It is also important for the manager of the whole process to have reports and insights on activity. A key component is the ability for everyone to see what is going on at any moment in time. Route planning software manages drivers, routes and customers to coordinate the delivery routes in the most efficient way possible. This isn’t working anymore for businesses, whether that is a logistics company, a large corporation or just a small local business delivering to their customers. In the past a human sat down and mapped out the best route for each driver and gave them a list of stops. Delivery route planners are software solutions to the problem of planning and optimizing routes for drivers. Home deliveries have become the norm in the past 18 months and the infrastructure of delivery vehicles, drivers, depots and so on has been changed radically to meet that demand. 8 min read What is a delivery route planner?.
