Truck process management tool for transport operations

Abstract

A process management tool for managing transport of a material between a first location and a second location is disclosed. The process management tool includes a communication device configured to receive data messages, a display device, an input device configured to receive user inputs, and a processor in communication with the communication device, the display device, and the input device. The processor is configured to generate a graphical user interface on the display device. The graphical user interface includes a map indicative of a position of each of one or more transport vehicles with respect to the first location and the second location. The graphical user interface further includes a first graphical object indicative of a spacing between a first transport vehicle and a second transport vehicle of the one or more transport vehicles and a second graphical object indicative of a process parameter associated with the material.

What is claimed is;: 
     
         1 . A process management tool for managing transport of an asphalt material between a first location and a second location, comprising:
 a communication device configured to receive data messages;   a display device;   an input device configured to receive user inputs; and   a processor in communication with the communication device, the display device, and the input device, wherein the processor is configured to:
 generate a graphical user interface on the display device, the graphical user interface including:
 a map indicative of a position of each of a plurality of work trucks with respect to the first location and the second location, 
 a first graphical object indicative of a spacing between at least a first work truck and a second work truck of the plurality of work trucks, 
 a command object to notify an operator of at least one of the first work truck and the second work truck to perform a task in order to ensure a proper spacing between the first work truck and the second work truck given road conditions and a process parameter associated with the asphalt material at the first location ands or the second location, and 
 a paver production object that provides an indication to adjust operation of a paver to raise or lower a groundspeed of the paver given a production rate of the asphalt material from the first location, the process parameter associated with the asphalt material, and the spacing between at least the first work truck and the second work truck.