The mileage calculation feature allows a user to calculate a freight charge for an order, based on the mileage between the warehouse it will ship from and the customer’s ship to address on the order.
Enabling Mileage Calculation
This feature requires Paradigm version 4.488 or higher.
In order to enable the mileage calculator, you must create an account with TomTom.
https://developer.tomtom.com/store/maps-api
Once registered with them, take the API Key that they provide, and enter it into the TomTom Routing Integration section of the Add-Ons tab in Company Preferences.
Check the “Enable Mileage calculation” check box.
Finally, this URL should be whitelisted on your network.
https://api.tomtom.com
Create Mileage Rates
In P10, Go to the Preferences tab and click on “Mileage Rates”.
Give each rate a name and description.
Min Charge – is the lowest amount the customer will be billed for freight at that rate.
Rate – The amount the customer will be charged per mile.
Sort – Determines what order the rates will show in the dropdown on the order form.
Rounding Level – the final freight charge will be rounded up to the next Increment of this number.
Calculate Freight Charges
- Orders
On an order, click on the ruler icon next to the freight field.
Choose your rate and click Accept. - Trips
To calculate Freight on a trip, click on the ruler icon next to the freight field on the trip detail.
Then choose your rate and click Accept.
Using Route Optimization
Route optimization utilizes the same TomTom integration as the Mileage calculator. To use it, open up a trip’s detail screen and click on “Optimize Stop Order”. Paradigm will then use TomTom to calculate the optimal route for the trip and automatically update the stop order.
Note: TomTom doesn’t take into account current traffic patterns when determining the best route.
It will optimize the route to find the shortest mileage for commercial vehicles.