How To Optimize A Planned Route With Route Optimization Software
A planned route is a manually sequenced list of stops, often created without factoring in cost, distance, or time efficiency. Optimizing that route is key to saving time, fuel, and operational expenses. Without the help of quickest route optimization software, even a simple 10-stop route can result in millions of inefficient possibilities. With the Route4Me Route Planner, you can re-optimize existing routes by applying advanced optimization types, constraints, and business rules tailored to your operation. This guide walks you through how to turn manually sequenced routes into cost-effective, fully optimized delivery routes.
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1. Map Multiple Addresses on Route Planning and Optimization Software
The Route4Me Route Planner allows you to disable route optimization and plan routes with customer shipping addresses that are manually sequenced in the desired order. Disabled optimization can be used only in a single case – when you need to visit customers in a particular exact sequence, disregarding travel time, fuel consumption, driver payroll, etc. To map multiple addresses and plan routes, all you need to do is to import addresses and plan routes with disabled optimization.
2. Choose the Right Route Optimization Type
To sequence your delivery or pickup addresses into the fastest, most cost-efficient optimized route, Route4Me allows you to apply multiple optimization types. You can take already manually planned routes and re-optimize them using the optimization type that suits your team and fleet.
For example, the Single Driver Route optimization type will take all addresses and plan a single route for a single delivery driver. The Multiple Drivers Route optimization type will split hundreds of thousands of addresses into the most optimal routes for multiple drivers.
3. Use Routing Business Rules and Constraints
Every routing business case is unique. Customer time windows and availability hours, maximum vehicle carrying capacity, driver availability, road parameters, and many other variables can affect the optimization outcome. Route4Me allows you to factor in hundreds of routing business rules and optimization constraints to solve your specific routing scenarios.
4. Get Optimized Routes – Save Money
The last step in the process is less about work and more about reaping the benefits of route optimization. All you have to do now is hit the optimize button to re-optimize your manually planned routes and get the best routing results. Once your planned routes are optimized, you will be able to uncover all hidden costs and discover new savings opportunities.
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