Smart routing: fewer kilometers and better service

Every extra kilometer a truck drives adds fuel, delays a delivery and emits CO₂ that was not necessary. Many fleets still plan routes with the dispatcher's judgment and a map. The method works, but it leaves unrecovered efficiency that an algorithm can calculate.

Smart routing takes the same constraints the dispatcher handles (delivery windows, vehicle capacity, customer priorities) and calculates the combination that minimizes distance, time and cost, in minutes.

Three indicators, one decision

Operating cost. Fewer kilometers mean less fuel, less wear and more deliveries per shift with the same fleet. iRouter computes the assignment of orders to vehicles before the first truck leaves the yard.

Service level. Shorter, better-sequenced routes translate into delivery windows that are met, and the customer receives when told.

Carbon footprint. Every kilometer avoided is fuel not burned. Operations that do not measure this today can start recording it from routing.

Measured sustainability

Customers, regulators and investors increasingly ask for a figure instead of a statement. Routing records the kilometers saved per route, and that record is the basis for the emissions calculation your company reports, using the factor that corresponds to each vehicle type.

The Control Tower consolidates that data alongside the rest of the operation, so environmental efficiency is reviewed with the same criteria as cost and compliance.

Where to start

You do not need to renew the fleet. The first step is to load your orders, constraints and routes into iRouter and compare what is planned today with what the algorithm proposes. That difference is the basis for justifying the project.

In food and beverage, where delivery volume is high and margins are tight, the recovered efficiency shows in the monthly result.

In the meeting we compare one day of your routes against the algorithm's proposal. Request a demo.