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Route planning

What is meant by Route planning?

"Route planning" refers to the process of optimally determining routes for vehicles or employees to efficiently reach various locations or tasks.

Typical features of software in the "route planning" area could include:

  1. Address and location management: The software allows the user to set and manage addresses or locations for routes.

  2. Automatic route optimization: The software automatically calculates optimal routes based on various factors such as distance, traffic, delivery times, and priorities.

  3. Multi-stop routes: The software supports planning routes with multiple stops to visit multiple locations in an efficient order.

  4. Time window management: The software considers time windows for deliveries or visits and plans routes accordingly to meet these time windows.

  5. Consideration of vehicle constraints: The software takes into account vehicle constraints such as weight limits, height restrictions, or driving bans and plans routes accordingly.

  6. Interactive map view: The software provides an interactive map view to visually review and adjust routes.

  7. Real-time updates: The software provides real-time updates on traffic conditions and weather conditions to adjust routes as needed.

  8. Export of routes: The user can export planned routes and make them accessible to drivers or employees.

 

The function / module Route planning belongs to:

Route planning

Consideration of priority customers
Consideration opening hours
Geocoding
Geographical display
GIS interfaces
Navigation
Photo proof of delivery
Reverse geocoding
Round trip optimizations, heuristics
Route and isochrones
Route optimization
Shipping
Tour optimization
Travel and route planning

Software solutions with function or module Route planning:

adiutaByte
COGLAS Web WMS
Field Service Management - Dispatch
ProfiTour®
Technical Wholesale