Insert Destinations – Add Stops To Planned And Optimized Routes

With Route4Me, you can effortlessly insert destinations into planned last mile routes and instantly re-optimize them. For your convenience, there are multiple ways to add a stop to a planned route, including easily picking the best possible route to insert an address into. In this guide, you’ll learn how to add destinations from the Routes List and Route Editor.

Insert Destinations Into Routes From The Routes List

Add Stops To A Single Planned Route

To add a stop to a planned route from the Routes List, follow these easy steps:

1. Click the Down Arrow next to the route you want to add a destination to.
2. Select “Insert Address” from the menu.
3. In the “Insert Address into Selected Route(s)” panel, input the address as shown in the example below.
   Route4Me’s address verification and geocoding will find and suggest the closest valid address.
4. Click “Insert” to add a new stop with the corresponding address to the route.

Route4Me’s multiple stop route optimizer will automatically update the route’s destination sequence and directions to include the new destination in the most optimal way.

Open Your Routes List

Add Stops To Multiple Planned Routes

To insert an address into multiple planned routes from the Routes List, follow these easy steps:

1. Select your preferred routes by checking the boxes next to them.
2. Click “Bulk Actions” to open the multiple route actions menu.
3. Select “Insert Address into Selected Route(s)” from the menu.
4. In the “Insert Address into Selected Route(s)” panel, input the address as shown in the example below.
   Route4Me’s address verification and geocoding will find and suggest the closest valid address.
5. Click “Insert” to add a new stop with the corresponding address to the selected routes.

Route4Me automatically updates the destination sequence and directions for each selected route to include the new stop in the most optimal order.The same address is added to all selected routes.

Add Stops To Best Planned Route

You can also use the Routes List to insert an address into the route which will be least impacted by the additional destination:

1. Click “Actions” from the top of the Routes List data table.
2. Select “Insert Address into Best Route” from the menu.
3. Enter an address in the “Address” field and click the “Input Address” button.
4. Select your preferred “Insert Mode” and the “Scheduled for” date in the respective fields.
   The window will show routes scheduled for the selected date and the distance and time impact of adding the new destination.
5. Select a route by clicking the Radio Button next to it.
6. Click the “Insert Options” button.

Route4Me will add a new destination to the route according to the specified “Insert Mode“. The route’s sequence and driving directions will be recalculated to include the new destination in the best possible way to ensure your routes stay optimized.

Insert Destinations Into Routes From The Route Editor

Add Stops By Selecting Location On The Map

From the Route Editor, you can pick an address to insert into an already planned route directly from the map. To do so, right-click the map and select “Insert Nearest Address” or “Insert Exact Location“. Then, choose where to add the new destination:

• After Last Destination: Adds the new destination as the final stop on the route.
• After Last Visited Destination: For routes with visited destinations, inserts the new stop immediately after the last visited destination.
• At Optimal Position: Inserts the new destination at the most efficient position in the route sequence to minimize distance and duration.

The example below shows a destination inserted into the optimal position to minimally increase the route’s distance and duration.

NOTE: It’s recommended to zoom in on the map when selecting an address, especially when using “Insert Exact Location“, which creates a destination at the exact coordinates you click.

Add Stops By Manually Entering Addresses

To manually enter one or more addresses and insert them into a route from the Route Editor:

1. Click “Insert” from the top menu bar and select “Insert Address” or “Insert Multiple Addresses“.
2. In the window that opens, enter the address or addresses you want to add. Optionally, use the “Alias” field to assign a custom name to each new destination.
   When inserting multiple destinations, you can click the “Add Address” button to add more fields to the window.
3. Select where in the route sequence to insert the new destinations from the menu in the bottom-left of the window.
4. Click “Insert” to add the destinations to the route.

You can also right-click the map in this window to select locations the same way you can on the main Route Editor map. The example below shows multiple destinations inserted at the optimal position on the route.