Roadnet®
Do you feel you’re firefighting, rather than being in control?
Roadnet® reduces transport costs by calculating methods of getting to your customers at times specified by you. It will tell you which of your vehicles to use to service which customer, at what time and in which order. Roadnet® allows you to route and schedule your orders quickly and efficiently and will transform any business currently managing this process manually.
Roadnet® is one of a number of modular components within the Roadnet® Transportation Suite. With information stored centrally, data is shared between modules and as business requirements grow or change allows additional modules to be added [at a] later stage if required.
As a single module Roadnet® calculates effective route plans using digital map data incorporating vehicle height and weight restrictions together with historical road speed information, resulting in better use of resources to meet demand by delivering more and driving less.
As a management tool it helps you understand how delivery costs affect profitability by knowing the actual cost per stop, and your own planners will spend significantly less time configuring routes.
Obviously, it gives you all the essential reports, such as carbon emissions, driver manifests, maps, cost breakdowns, and more.
We would expect your business to benefit by a significant reduction in miles driven, in the number of vehicles used and in management time. Effectively planning routes for your vehicle fleet reduces emissions and therefore your carbon footprint. You will see improvement in driver management, have more time to plan for contingencies and more importantly improve your customer service.
Fleetloader®
Ever wondered how to streamline your loading?
This module computes an optimal load plan and is suitable for any delivery operation in which the driver has to pick multiple items from the vehicle at the point of delivery. It has proven to be ideal for those businesses involved in beverage delivery.
Fleetloader® can plan warehouse picking and vehicle loading in any complex delivery operation where multi-compartment vehicles are involved.
It’s accurate and has a quick load design for those businesses with multiple route types. As each type of route may require different loading patterns, it assigns vehicles to warehouse locations with capacities, preferences or even empty locations for returned goods.
Fleetloader® will re-build orders to be picked throughout the day, while continuing to allocate them to the correct route, designing the load to reduce product breakage by optimising mixing and stacking to reduce breakage. As different delivery operations require different loading strategies, our warehouse-friendly software allows for greater picking efficiencies by grouping SKUs.
For the future we always remind clients that this is an integrated application where information is shared between modules allowing other modules to be added easily.
We would expect our clients to experience decreased loading time, less manpower and, most notably make better use of warehouse space.
Roadnet® Performance Dashboard
They say you can’t manage what you can’t measure.
Roadnet® Performance Dashboard provides a range of clear graphs and gauges, allowing you to develop your own KPIs in the format you prefer. It displays easy to read information so you can see where improvements are needed.
There is no longer a need to trawl through reams of data and complicated spreadsheets. Roadnet® Performance Dashboard works the data out for you.
Like any management tool, it allows you to compare your operations with your goals, compare productivity levels to help allocate resources more efficiently and, through a personalised dashboard, share information at different levels.
For those businesses making constant comparisons for maximum performance, Roadnet® Performance Dashboard will definitely simplify this process.