Route planning and optimization
AntsRoute considers various logistics factors to build the most efficient routes.
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Route planning and optimization
AntsRoute considers various logistics factors to build the most efficient routes.
An approach to ensure the most efficient routes
An approach to ensure the most efficient routes
Determine skills and capacities available
The smart appointment scheduling module determines if skills are available for each order.
Create point cloud of orders
The software creates a logical point cloud of orders which makes sure route planning plays its full role.
The route planning software also ensures the geographical coherence regarding customer expectations.Ensure geographical coherence
Determine schedules of drivers
Schedules of drivers and technicians are determined during the route planning and not before.
Discover the elements factoring in the route planning
All the factors regarding the orders
All the factors regarding the orders
Type of order,
Address,
Required skills to perform a visit,
Required material to perform a visit,
Date and time slot,
Duration of visit
All the factors regarding the purpose of deliveries or operations
All the factors regarding the purpose of deliveries or operations
Address of delivery, pick-up or visit
Date and time slot,
Type of transport (living, solid, liquid),
Capacity (weight, volume, material,…),
Maximum transport duration,
Duration of delivery, pick-up or visit
All the factors regarding drivers and field workers
All the factors regarding drivers and field workers
Working hours,
Skills and licenses,
Absences,
Departure and arrival addresses,
Duration of breaks
All the factors regarding the vehicles
All the factors regarding the vehicles
Type of vehicle,
Gross vehicle weight rating,
Volume,
Equipment of vehicle,
Operational costs,
Type of contrat (owner / long-term rental),
Driving objectives,
Availabilities
All the factors regarding the traffic conditions
All the factors regarding the traffic conditions
Usual congestion areas
Constraints of heavy goods vehicle,
Topography,
Weather
15,000+ routes optimized each month by these companies which have chosen the AntsRoute route planning software to grow
All the factors regarding electric vehicles which are integrated in the route planning
All the factors regarding electric vehicles which are integrated in the route planning software
Electric vehicles
Battery life,
Type and power of recharge,
Technical features
Affiliate building
Building consumption,
Power subscribed and the pricing conditions of the energy contract
Charging stations
Power,
Availability,
Cluster management
The objectives of the delivery and multi-stop route planning software
Several objectives to create optimized delivery routes
The AntsRoute route planning software considers the travel time and distance and ensure your current field workers are used to their maximum potential. Furthermore, routes are built to meet secondary objectives and integrate logistics constraints.
The objective focusing on the fleet
The objective focusing on the fleet
01. Respect driving objectives
The objective can be to prioritize the use of low-emissions vehicles. Thus, routes are built considering necessary power and battery life of vehicles.
02. Cut down fleet costs
An other objective can be to reduce the total costs of vehicles to create optimized delivery routes. For example, TCO for vehicle, TCO for fleet, TCO for drivers.
The objective focusing on the resources
The objective focusing on the resources
01. Create routes with balanced working time
The objective can be to assign deliveries and operations to the different field workers ensuring their schedules are balanced in terms of work time.
02. Create routes with balanced travel time
An other objective can be to assign deliveries and operations to the different field workers ensuring their schedules are balanced in terms of travel time.
03. Maximize the number of orders per route
The last objective can be to maximize the number of orders carried out during a same route to limit the number of field workers necessary.
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