Ability to travel (to next visit) before (or between) fixed breaks in FSR
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Jurriaan Persyn
When a technician has a fixed break scheduled and there is enough time to travel to the next visit before the break starts, the solver should allow that travel to happen before the break rather than forcing the technician to wait and travel after.
Currently, the solver defers travel until after the break even when travel could be completed in the available window before the break, leading to suboptimal itineraries where technicians wait idle before a break and arrive later than necessary.
This should apply to fixed breaks, floating breaks, and cases where multiple consecutive breaks precede the next visit.
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Brecht De Moor
updated the status to
complete
We're excited to let you know that this feature is now available since FSR model v1.30.
When a vehicle shift defines multiple fixed breaks, the solver can now use waiting time before a fixed break to travel to the next visit or the next location break, instead of forcing the technician to wait and travel only after the break.
This results in more efficient schedules by closing idle gaps before breaks.
Read this document for more details: https://docs.timefold.ai/field-service-routing/latest/upgrade-to-the-latest-version#_from_1_30_0_to_1_30_1
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Brecht De Moor
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Jurriaan Persyn
updated the status to
in progress
Jurriaan Persyn
updated the status to
under review