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    Efficiency

    Employee data for routing and cost

    How inherited costs, shifts, districts, and start addresses are used in routing and capacity analysis.

    Local value and inherited value

    Employees often do not have local values for cost, shifts, or start address. Caire then uses inherited values from the service area or organization. That is valid, but it must be visible so planners understand the solution.

    Why it affects efficiency

    Shifts define available capacity. Start and stop addresses affect travel time. Cost makes solution comparisons more reliable. Districts show whether an employee fits the client's local area.

    Before and after

    Before completion, a route may start from an inherited depot without that being obvious. After completion, Caire shows whether the route uses the employee's own address, the service-area address, or the organization default.