Shop Trip Updated

Preview schedule fit and add a trip to the best-fitting route, with ranked recommendations before you commit.

With Shop Trip Updated, The Dispatcher can preview schedule fit instantly so they can assign late add-ons confidently — resulting in maintained on-time performance.

The Problem

The Core Problem
Manual schedule evaluation is slow, error-prone, and relies entirely on dispatcher memory and experience.
The Scenario
A late add-on trip comes in at 9 AM for an 11 AM pickup.
Why It's Urgent
The dispatcher needs to know fast which driver is closest, which run has schedule room, and which assignment will not make someone else late downstream.
Without MediRoutes
The dispatcher opens run after run trying to mentally calculate fit. A bad guess causes a cascade of late pickups.
With MediRoutes
Trip Fit evaluates every active run simultaneously, ranks them by fit score, and shows exactly where the trip would land before any commitment is made.

Who This Helps

The Dispatcher
gets late add-on trips and must find which active run can absorb one without breaking on-time performance.
Frustrations
  • Opening run after run to test a fit
  • Guessing at schedule impact under time pressure
  • Late add-ons that quietly break on-time performance
Pain Points
  • Manual fit-checking is slow and error-prone
  • A bad placement cascades into late pickups
Ideal Workflow
Ranked route recommendations show the best fit instantly, so add-ons are placed with confidence.

How It Works

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

Start / End
Process Step
Decision Point

Common Questions

MediRoutes weighs distance from the run's current position to the pickup, available schedule gap around the appointment time, and remaining vehicle capacity. These combine into a composite score.
It evaluates active runs and accounts for the driver's current GPS position when calculating ETA to the new trip.
Force allows assignment to a run even if Capacity Matching or schedule analysis flags it as a poor fit. It creates an audit note and requires a brief confirmation.
Available in the dispatch view in the MediRoutes dashboard, though the full timeline visualization is in MediRoutes Desktop.
No. Run Templates with funding source exclusivity set will not appear as eligible in Trip Fit for trips from a different payer.
Trip Fit is a single-trip operation. For bulk scheduling, automatic scheduling handles multiple unscheduled trips simultaneously.