Re-Optimize Routes And Remaining Route Destinations

When routes change due to new stops, delays, or shifting priorities, Route4Me helps you quickly re-optimize for maximum efficiency. You can re-optimize an entire route after making edits, or re-optimize remaining destinations to adjust only unfinished stops while keeping completed ones unchanged. This helps you adapt in real time without disrupting completed deliveries.

Re-optimize entire routes or specific incomplete destinations using the Routes List, Route Editor, or Routes Map.

 

 

Re-Optimize From The Routes List

Re-Optimize Routes – Recalculate Route Sequence

After making changes to a route, such as removing, moving, or adding destinations, you should re-optimize the route to ensure it remains as efficient as possible. Re-optimizing recalculates the optimal sequence for one or multiple routes.

To re-optimize a route from your Routes List, go to “Dynamic Routing” > “Routes” in the Navigation Menu. Check the box next to the route or routes you wish to re-optimize, click “Bulk Actions“, and select “Re-Optimize Routes“.

The system will update all selected routes using the current destinations and settings.

Open Your Routes List

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Once executed, the re-optimized route will automatically appear in your Routes List with the updated sequence applied and displayed on the Interactive Routes Page Map and Routes Timeline.

Re-optimized routes are automatically available for dispatch from your Routes List.

 

Re-Optimize Remaining Destinations – Recalculate Uncompleted Stops

Once a route has been dispatched and started, you may need to adjust stops to improve efficiency or respond to changes. For example, you might update route settings, add new destinations, or move destinations to another route.

To handle these situations, check the boxes next to the routes you wish to modify and select “Re-Optimize Remaining Destinations” from “Bulk Actions“.

This will re-sequence only the stops that have not yet been completed, while leaving completed destinations unchanged.

When moving stops between routes, re-optimize all affected routes to ensure the best overall sequence for each route.

 

This ensures that the remaining stops follow the most efficient path without undoing any progress already made on the route. NOTE: Destinations with a status cannot be re-optimized.

For changes impacting more than one route, you’ll want to re-optimize the remaining stops on each route to ensure optimal efficiency across all routes.

When moving stops between routes, re-optimize all affected routes to ensure the best overall sequence for each route.

 

Re-Optimize From The Route Editor

Re-Optimize A Route – Update Route Order

From the Route Editor, you may need to adjust a route after making changes such as moving, adding, or removing stops.

Re-optimizing updates the route immediately, recalculating the most efficient sequence based on the current destinations and settings. To do this, click “Route” in the Toolbar and select “Re-Optimize This Route“.

In the Route Editor, click

 

The system will automatically apply the new optimization, with the updated destination sequence and route path reflected in the Destinations List and on the Interactive Map.

In the Route Editor, click

 

Re-Optimize Remaining Destinations – Update Unvisited Stops

If a route is already in progress, you can re-optimize unvisited stops after dispatch to reflect changes you make to the route, such as moving, removing, or adding destinations. NOTE: Stops with a status cannot be re-optimized.

To do this, click “Route” in the Toolbar and select “Re-Optimize Remaining Destinations“.

After a route has ben started, you can re-optimize all unvisited stops for more efficient sequencing.

 

The system will automatically update the sequence of all remaining stops, which will be reflected in both the Destinations List and the Interactive Map. This allows you to quickly review the updated route and confirm the changes at a glance.

After a route has ben started, you can re-optimize all unvisited stops for more efficient sequencing.

 

 

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About author: Daniel Archer

Daniel ArcherWith a background in pedagogy and writing instruction, Daniel is a former tenured English Instructor who, after nearly 20 years of teaching, transitioned into content strategy and leading writing teams for global brands. Now, as Technical Documentation Manager at Route4Me, he translates complex logistics technology into clear, accessible content that empowers users.

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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.