Route and load planning involves collecting confirmed orders, checking vehicle availability, and manually assigning deliveries to vehicles while optimizing sequences. Manual planning is slow, error-prone, and struggles with last-minute changes, often requiring complete replanning.
Automation ingests orders and vehicle data, applies intelligent clustering and capacity logic, and generates optimized routes and load manifests in minutes. Drivers receive formatted instructions instantly, and exceptions are flagged for quick human review.
The full workflow, from trigger to completion.
The automation is triggered when a batch of confirmed orders is ready for route planning, typically at 6 AM daily.
The automation retrieves all confirmed orders and vehicle capacity data from the spreadsheet, including weights, postcodes, and delivery windows.
The automation applies route optimization logic to cluster orders by geography, assign them to vehicles respecting capacity, and sequence stops to minimize travel distance.
The automation creates a formatted manifest for each vehicle, listing orders in sequence with addresses, weights, and special handling notes.
Manifests and route maps are sent to drivers and the logistics manager, with a confirmation request.
The final route plan is recorded, linking each order to its assigned vehicle and sequence number for tracking and audit.
If an order cannot fit into any vehicle or a vehicle is overloaded, the automation flags it for manual review by the logistics manager.
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