Route Planning and Optimisation

No two route planning or optimisation problems are the same. We use different optimisers for different problems.

Our solutions allow you to reduce cost, improve efficiency and customer service outcomes across a wide range of planning modes - from dynamic and same day solutions, to territory or master routing.

Key Benefits

  • Less vehicles used and distances driven
  • Reduced planning and dispatch costs
  • Improved fleet and driver utilisation
  • Improved customer service outcomes

Our Solutions

Daily / Dynamic Routing

Sophisticated planning capabilities that enable a broad range of industries to create optimal daily routing solutions. Automate route planning across the distribution network for more effective and efficient performance, and greater planner productivity

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Use AI to generate optimal configurations that uniquely meet planning requirements and ML to increase the accuracy of parameters and individually tune performance down to the driver, customer and road network.

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Same Day Routing

Offer time-definite same day delivery through appointment bookings integrated with real-time GPS-based vehicle tracking.

Continuous Optimisation

Optimise continually - taking in new orders or changes and optimizing them as they occur and constantly looking for new combinations to continue to improve the planning results.

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Customer Selected Time Windows.

Allow customers to select from dynamically generated delivery time windows that maximize the customer experience while minimising delivery costs.

Master Routing

Develop and optimise master routes that minimise costs and maximise customer service.

Hybrid Routing

Optimise the variability in Master Routes by dynamically adding additional jobs to pre-established routes.

Territory Planning

Optimise your sales/distribution or deliveries territories to ensure they meet the changing needs of your business .

Bid and Tender Support

Perform sophisticated modelling and scenario planning to objectively determine the fleet required to support new work, or generate optimised routes for others to quote on.

"We could not find another last mile delivery solution that provides scheduling, delivery route planning and execution, proof-of-delivery, automated pre- and post-delivery notification services, and imaging functionality. It has fundamentally transformed our operations."

Mark Parsons, Managing Director
BC Sands

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Featured Insights

FedEx Acquisition Strengthens Route Planning with RouteSmart

As RouteSmart enters an exciting new phase with FedEx, this partnership unlocks enhanced resources, deeper product innovation, and a stronger commitment to helping logistics organisations solve complex routing and scheduling challenges - whether in postal, parcel, utility, public works, and newspaper delivery sectors.

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AI Route Optimisation: Enhancing Delivery Efficiency in 2025

AI is reshaping how delivery routes are planned and executed today. In Descartes’ latest article, learn how AI is helping businesses cut mileage, boost on-time performance, and deliver better customer experiences through intelligent, real-time routing.

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