What is a Hub?

A HUB is the logistics center of a specific area. It is a hive of activity for both national and international transport, logistics and goods distribution. Many intermediaries are associated with a particular hub. The most important fact about a HUB—in this context—is that this is the place where everything starts for the Urbantz-solution.

❗ In order for your HUB to be operational, you'll need to insert the requested information. Only the fields with an asterisk are mandatory.

1. General information about the platform

• Name of the HUB
• Address or latitude and a longitude
• A specific description
• A phone number
• An external ID
• A hub ID

2. Contact details of the manager (of the platform)

• Name of the person
• Phone number

3. Start time of that specific hub

• No constraints on time
• Start in X minutes from now—the exact number of minutes from when the driver should start the round
• Set start the earliest time
• Start of time window, e.g., 08:00 - 17:00

4. Offline

This function allows drivers to work offline in Urbantz, especially during the preparation phase.

• The checklist
• Do the scans of the tasks/parcels

5. Round numbering

Selecting this option allows the defining of a specific round numbering for a hub.

6. Time slots - this section is only visible if you have activated the planning feature.

For more information about Time slot Configuration, please see this article.

7. QR Code Printing

On this page as well, the Hub QR code can be found by clicking on the Print QR: