Made4net’s RoutingExpert is a comprehensive delivery route planning software designed to optimize logistics operations, enabling businesses to significantly reduce costs, consistently meet delivery windows, and adapt dynamically to changing conditions. The software achieves this through intelligent routing capabilities built around an organization's unique business rules and operational constraints. It provides everything needed for efficient delivery route planning, including fleet-aware planning that optimizes routes based on specific vehicle capacities, weight, cube, and accessibility, ensuring every delivery scenario is matched. The system offers flexible order handling, allowing routing by order, package, pallet, or value, adapting to diverse business and customer requirements. It also intelligently manages customer time windows, honoring preferred delivery slots through time-based planning. RoutingExpert plans the most efficient delivery routes by considering various factors such as time, cost, distance, real-time traffic, tolls, and geography. It supports real-time adjustments, enabling routes and reroutes at any stage from order intake through final dispatch. Users gain complete visibility and control over routing operations, with the ability to monitor and adjust based on parameter- and event-driven algorithms. The software includes an integrated billing and payments engine to automatically calculate and manage delivery charges with customizable rules. A dynamic constraints engine allows the incorporation of custom service times, access restrictions, and specific routing rules for every stop and site. Adoption of RoutingExpert commonly leads to substantial savings, including up to 17% in fuel costs, a 28% reduction in labor and fleet expenses, and a 17% improvement in labor utilization by optimizing driver routes and minimizing idle time. It also contributes to administrative cost savings by reducing manual planning and paperwork. The software enhances customer service by providing real-time delivery ETAs and proactive delay notifications, leading to improved on-time, in-full performance and higher customer satisfaction. It bridges the gap between planning and execution by integrating with warehouse, order management, and transportation systems, continuously optimizing based on real-time inventory, orders, and driver availability, and allowing for KPI tracking to refine operations over time.

Features & Benefits

• Intelligent Route Optimization
  • Plans the most efficient delivery routes based on time, cost, distance, traffic, tolls, and geography, ensuring optimal resource utilization.
• Fleet-Aware Planning
  • Optimizes routes by considering fleet size, vehicle capacity, weight, cube, and accessibility to match diverse delivery scenarios.
• Flexible Order Handling
  • Allows routing by order, package, pallet, or value, adapting to specific business and customer requirements.
• Customer Time Window Management
  • Honors customer-preferred delivery windows through intelligent time-based planning, improving service levels.
• Real-Time Adjustments & Visibility
  • Enables routing and rerouting at any stage from order intake to dispatch, with complete visibility and control over operations.
• Integrated Billing & Payments
  • Automatically calculates and manages delivery charges with a customizable billing engine.
• Dynamic Constraints Engine
  • Incorporates custom service times, access restrictions, and routing rules for every stop and site, ensuring compliance and efficiency.
• Significant Cost Savings
  • Achieves substantial reductions in operational expenses.
  • Up to 17% savings in fuel costs
  • Up to 28% savings on labor and fleet expenses
  • Up to 31% reduction in total warehouse costs
• Improved Labor Utilization
  • Increases labor utilization by up to 17% by optimizing driver routes and minimizing idle time.
• Enhanced Customer Service
  • Improves customer satisfaction through accurate ETAs, proactive notifications, and more reliable, on-time deliveries.