Last-Mile Delivery Route Planner and Optimization Software

Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP)

The common problem to all businesses that operates a fleet of vehicles is the Vehicle Routing Problem (known as VRP). Each business needs to determine which orders should be delivered by each vehicle available and what should be the sequence of deliveries. The primary goal is to minimize the overall operating costs for the entire fleet.

The size of the problem

Delivery route planning is a challenge for every business. As the number of deliveries increases, the number of permutations for arranging possible routes goes up exponentially. For example, 5 stops has 120 possible routes, while 10 stops has more than 3 million possible routes, and so on...

1 vehicle and 5 stops: 120 possible routes
1 vehicle and 10 stops: 3 628 800 possible routes
5 vehicle and 10 stops: 37 267 043 023 296 000 possible routes
5 vehicles and 25 stops: more possible routes than atoms in the universe

Manual planning is not sufficient

Using traditional tools the planning process is essentially manual and coordinators spend huge amounts of time producing a plan for delivering incoming orders.

Since manually planning is not flexible enough, the coordinators are usually forced to settle with the initial plan and they are unable to evaluate the vast number of potentially better alternatives that can optimise route efficiency and minimize the costs.

Increase productivity, decrease costs and improve logistics operations

Our solution brings you simplicity and speed in managing your daily orders. The route optimization feature generates the optimized order list assigned to each available vehicle and the delivery sequence that they must follow in order to deliver more while reducing costs, time, distance and fuel.

Import

Import orders from your ERP system, TMS or Excel files

Plan & Optimize

Plan and optimize routes to available vehicles / drivers

Dispatch to drivers

Dispatch routes to driver’s dedicated mobile app

Tracking

Track planned routes in real time and make right decisions

The route optimization takes into account all the particularities of your business

Different types of vehicles
The system takes into account the amount of load and capacity for each vehicle and also special order characteristics (for example, frigo requirements)
Delivery time windows and order priority
The sequence of routes are ordered by their priority and meets the delivery time windows of each customer

Pickup, delivery or service duration
Variables like pickup, delivery or service duration are used in the planning process of each route. Driver work shift and lunch break are also taken into consideration
Traffic parameters and activity time factor
In order to make your planning more robust against traffic conditions or activity delays, you can adjust the vehicle/driver time factor parameters

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Benefits of using our route planner and optimization solution

Equally, large and small fleets deal with same optimising route issues. Of course, on different scale, but in both cases this may be overwhelming. Coordinators have to coordinate the entire fleet, with divers, customers, different locations, different delivery hours, different package sizes and other specifications. This planification must be done in a very effective way, in order to bring value to the business.

Save time & fuel with up to 40% shorter routes

Route distances are typically reduced by at least 10%, and in some cases as much as 40%. This translates into direct cost savings with fuel and time spent on the road

Increase business volume & customer satisfaction

When deliver on-time, customers are happy. Satisfied customers are engaged customers that drive more business through recommendations and positive reviews

Reduce planning time

Create efficient routes in minutes or seconds and establish a standardized planning process. Coordinators will spend more time with clients or other important business activities

Realistic & workable route plans

Delivery route plans include sufficient time for travelling and staff activities. The drivers find out early where their daily delivery route goes. Once the surprise element is removed, the stress is less overwhelming

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Industries

While every industry has its unique challenges, building stronger connections with customers and employees is vital for the business success. With Dispatch application you can establish a standardized planning process for your entire fleet and all your staff can work together to engage with each other and with customers like never before.