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Anfahrfolge

English translation: call sequence

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German term or phrase:	Anfahrfolge
English translation:	call sequence
Entered by:	Hilary Davies Shelby

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16:06 Mar 26, 2006

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German term or phrase: Anfahrfolge

Hello all,

This is used in my Logistics documentation to describe the order in which the different reloading points/customers on a delivery route ("tour" in this case) are visited. At the moment I'm using "approach sequence" but i made it up. ;-) Anyone have a "proper" term?

Thanks very much!

Hilary Davies Shelby KudoZ activity Questions: 557 (8 open) (5 without valid answers) (31 closed without grading) Answers: 525 United States
Local time: 08:18

call sequence

Explanation:
A visit is commonly referred to as a 'call' in transport logistics world. I also thought about 'itinerary', but it googles poorly in this context.

Sample ref (quite a few relevant hits -- google logistics + "call sequence"):

Vehicle scheduling and routing online : logixcentral: about ...
... online software) based on a wealth of experience in logistics consulting. ... This may also involve optimisation of call sequence but not optimising ...
www.logixcentral.com/vehicle_scheduling_routing.shtml

Selected response from:

Ken Cox
Netherlands
Local time: 15:18

Grading comment

Thanks very much everyone! This one Googles best for BE, so I decided to go with it. I'm using calling point for Anfahrstelle. You're right, Cilian, "route" is what this company uses for "Strecke". Manuela, tour scheduling is what we're using for scheduling multiple tours within a day/week. Thank you for the suggestions, though!
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Summary of answers provided

stop sequence

Teresa Reinhardt

call sequence

Ken Cox

route

Cilian O'Tuama

tour scheduling

Manuela Junghans

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

41 mins confidence:

call sequence

Ken Cox
Netherlands
Local time: 15:18
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 70

Grading comment

19 mins confidence:

tour scheduling

Explanation:
maybe this would be an option.

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Note added at 46 mins (2006-03-26 16:52:51 GMT)
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tour schedule in this case then. Or maybe tour sequence?

Manuela Junghans
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:18
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 12

2 hrs confidence:

stop sequence

Explanation:
would be the US term (we don't 'call on' people either, and I don't think it might be misunderstood a '(phone) call'

I googled for "stop sequence" tour logistics

www.logjobs.com/softInteg/ConSer/ LDS/RoutingSchedulingOptimizationTool.asp
www-rcf.usc.edu/~maged/ publications/TerritoryPlanning.pdf

Teresa Reinhardt
United States
Local time: 06:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German,

English
PRO pts in category: 92

8 hrs confidence:

route

Explanation:
eine bessere Anfahrfolge berechnen = to find/calculate a better route

though it seems you're already using "route" for sth. else.

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 15:18
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 52