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Today we're going to cover how to optimize orders going onto your delivery routes. Route optimization is used by DSD companies to minimize fuel costs, maximize driver productivity and decrease costly man hours. LaceUp uses Route4Me for route optimization.
1. First, you will want to open the delivery window. The delivery window contains the orders that are unassigned to a route. These are the orders that you are going to optimize. On the top left, you will see the trucks that will be running the route for the day.
2. To optimize the routes, you select the orders that you want to optimize and you click, "Optimize Multiple." This is going to use the Route4Me algorithm to optimize the routes for the maximum efficiency. The system will look at distance, time, receiving windows, truck capacity and many other variables to optimize the route.
3. When you click optimize multiple, the system will open the map and optimize the routes. In this example, you will see the three routes that we've optimized. You will be able to re-optimize in the event that the routes are crossing one another.
4. The moment that you click Save & Close, the system will optimize the routes in LaceUp. This means that you will be able to pull your loads and pick tickets for routes that are fully optimized.
5. Lastly, the drivers will be able to pull the optimized routes into a handheld where they will be able to use GPS to run the route in the most optimized order. The handheld will in exchange control the route, truck, inventory and driver to give you the most efficient use of the driver's time possible.