route optimization - behind the scenes

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Behind The ScenesRouting, Mapping, Navigation: What It Really Takes To Optimize Your Routes

Route Optimization

You’re probably familiar with Route Planning, which lets you add one address after another into Google Maps or into your favorite navigation system.

With Route Planning, you visit the addresses in the sequence you requested. It’s that simple!

However, when you need to visit more than 10 locations per route, you need Route Optimization to re-sequence the stops on your route so that you visit them without zig-zagging all over town.

You need route optimization because it is very difficult for a person to visualize and sequence the order in which addresses should be visited, especially when there are dozens of addresses in an unfamiliar part of town.

More stops, means more possibilities- a real brain teaser!

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● Route Optimization is used to determine the optimal sequence in which people will visit different locations for highest efficiency

● The primary goal is to minimize time and money spent on transportation costs: time, fuel, and vehicle repairs

● Savvy business owners use Route Optimization to slash up to 39% off fuel costs (shorter routes), reduce drive time (payroll savings), and service vehicles less often (fewer miles)

● There are millions of small businesses in the US, and many of them have employees or subcontractors who need to visit customer locations: pickups, dropoffs, service calls

● Because they are driving to multiple locations for business purposes, it obviously means some portion of their time is spent driving around…

● Route Optimization basically reduces your business transportation costs

Why Do Businesses Even Bother With Route

Optimization?



● Then there are hidden optimization nuances that sophisticated route planning software automatically considers for you:

⚬ Incorporating time of day and time of year road-traffic patterns,

⚬ Impact of road closures and construction,⚬ Different service times for different work

types (pickup, drop off, service)

● As you can see, planning routes manually when hundreds of customer locations are involved is extremely time consuming, challenging, and inaccurate when done by a human being.

Manual Planning is Time-Consuming & Ineffective

● Determining the sequence in which your drivers should visit customer locations is extremely complicated

● The more drivers and customers you have, the more combinations exist in which you might visit them.

● Do you go from the office to customer 1? Then 2, then 3, then 7, back to 4, 5, and 6?



Having Trouble with Route Planning?

Route planning fundamentals are usually the same whether you have 1 driver or 5,000 drivers

It might be because Route optimization is not your main area of expertise

Route planning is extremely time consuming and frustrating without automatic software



Do you find yourself saying YES to any of the questions below?

● Do you cringe at the mere thought of having to plan routes for yourself and your drivers?

● Do you try to find any excuse to avoid planning driving routes?

● Do you go blank when it comes time to plan routes at the very last minute or when your customer list changes?

● Do you suffer from migraine headaches trying to plan routes?

● Do you ever worry if your employees are doing a good job at a customer's location?

● Do you feel frustrated when driving routes change and you have to waste time explaining all the changes to new drivers?

● Are you ever concerned that your employees are underperforming because they despise you for giving them really terrible driving routes?



What took you many hours… now takes less than 10

minutes

High-Quality Route Optimization software tests billions of scenarios in less than a minute to plan your optimized route!

Ask yourself: How long would that have taken me to do?



Uses Real Roads, NOT As-The-Crow-Flies

Professional route planning software will know the exact driving distance between all the points. It will not tell you to swim across lakes, rivers, or hop over backyard fences.

The following features are critical to succeed with Route

Optimization

Automated Route PlanningWhether you’ve got 5 stops or 25, great route planning software will calculate routes for all your drivers in seconds.

Easy Address Importing & SelectionTake your client list and keep it in one place. When you need a driver to visit that address, it will be put into the correct route for the best driver.

Arranges Stops in the Perfect Sequence

For minimizing your driver's time on the road, a key factor is having an optimized sequence of stops. It prevents your drivers from zig–zagging all over town.



Important Things To Keep In Mind

Does It Require You To Purchase New Equipment?● If you have to shell out thousands of dollars for new equipment, make

sure it's worth it to your business. Some route planning software runs through a website or as a mobile phone app…significantly reducing your costs of purchase.

Does It Come With a Free Trial and Free Setup?● Setting up an account can be a lot of work, so you want to be sure that

you either get a free trial or the account is setup for you, ready to be used.

Is the Pricing Digestible or is it Outrageous?● Many route optimization companies charge extra by the vehicle or driver

instead of a fixed monthly cost.

Does the route planner software have ways to track your drivers?

● A great route planning system should also be a tool for improving driver efficiency and accountability. Having the ability to track every driving expense automatically should be a key component of any route planner.

Is the Route Planning Software Simple to Use?● Make sure that you or your employees have the capacity to use the

software to it’s fullest potential. ● The software should be very user friendly, hiding all the complex math

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Does the route planner software have ways to track my drivers?

● A great route planning system should also be a tool for improving driver efficiency and accountability. Having the ability to track every driving expense automatically should be a key component of any route planner.

Is the Route Planning Software Simple to Use?● Make sure that you or your employees have the

capacity to use the software to it’s fullest potential.

● The software should be very user friendly, hiding all the complex math equations totally out of sight

Considerations When Purchasing Route Optimization Tools

Does It Require Me To Purchase New Equipment?

● If you have to shell out thousands of dollars for new equipment, make sure it's worth it to your business. Some route planning software runs through a website or as a mobile phone app…significantly reducing your costs of purchase.

Does It Come With a Free Trial and Free Setup?● Setting up an account can be a lot of work, so you

want to be sure that you either get a free trial or the account is setup for you, ready to be used.

Is the Pricing Digestible or is it Outrageous?● Many route optimization companies charge extra

by the vehicle or driver instead of a fixed monthly cost.



Results You Should Expect With Route Optimization

Route optimization software should give you at least these top benefits:

● A substantial reduction in the time it takes you to plan a route

● Reduce the amount of time drivers spend on the road

● Allow you to add constraints to your routes, such as specific time windows or vehicle capacities

● Lets you make changes to routes and see which drivers are actually doing their job

● Real time tracking, so you can see where your team is located on a map



Route4Me makes sharing and changing routes totally effortless because your employees smartphone is always up to date with the latest route information.

● No more printed paper manifests or manually loading routes into a GPS system.

● Plan routes in seconds and automatically share them to drivers.

● The best part about Route4Me is how easy it is to use.● You don’t need specialized skills or a dedicated

computer to manage Route4Me● The work can be done on your mobile phone and web-

browser. ● All changes made on your laptop are instantly and

automatically synchronized to the driver's smartphone.

More stops, means more possibilities- a real brain teaser!

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