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Trip Execution and Returns

Trip execution and returns illustration

Use the Detail Page During Operations​

The trip detail page shows the execution state of a trip. It combines trip metadata, driver and vehicle information, timeline data, summary counts, selected deliveries, and the generated stop projection.

The stop projection groups the included deliveries into a practical driver view. It shows the planned stops, the current stop, and the next stop when execution data is available.

Trip detail stops and execution context

Driver Execution Context​

Trips produce driver execution context without changing the fact that each delivery remains independent. A delivery can be picked up, delivered, cancelled, or returned according to its own lifecycle. The trip summary updates from those child delivery outcomes.

The execution panel can include:

  • Stop list: The planned pickup and dropoff stops for the trip.
  • Current stop: The stop currently being worked.
  • Next stop: The next planned stop in the sequence.
  • Summary counts: Planned, in progress, delivered, returned, cancelled, and deliveries with return requests.

How Trip Status Updates​

The trip status follows the included deliveries.

  • If all deliveries are still waiting for execution, the trip remains planned.
  • If one or more deliveries enter active execution, the trip can become in progress.
  • If all deliveries reach terminal outcomes such as delivered, returned, or cancelled, the trip can become completed.
  • If the trip is cancelled before execution, it remains cancelled.

This prevents a trip from showing complete while active delivery work still exists.

Returns Inside Trips​

Trip returns are based on delivery-level return outcomes. Unlike waybill partial returns, the trip does not represent one sealed batch. A driver can complete some deliveries and return others. The trip return view helps operations review those outcomes together.

Use trip return information to answer:

  • Which deliveries on this trip came back?
  • Which return requests were created?
  • Which stops failed and why?
  • Did the trip finish with mixed delivery outcomes?

Operational Review​

After a trip is done, review:

  • Trip status.
  • Driver and vehicle used.
  • Delivery-level proof and exceptions.
  • Returned or cancelled deliveries.
  • Notes entered during planning.
  • Whether future trips should be sequenced differently.
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A trip is a planning and execution wrapper. The delivery records remain the source of truth for proof of delivery, exceptions, and return details.