Route optimization is critical for delivery businesses - yup, we said it!
As delivery businesses grow, route planning will inevitably become too complex to manage using inefficient tools.
Does this sound familiar?
You wake up every morning at 5 a.m., having worked until 2 a.m. last night because your drivers depend on you to plan their routes for the day.
With the help of Google Maps and Excel, you manage to finish the route planning in a few hours. Any unexpected changes in deliveries will mess up your carefully planned routes and you have to start all over again.
Now imagine your order volumes will grow and you would have 10 drivers and 300 orders a day to plan routes for or even more...
What will happen?
Increased vehicle wear and tear
Less completed tasks per day
Customer dissatisfaction due to long waiting times
Inefficient driving routes
Increased fuel costs
Increase in manual work
Route optimization solutions like GSMtasks help delivery businesses decrease driving time, and fuel consumption by finding the most efficient route for the entire fleet in a matter of minutes!
How does route optimization software work?
Route optimization software or solution, if you will, is a tool to help you plan efficient routes faster. A routing algorithm is what creates the optimized routes.
These routes will give you the shortest drive time or mileage considering all your constraints (ie. time windows, driving speed, etc), plus accurate ETAs.
A good algorithm like GSMtasks uses, can save you 20% to 40% on fuel and drive time!
With GSMtasks you can easily plan routes while taking into account:
Vehicles - to use as few drivers/vehicles as possible for completion
Transportation time - for the shortest mileage
Completion time - for the quickest route (shortest driving time)
If you have any more questions about GSMtasks route planner,
feel free to contact us!