Route Type

When defining a home delivery route, you are required to specify a route type for the route. Route type is a general category, used to determine the delivery method (such as carrier and motor) and for other purposes. For example, you could have a special route type for routes held by District Managers.

To set up route types:

1. Select Distribution | Route | Route Type to display the Route Type screen.

   
2. Click the Add icon and complete the following fields.

   Field	Type	What to enter
   ROUTE TYPE	open (8)	Enter an ID for a route type, such as “carrier”.
   START DATE, END DATE	date	Enter the first date on which this route type may be used. Leave END DATE blank unless the route type is only temporary.
   DESCRIPTION	open (30)	Enter a description of this route type.
   AAM DELIVERY METHOD	predefined	Indicate whether this is a motor or carrier (foot) route. This differentiation is primarily for AAM reporting. See page 233 for more information.
   STACKER ID	open (3)	Enter the stacker identifier, if applicable.
   FINNISH POST DELIVERY	yes/no	Indicate if this route type should be included in the Finnish postal exports.

3. Click OK to save the route type in the database or Add Another to save the existing record and add another route type.