{"id":361,"date":"2016-01-12T12:47:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T11:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/?p=361"},"modified":"2016-01-12T12:47:09","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T11:47:09","slug":"how-route-optimization-can-help-your-company-save-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/2016\/01\/12\/how-route-optimization-can-help-your-company-save-money\/","title":{"rendered":"How Route Optimization Can Help Your Company Save Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_362\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/01\/dinero.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-362\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-362 size-full\" title=\"Fleet management route pptimization\" src=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/01\/dinero.jpg\" alt=\"Route Optimization\" width=\"700\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/01\/dinero.jpg 700w, https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/01\/dinero-300x129.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Route Optimization<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Company budgets for 2016 will be tight. This means you are going to need to squeeze budgets in all departments\u00a0while maintaining or even improving customer service. \u00a0While this is not an easy equation to reach, it\u2019s also not impossible, due to transportation management systems (TMS) such as <span style=\"color: #000080\"><a style=\"color: #000080\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.driv.in\/en\/increase-roi-with-route-optimization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">route optimizers<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">One of the ways that your company can save up to 30% immediately is through optimizing its route planning. It simply boils down to being smarter about how you build your loads and distribute them.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>How do companies save money through Route Optimization<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Less vehicles<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The goal of route optimization is to decrease the amount of vehicles needed to run your routes.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Less drivers<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">More efficient routes lead\u00a0to the elimination of unnecessary vehicles and\u00a0therefore you will need fewer drivers.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Lower fuel usage<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Route optimization\u00a0solutions provide\u00a0a delivery route plan, that assigns each order to a specific vehicle while\u00a0defining the optimal delivery routes for them. In most cases they are connected to Waze, so traffic delays are minimized, in addition\u00a0to\u00a0other factors that may increase the amount of fuel used. Grouping stops together will reduce idle times, which also reduces fuel usage.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Reduces maintenance costs<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">When vehicles are utilized effectively, there is less wear and tear.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As you can see, a good way to save money is by using a route optimizer software, that\u00a0enables companies to improve the efficiency of their routes\u00a0while saving money.\u00a0Driv.in is a very good alternative for this. In a user-friendly web interface, you upload the delivery addresses, specify the features of your fleet and other specific characteristics of the deliveries. In minutes, you obtain an optimized delivery plan that assigns each order to a specific vehicle and defines the optimal route for you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Within the app, the drivers can review each of the order details, sequences, and optimal routes. There is a\u00a0control panel or Live view dashboard where it is possible to visualize in real time, the location of the entire fleet and all the alerts associated to the fulfillment of the planned routes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">When you compare the given routes to the ones you are currently using,\u00a0the money savings are clear.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-bd1be531-a6d8-4c82-883c-81dade6731db\" class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\" style=\"color: #000080\"><span id=\"hs-cta-bd1be531-a6d8-4c82-883c-81dade6731db\" class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-bd1be531-a6d8-4c82-883c-81dade6731db\"><a id=\"cta_button_1546224_26431e08-9d95-49fc-9e8c-4e50c173d3b8\" class=\"cta_button \" style=\"color: #000080\" title=\"Watch the demo video\" href=\"http:\/\/cta-service-cms2.hubspot.com\/ctas\/v2\/public\/cs\/c\/?cta_guid=26431e08-9d95-49fc-9e8c-4e50c173d3b8&amp;placement_guid=bd1be531-a6d8-4c82-883c-81dade6731db&amp;portal_id=1546224&amp;redirect_url=APefjpFrnPb-hKwT0Bg6HZZMNsW1snln7DOAsRt6P1yDEm3mt1QlC-fed7igD1Hj0bV49zaMkks38v4jYH5p__Hl9Q8n6HaA_dJy0z4fbPZp4x0zZ3VUfegp1ls2fTz_CY0Fy0lTu9nA_B0nWiQQa3MmSuBXejaCXJe7Co-JKZfMjdgBzg-eoqGRsv4-5A9TqMEDyDOLFVHIn3PX1gs5bAv5hIREe0vy1W_Ym5WcrRa4R4bq6swzia7IS5W_cnjCajI0EpTIawrTgZd_boJ2QZr83HQcX4lCKQ&amp;hsutk=546d8efa0e8a8241562f5f211a9a50e3&amp;utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.driv.in%2Fen%2Fhow-route-optimization-saves-company-money&amp;canon=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.driv.in%2Fen%2Fhow-route-optimization-saves-company-money\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch the demo video<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I would like to hear about your experience with route optimization. Let me know by leaving a comment below.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><a style=\"color: #000080\" href=\"http:\/\/www.driv.in\/en\/home-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">driv.in<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company budgets for 2016 will be tight. This means you are going to need to squeeze budgets in all departments\u00a0while maintaining or even improving customer service. \u00a0While this is not an easy equation to reach, it\u2019s also not impossible, due to transportation management systems (TMS) such as route optimizers. 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