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Discover how route planning and tracking technology can help your delivery operation scale efficiently, cut costs, and improve customer experience without adding complexity.

Get ready for the festive delivery rush. Learn how to winter-proof your route planning with data, flexibility, and smart communication to keep deliveries running smoothly through the busiest time of year.

Learn how to measure route optimisation ROI. From cost savings to KPIs, see what success looks like with the right reporting and analytics.

Route optimisation software adoption often fails for human, not technical, reasons. Discover how to overcome team resistance, improve training, and achieve lasting success with your route planning tools.

Customers don’t care about your routes – they want clear delivery notifications. Learn how communication boosts satisfaction, loyalty, and efficiency.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about ChatGPT: the AI chatbot that can answer questions, write content, and even help plan your day. But what about logistics? Can ChatGPT plan delivery routes? The short answer is yes, but only in a limited way. ChatGPT can help brainstorm basic routes, suggest a…

Every operations manager knows the feeling. The clock is ticking, orders are piling up, and you are still deep in the spreadsheet working out who is going where, when, and in what order. Manual route planning is more than just a time-consuming task. It slows the entire operation, increases the likelihood of mistakes, and leaves…

When it comes to adopting route optimisation software, investing in the right technology is only half the battle. The other, often more complex half, lies in ensuring your team, particularly your drivers, are confident, competent, and comfortable using it. After all, even the most intelligent system can fall short if it’s not used correctly on…

Is it time to let go of the spreadsheets? If your delivery operation is still relying on manual route planning, there’s a strong chance you’re limiting your team’s efficiency, scalability, and customer satisfaction without even realising it. Manual processes may work for a small fleet or a predictable schedule, but as your operation grows, so…

In delivery logistics, time is a critical but often invisible resource. While many fleet operators track costs, drop rates, and fuel efficiency, one area consistently gets overlooked, driver time. More specifically, wasted driver hours. These aren’t always obvious losses. In many cases, it’s a series of small, persistent inefficiencies that quietly drain productivity, limit profitability,…

Every delivery business has its challenges, but some are harder to spot than others. While rising fuel costs and customer expectations tend to steal the spotlight, the real budget-drainers are often hidden in plain sight: everyday dispatching mistakes that quietly eat away at your profits. From inefficient route planning to underused vehicles and missed delivery…

For fleet and logistics managers, few metrics offer as much insight, and potential for optimisation, as cost per mile (CPM). Understanding the true cost to move goods from point A to point B is not just useful; it’s critical. Whether you’re managing a fleet of five or five hundred vehicles, tracking CPM helps sharpen your…