Route optimization improved

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Omnitracs has released Roadnet Anywhere v4.4. It incorporates tools to quantify savings and analyze the effectiveness of route-optimization practices. As well, updates to the Roadnet mobile app provide drivers with real-time views into their route progress.

The new Optimal Routes feature allows users to measure the effectiveness and impact of routing decisions on cost, time, and distance. Users can generate theoretical route-level scenarios to compare against actual routes.

Business Optimal represents the ideal route, taking into consideration customer delivery windows, order of deliveries, and other service-related constraints.

True Optimal represents the theoretical best sequence with no constraints.

Comparing actual routes to the Optimal Route scenarios can provide insight into the decisions made by routers, as well as highlight instances in which an over-emphasis on customer service has lead to overall inefficiency.

The new version also introduces the MyStats page within the Roadnet Mobile app for iOS and Android. It gives drivers a real-time view into their performance without having to interrupt their routes. Drivers who are ahead or behind schedule can adjust their performance without having to be notified by a manager.

Managers are able to control which stats the drivers have access to, including adherence to schedule, how long they have been on the route, or remaining deliveries. 

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Rolf Lockwood is editor emeritus of Today's Trucking and a regular contributor to Trucknews.com.


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