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title: Zones and routes — Schedule, Today, optimization and Send to the car
snippet: A zone is a set of ZIP codes, a weekday and the crew member who covers it, drawn on real U.S. Census ZIP boundaries. A ZIP belongs to one zone.
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# Zones and routes

## Zones

Schedule → *New zone*. A zone is a set of **ZIP codes** (type each one and press Enter), a
**weekday** and the **crew member** who covers it. Zones are drawn on real U.S. Census ZIP
boundaries, so the shape on the map is the shape the truck drives. A ZIP can belong to one zone
only; if a boundary is not on file yet, the app says so instead of guessing.

Retiring a zone keeps every client already on a route on their day; only new clients in those ZIPs
will need a day chosen by hand.

## Schedule (the week)

The **Schedule** screen shows every day on one map, so you can see where the load sits before you
promise a new client a day. Recurring services land on their zone's weekday; a visit can be moved
to another day in a tap, and the day re-sequences itself.

## Today

**Today** is one tech's day in driving order with arrival windows. The tech opens it on the phone.
The office sees every tech; a tech sees only their own day, and can edit only today, only while
clocked in.

## Optimization — offered, never forced

When a different order would save driving, Today shows a chip: *"Reorder stops 3 and 4 — save
5.1 mi today · Apply"*. One tap takes it, one tap ignores it. Nothing is reshuffled behind your
back.

## Send to the car

*Send to the car* hands the whole multi-stop route to **Google Maps, Waze or Apple Maps** on the
driver's phone, so CarPlay and Android Auto simply follow it — no re-typing addresses at every
stop.