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How to automate it

How to automate “sit in traffic and backtrack on badly ordered routes”

Here is the best way to spend less time on this, best first. Each comes with steps you can follow today.

45 min
typically, every day
15%
of the time can be automated
Some setup
to set up

Fix 1 of 1

Software feature

Let route software plan the stops and the load order

Route optimization plans the order of stops around time windows, traffic and truck capacity in minutes. Drivers get the route on their phone and spend less time driving.

Typically saves about 60% of the time2 h to set up
  1. 1Trial a route tool (Route4Me, OptimoRoute, Onfleet, Circuit) or the routing in your fleet or delivery system.
  2. 2Import the next day's orders with time windows and vehicle sizes.
  3. 3Optimize, check the routes, and send them to drivers' phones.
  4. 4Load trucks in reverse stop order.

Tools: Route4Me, OptimoRoute, Onfleet, Circuit or Samsara routing

Quick wins

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Are routes planned by route software instead of by hand?
Route tools like Route4Me, OptimoRoute or Onfleet put stops in the best order around traffic and time windows. Drivers get the route on their phone.

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Delivery driver

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