Transport route planner for businesses
Plan and optimise transport routes involving multiple vehicles, orders and constraints. LOGISPLAN automatically assigns services, reduces mileage and improves fleet utilisation.
LOGISPLAN is a transport route planner designed for businesses that need to organise orders, vehicles and resources efficiently.
The software automatically calculates which vehicle should carry out each service, the order in which destinations should be visited and the route that meets operational constraints while reducing mileage, time and costs.
Plan routes with multiple vehicles and orders
Planning a route is not simply a matter of ordering several addresses. In a real operation, orders must also be distributed among all available vehicles.
LOGISPLAN analyses orders, the fleet and service conditions together to produce an optimised overall plan.
It can work with:
- Multiple vehicles.
- Hundreds or thousands of orders.
- Different load capacities.
- Collections and deliveries.
- Service times.
- Priorities.
- Different departure and arrival points.
- Specific customer and vehicle constraints.
Much more than a conventional route planner
A conventional route planner usually calculates the journey between several preselected points.
LOGISPLAN goes further. In addition to sequencing stops, it determines which orders each vehicle should handle and how to use the available fleet as efficiently as possible.
To improve this planning, LOGISPLAN includes a route optimiser that analyses multiple assignment and sequencing alternatives to reduce mileage, costs and resource use without breaching operational constraints.
The result is a complete plan that answers questions such as:
- Which vehicle should make each delivery.
- Which orders can travel together.
- In what order customers should be visited.
- How many vehicles are required.
- How to reduce distance travelled.
- How to meet delivery times.
- How to make better use of load capacity.
Route planning with real-world constraints
Every business operates under different conditions. LOGISPLAN therefore allows the real constraints of each operation to be incorporated.
Among other things, it can consider:
- Delivery and collection time windows.
- Weight and volume capacity.
- Compatibility between goods and vehicles.
- Working hours and shifts.
- Maximum route duration.
- Service priorities.
- Loading and unloading times.
- Delivery areas.
- Fixed and variable costs.
- Vehicles with different characteristics.
- Orders that must be handled together or separately.
These constraints are taken into account during calculation, preventing plans that appear fast in theory but cannot be carried out in practice.
How the LOGISPLAN route planner works
The planning process can be adapted to each company’s systems and requirements.
1. Importing information
Orders, customers, vehicles, drivers, schedules and any other information required for planning are loaded.
The information may come from files, ERP, TMS, WMS or other management applications.
2. Configuring constraints
The conditions that must be met are defined, such as capacities, schedules, priorities, compatibility rules and duration limits.
3. Automatic order assignment
LOGISPLAN distributes orders among the available vehicles, seeking the most efficient combination.
4. Route optimisation
The system calculates the best visit sequence for each vehicle and generates optimised routes.
5. Analysing results
The planner makes it possible to review mileage, time, costs, vehicle utilisation and the level of compliance with constraints.
Benefits of using a transport route planner
Optimised planning improves both the traffic team’s daily work and the operation’s overall performance.
With LOGISPLAN, you can:
- Reduce distance travelled.
- Lower fuel consumption.
- Reduce the time spent planning.
- Improve delivery punctuality.
- Make better use of vehicle capacity.
- Reduce manual planning errors.
- Compare different scenarios.
- Increase the number of services completed.
- Adapt quickly to changes and incidents.
- Make decisions based on objective data.
Route planner for different transport operations
LOGISPLAN can be used in very different operations, from small fleets to scenarios involving large numbers of vehicles, orders and constraints.
It is particularly useful for:
- Transport and distribution companies.
- Last-mile distribution.
- Food distribution.
- The HORECA sector.
- Fuel distribution.
- Passenger transport.
- Technical services.
- Sales forces.
- Waste collection.
- Collection and delivery operations.
Integration with company systems
LOGISPLAN can integrate with the systems used by the company to avoid manual processes and keep information up to date.
The integration makes it possible to import orders and resources, run the planning process and return the resulting routes to the management system.
It can work alongside:
- ERP systems.
- TMS platforms.
- WMS platforms.
- Order management systems.
- Tracking applications.
- Fleet management tools.
Fast planning and analytical capability
In addition to obtaining an optimised solution, LOGISPLAN allows different alternatives to be analysed before the plan is executed.
This helps answer questions such as:
- What happens if the number of orders increases.
- How many vehicles will be required.
- How a new constraint affects the result.
- What result is obtained by changing schedules.
- What savings could be achieved with a different fleet configuration.
- How the operation changes when vehicles are added or removed.
This simulation capability helps improve daily planning and supports strategic decision-making.
Request a LOGISPLAN demonstration
Discover how LOGISPLAN can help you plan transport routes, assign orders to vehicles and improve the efficiency of your operation.
Request a demonstration and we will analyse your company’s specific requirements.