Low Level Function
8.3.1.4 Monitor Operational Task

Overview

This Function shall be capable of providing the following facilities:

(1) The ability to support the monitoring of an operational task all along its life.
(2) At starting phase of the execution of a task, after achievement of all necessary operations during the preparation phase, to store the task description in the data store of On-board Data.
(3) During an on going mission, the ability to support any modification required or felt necessary, associated with events and locations.
(4) The ability to help the Driver to report, on a time basis, or according to given tasks phases or associated events and locations, or passing threshold points, including, for instance, the management of gate in / gate out procedures for inter-modal transport terminals.
(5) The ability to automatically trigger task reports or require the Driver to add relevant information.

Functional Requirements

(a) receive task description, modification or information from the Fleet Manager, inform the Driver and store this data in the store of On-board Data
(b) receive event from transport order management Function about transport order
(c) receive event generated by trip resource monitoring Function
(d) receive event from regulation control Function
(e) for each received event inform the Driver, and process required operations on required task and store result in the store of On-board Data
(f) provide the HMI to the Driver in order to manage the following activities:
(f1) set a task as active ( set of regulation to respect for this task are send to comply with regulation Function),
(f2) modify a task, including route planning,
(f3) get status of tasks currently under execution,
(f4) set a task as ended or suspended
(g) process information requests about task from the Fleet Manager
(h) receive payment receipts, associate them to a task and store them in the store of On-board Data.

Diagrams

The Diagram(s) is (are) the diagram(s) where you can find the function :
  • DFD 8.3.1 Manage Task and Transport Order
  • Functional tree 8.3

    • Parent Higher Level Function

    Input logical dataflows

    Output logical dataflows

    User needs

    Number

    Description

    9.2.0.1
    The system shall be able to store all necessary statutory information on-board the vehicle.
    9.5.1.12
    The system shall be able to transfer any data that has been recorded on a vehicle to the home base and/or any other authorised third party.
    9.5.1.2
    The system shall be able to provide information about a cargo, e.g. loading status, contents, delays, delivery status, disputes etc. to the fleet management centre in real time.
    9.5.1.4
    The system shall be able to transfer official documents, e.g. transport orders, customs declarations, hazardous goods declarations, notices of dispatch etc. between vehicles, the fleet management centre and the relevant authorities in a controlled manner.
    9.5.2.12
    The system shall be able to provide a driver with a suitable alternative route, when the original planned route becomes unavailable.
    9.5.3.11
    The system shall enable the driver to receive a change to the route, task, etc. at any time.
    9.5.3.2
    The system shall be able to store all necessary commercial and statutory vehicle, driver, trip and freight information on-board the vehicle.
    9.5.3.26
    The system shall be able to record supplementary information about events recorded by the tachograph, e.g. reason for waiting time.
    9.5.3.27
    The system shall be able to provide the driver with relevant information about client sites (consignors & consignees), e.g. location, pick-up/delivery times, average waiting time.
    9.5.3.28
    The system shall be able to collect and record information about collection/delivery operations, e.g. arrival & waiting times, additional work, incidents.
    9.5.3.33
    The system shall be able to identify the vehicle and/or equipment, e.g. to gain access to a controlled site.
    9.5.3.34
    The system shall be able to locate an item of cargo within the vehicle and/or equipment.
    9.5.3.35
    The system shall be able to record the location of operational points, e.g. pick up, delivery, home base.
    9.5.3.36
    The system shall be able to transfer site access details to the driver from the home base.
    9.5.3.37
    The system shall be able to record guidance details of regular and/or frequent trips so that they do not have to be re-calculated.
    9.5.3.39
    The system shall be able to add a time stamp and/or vehicle position to any message sent from the vehicle; this data to be added at the time the message was formulated and/or the time it was sent.
    9.5.3.4
    The system shall be able to transfer official documents, e.g. transport orders, customs declarations, hazardous goods declarations, notices of dispatch etc. between vehicles and relevant parties in a controlled manner.
    9.5.3.5
    The system shall enable the driver to receive traffic information.
    9.5.3.6
    The system shall enable the driver to receive weather information.