.
- On a single workshift — pick the Vehicles on the shift in Registry → Workshifts. See Workshifts.
The Drivers column in the vehicles list shows who uses each vehicle.
How to edit a vehicle
- Go to Registry → Vehicles and click the vehicle.
- Make your changes in the panel.
- Click Save.
How to delete a vehicle
Permission: Admin only.
- Go to Registry → Vehicles and click the vehicle.
- Click Delete in the panel footer.
- Confirm with Delete.
Deleting can’t be undone.