Delivery optimisation – How can software help you?

Date: Jul 06 2023

Like many freight forwarders or transport companies, your number one priority is certainly to reduce your operating costs. But it’s difficult to cut costs without compromising customer and employee satisfaction. If your vehicles are older or not properly maintained, you run the risk of regular breakdowns, longer downtimes and, ultimately, additional costs and delivery delays. And saving on your drivers’ wages won’t help you retain them. Switching to electric vehicles is not easy either, as purchase prices are still high and infrastructure is limited. You still have other ways of optimising your deliveries and reducing your costs.

AntsRoute software, for example, is available from €24 per month per vehicle. It won’t let you optimise packaging or automatically sort products in a distribution centre. It does, however, give you access to many route optimisation functions: Automated planning of the most efficient delivery routes, based on distance, CO2 emissions, traffic, delivery times and customer preferences. Smart route planning for your drivers, based on delivery time slots, selected routes, vehicle capacity, working hours and customer priorities. Monitoring of the fill rate of your vehicles, based on vehicle type, load capacity and height. Automated updating of planning and route orders in the case of unforeseen events: order cancellations, postponed deliveries, blocked roads, wrong addresses, etc. Real-time tracking: precise vehicle location, route completion, delivery states, and automated customer notifications. Analysis of performance: detailed reports and analyses of delivery route performance (delivery times, miles travelled, use of resources). 👨‍💻 By investing in dedicated software such as AntsRoute, you can benefit from the power of its optimisation algorithms. All you have to do is enter your constraints and objectives into an Excel spreadsheet or Google Sheet. And that’s it!