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Dispatching is the day-to-day act of getting your work onto the right driver’s phone. You can dispatch from the web dashboard or the mobile app — assign, send, and monitor jobs on either surface — and your drivers receive, accept, and start those jobs on their phones.
New to Tread? Set up your trucks, drivers, and users first — see Set Up Trucks & Drivers. Then come back here to dispatch.

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What you dispatch

A Project represents the construction project, (a multi-day scope of work) and can be viewed as a template for daily work; an Order is the daily trucking or material request you actually dispatch. You assign and send the jobs (TRDs or truck dispatches) under an order. If you haven’t created the work yet, start with Create a Project, Order & Dispatch.

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The dispatch view

The Dispatch view (on web, and the Dispatch tab on mobile) is your command center for the day. Each order card shows its status, truck count, and the per-job rows you act on — assign a driver, send the job, and track its status.
The Dispatch dashboard on web, showing orders and their job rows
Each job moves along this status flow as the day runs: Accepted → To Pickup → At Pickup → Loaded → To Dropoff → At Dropoff → Unloaded → In Review → Completed

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Assign to your own driver — or a vendor

When you assign a job, you choose who hauls it. In the Assign panel you toggle between Driver and Vendor. Pick the wrong one and the driver never sees the load, or the wrong company gets billed, so confirm the relationship first. Full detail in Dispatching to Drivers and Vendors.
Vendor dispatch needs an accepted Vendor connection, and a Shared Driver must be shared to you — otherwise the job won’t send or the driver won’t appear in your Assign list. Check Settings → Vendors and Settings → Drivers first.

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Before you dispatch — checklist

1

Work exists

A project and at least one order for the day. See Create a Project, Order & Dispatch.
2

Trucks & drivers are set up

Drivers added (and invited so they have the app), trucks created, default trucks paired to drivers. See Set Up Trucks & Drivers.
3

Connections are confirmed (if using vendors or shared drivers)

For a Vendor, the connection is accepted. For a Shared Driver, the partner has shared the driver to you.

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