Trip Fit

Preview schedule fit before committing

With Trip Fit, 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 Shopping 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
needs to place late add-on trips fast without disrupting existing schedules. Currently opens run after run trying to mentally calculate fit. Frustrated by the time it takes and the mistakes that happen under pressure.
Frustrations
  • Hours spent copying trips from broker portals
  • Constant interruptions from status calls
  • No visibility into real-time driver positions
Pain Points
  • Manual processes limit daily trip capacity
  • One late driver creates cascade across the whole day
Ideal Workflow
Review auto-imported trips, confirm assignments with one click, monitor fleet from a single screen

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 CapacityMatchu2122 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 Shopping for trips from a different payer.
Trip Shopping is a single-trip operation. For bulk scheduling, automatic scheduling handles multiple unscheduled trips simultaneously.