Batch Scheduling

Build optimized multi-stop routes in seconds instead of hours

With Batch Scheduling, The Dispatcher can auto-build optimized routes so they can reduce planning time — resulting in lower cost per passenger.

The Problem

The Core Problem
Manual route planning is slow, inconsistent, and misses optimization opportunities that directly erode profit margins.
The Scenario
A dispatcher spends 3 to 4 hours every evening manually building the next day routes for 30 vehicles and 250 trips. They sort trips by geography, check vehicle capacities, estimate drive times, and try to group passengers headed in the same direction.
Why It's Urgent
Manual route building relies entirely on dispatcher experience. New dispatchers take months to match a veteran planner. Suboptimal routes mean more miles, more fuel, more driver hours, and lower margins. A single missed multi-load opportunity costs $15 to $25 per trip.
Without MediRoutes
Hire experienced dispatchers and give them more time. Use printed maps and colored pins to visualize routes. This caps throughput at whatever one human can process and does not scale.
With MediRoutes
Batch scheduling engine processes all trips simultaneously, considering vehicle capacity, driver credentials, geographic proximity, appointment windows, and multi-load opportunities. 250 trips assigned to optimized routes in under 5 minutes.

Who This Helps

The Dispatcher
Responsible for building next-day routes for 30 vehicles. Currently spends 3 to 4 hours per evening on manual planning.
Frustrations
  • Route planning consumes the entire evening shift
  • Cannot evaluate all possible trip combinations manually
  • New dispatchers take months to learn route building
Pain Points
  • Suboptimal routes waste 15 to 20% in excess mileage
  • Multi-load opportunities missed because they are hard to spot manually
Ideal Workflow
Click AutoSchedule, review the optimized routes, make minor adjustments, and approve u2014 total time under 30 minutes
The Fleet Owner
Needs to maximize passengers per vehicle per day while controlling fuel and labor costs.
Frustrations
  • Cannot tell if routes are truly optimized
  • Margins shrink as fuel costs rise
  • Growth limited by dispatcher planning capacity
Pain Points
  • Route inefficiency costs 15 to 20% in excess operating costs
  • Adding trips requires adding dispatcher hours, not just vehicles
Ideal Workflow
See cost-per-trip metrics before dispatching, know routes are optimized algorithmically

How It Works

Each step shows what happens when things go right — and what MediRoutes does when they don't.

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Decision Point

Common Questions

The engine treats appointment times as hard constraints. It builds routes that ensure on-time arrival for every pickup, factoring in travel time, traffic patterns, and buffer time between stops.
Yes. AutoSchedule generates recommended routes that dispatchers can modify with drag-and-drop. Override reasons are logged for reporting. Most dispatchers find they adjust fewer than 5% of trips after the first month.
Yes. The engine matches trips to vehicles based on mobility type (ambulatory, wheelchair, stretcher), vehicle capacity, and driver certifications. A wheelchair trip will only be assigned to a WAV with a certified driver.
For a typical fleet of 30 vehicles and 250 trips, processing takes 2 to 5 minutes. Larger fleets may take slightly longer. The engine uses historical trip data to improve predictions over time.
Yes. Many providers run AutoSchedule in the evening for the bulk of trips, then re-run it in the morning to incorporate late additions from overnight broker feeds.