Cross Border Routing – Plan International Routes And Disable Country Border Crossing

Route4Me’s Cross Border Routing allows enterprise businesses to plan and optimize routes across multiple countries with ease. You can enable this feature to improve operational efficiency and reduce travel time for international deliveries. If your operations require routes to stay within national borders, you also have the option to disable it. This guide explains how to configure both cross-border and country-specific routing to fit your business needs.

Use Route4Me's Cross Border Routing feature to plan routes across national borders with international addresses.

 

 

Enable Cross Border Routing – Plan International Routes That Cross Borders

When Cross Border Routing is enabled, Route4Me automatically optimizes the most efficient routes across multiple countries. This feature is ideal for international operations that require seamless routing between national borders.

NOTE: To activate Cross Border Routing on your account, please contact Route4Me Support.

When Cross Border Routing is enabled on your account, Route4Me's Best International Route Planner will automatically plan routes across national borders.

 

To plan a new international route, go toOperations” in the Navigation Menu and click “Plan New Route”. Then, select a method for adding international addresses.

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Upload spreadsheets with addresses, import addresses from cloud drives, enter addresses, or pick addresses from the map to plan last mile routes.

 

To plan a cross-border route, click “Skip” when prompted to select an Optimization Profile. This allows you to manually configure the necessary cross-border route settings.

To plan a cross-border route, skip the Optimization Profile to manually set cross-border routing options.

 

Next, click the “Directions” tab and ensure the “Avoid cross-border routing” box is unchecked to allow international routing. Then, click “Create Route and Proceed to Add Addressesto continue.

Route4Me will automatically geocode your international addresses and generate the most efficient route across country borders.

Disable Cross Border Routing to plan routes that do not cross country borders.

 

Disable Cross Border Routing – Plan Routes In Different Countries Without Crossing Borders

Medium and large businesses operating internationally may need to plan routes within specific countries without crossing borders. Route4Me makes this easy by allowing you to disable Cross Border Routing with a single setting.

To do this, go toOperations” in the Navigation Menu and click “Plan New Route”. When prompted to select an Optimization Profile, click “Skipto manually configure your optimization settings.

To plan a cross-border route, skip the Optimization Profile to manually set cross-border routing options.

 

Next, click the “Directions” tab and ensure the “Avoid cross-border routing” box is checked to disable Cross Border Routing. Then, click “Create Route and Proceed to Add Addressesto continue.

Route4Me will automatically geocode your international addresses and generate the most efficient route without crossing country borders.

Select a custom Route Optimization Profile to automatically plan and optimize routes with predefined route settings.

 

When Cross Border Routing is disabled, Route4Me plans the route using only addresses within the same country as the start address. Any addresses located in a different country are placed in an Unrouted Destinations route.

To optimize these addresses, simply assign a depot or start address within their respective country using the Route Editor or Routes Map. You can then re-optimize the route to generate the most efficient stop sequence.

When Cross Border Routing is disabled, Route4Me plans a full route within the depot's country and places addresses from other countries in an Unrouted Destinations route.

 

 

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Kristian is a Technical Writer at Route4Me. With over a decade of experience in writing and localization, he's an expert at communicating complex technical data in a clear, concise, and user-friendly way. Passionate about bridging the gap between engineers and users, he specializes in creating documentation to streamline onboarding, enhance product usability, and support global teams on the path to success.

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Route4Me has over 40,000 customers globally. Route4Me's Android and iPhone mobile apps have been downloaded over 2 million times since 2009. Extremely easy-to-use, Route4Me's apps create optimized routes, synchronize routes to mobile devices, enable communication with drivers and customers, offer turn-by-turn directions, delivery confirmation, and more. Behind the scenes, Route4Me's operational optimization platform combines high-performance algorithms with data science, machine learning, and big data to plan, optimize, and analyze routes of almost any size in real-time.