Route Planning Software

Route Planning Software are digital solutions that allow fleet managers, dispatchers, and drivers to plot out optimal driving routes before and during single-stop and multi-stop delivery journeys. With them, businesses can potentially automate the tasks involved in the static routing model, where deliveries are planned periodically by creating and editing routes, adding or editing jobs, and assigning workers to them. They can also apply the dynamic routing model, where new routes are developed simultaneously to increase last-mile efficiency, as well as other hybrid strategies. Delivery route planning software can be used by couriers, fleet managers, service dispatchers, and other professionals working in the logistics and warehousing sector, as well as retail, construction, maintenance, sales, and field services. Route optimisation software enable businesses to improve driver efficiency, reduce mileage, cut fuel and labour costs, speed up deliveries by avoiding traffic and road closures, and monitor vehicle and worker performance metrics. Using algorithms, the software can potentially automate the work involved in manual planning, match jobs with workers and equipment, schedule appointments, estimate delivery times, optimise routes based on the organisation’s constraints and goals, and adapt to last-minute changes, like absences and vehicle downtime. Typical features of routing software include driver management, dispatch management tools for large fleets serving complex supply chains, route optimisation and management, and real-time alerts and notifications for unforeseen circumstances, like traffic jams, road accidents, and vehicle thefts. Route management software have a great deal in common with Logistics and Fleet Management software as they rely on GPS tracking technology. They also incorporate some of the functions of Transportation Dispatch Software and Delivery Management Systems. Tools developed specifically for the hospitality and retail sectors also have similar capabilities to Food Delivery Systems.