Build the day on the Dispatch Planner

One screen for the whole day — every load graded against your real costs, every conflict flagged before it happens, and a pulse strip that always shows working / loads / unassigned / conflicts. And now an Operator rides along: turn it on and a co-dispatcher watches the right rail, reacting to every move you make while the day is still being built.

The steps

1. Open Dispatch and pick your region and AM/PM — the board reopens the way you left it.
2. Turn on ● Operator in the header and a co-dispatcher takes the right rail. Every move you make — assign, resequence, delete — gets a read moments later: what works, what it just broke, the next best move. Two modes, your choice: Talk me through it (a running read on the day) or Only when it matters (silent unless there's a real problem or a clear win).
3. Work the needs-attention queue first: act-now items (stacking conflicts, units that can't roll, unassigned Grade-A work) each jump to their fix.
4. Assign open loads: drag one onto a driver row, or use the Assign to driver picker right on the unassigned tray.
5. Watch the flags as you build: a red outline means two trucks hit the same site at the same time — resequence or move one; each driver row shows planned hours against the 14-hour window.
6. Read the chips on every card: Grade (economics vs your break-even), time grade (earning pace vs today's board), fit (deadhead this slot costs), and backhaul when a paying return leg exists.
7. Dispatch works in units — tractor + trailer + driver — and warns before the hook if a unit can't roll (down trailer, scheduled maintenance).

Gotchas