Several organizations have reported gaining benefits from using Route4Me’s multi-stop route planner to plan and optimize routes and ensure on-time delivery of the critical supplies to every door during the pandemic. And Harris County Precinct 2 is the new addition to the RouteMe’s long list of happy users. The Texas Association of Counties has named […]
Route planning can be intimidating, whether you’re just getting started or have been doing it for quite a long time if you do not have a foolproof process in place. How can you ensure your routes are fuel efficient? How can you make sure your drivers get a balanced workload? How can you guarantee on-time […]
Poor routes mean poor results. They result in your transportation and overtime expenses going up, customers becoming furious, and your profit margins plummeting. Of course, no one wants to plan inefficient routes. Yet, many logistics companies and field service businesses end up doing so because they follow the same old-school process to plan a driving […]
Let’s face it, route planning is time-consuming, and finding the best possible route for each driver is indeed hard. On the one hand, the planned routes should ensure minimal transportation costs. On the other hand, your customers should be satisfied with quick and timely deliveries and so you need to address urgent requirements and ensure […]
If it ain’t broke, why fix it? Well, because fleet costs, customer expectations, and yesteryear’s route planning techniques will start biting into your profit margins, local delivery and field service businesses have no other option but to fix the existing processes to make way for more efficient fleet management. A few years ago, field service […]
It’s time to get rid of static route planning and move to dynamic routing. Static route planning is only satisfactory when stops and volumes are consistent and field reps are able to follow the same fixed routes every day. But such a lack of flexibility is a costly drawback in today’s dynamic environment, and thus […]
Are you afraid that adopting route optimization software will bog your business down with extra staff training and download time? That’s a valid concern, but there’s a way to take advantage of route mapping software without running into those issues. You can integrate a route optimization API with your existing systems. What is Route Optimization? Route optimization is the process of […]
