Dispatch

A dispatch can be:

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• A report sent to a newspaper by a correspondent.
• A message, often military or diplomatic, sent by secure means and quickly to the recipient.

Dispatch is a form of logistics as used in the taxi, courier, and service delivery industries and for emergency services, whereby clients are matched to vehicles according to the order in which clients called and the proximity of vehicles to each client's pick-up location. Telephone operators take calls from clients, then either enter the client's information into a computer or write it down and give it to a dispatcher. In the first scenario, a central computer then communicates with the mobile data terminal located in each vehicle (see computer assisted dispatch); in the second, the dispatcher communicates with the driver of each vehicle via two-way radio.

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In many countries, Emergency services are accessed by dialling a distinctive emergency telephone number.

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Dispatch is also the name of an independent rock band that escalated to major popularity in the late 1990s, continuing to grow in fame and following even after the band's farewell concert in 2004; see Dispatch (band).

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Dispatches is a weekly radio documentary series on CBC Radio One in Canada.

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Dispatches is a book by Michael Herr about the Vietnam War.

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• The Columbus Dispatch, an Ohio newspaper.

Logistics: Logistics is the art and science of managing and controlling the flow of goods, energy, information and other resources....

Taxi: A Taxi generally is a form of transport where one pays for conveyance. This sense of the word is a shortened form of "taximeter". A passenger pays the amount of money shown in the meter, or in some cases he/she pays a flat fee....

Courier: : This article discusses delivery couriers; for the font see Courier (font)....