Transportation Routing and Scheduling Software for Multiple DCs
For transportation and logistics operations with more than one distribution center, Paragon's Multi Depot routing and scheduling software can be used to plan the whole operation as a single centrally optimized transportation plan.
As well as planning efficient truck routes and schedules that reduce your total transportation costs, it also selects the best DC for each delivery as part of the route optimization process. By looking at the whole operation as a single planning task, the software can switch deliveries from one DC to another in order to further reduce your overall mileage, drivers' hours and truck requirements. This avoids situations where some DCs have spare truck capacity, while others are having to hire in extra carrier trucks.
How does the software work?
The software maintains information about your customers' locations and delivery or pick-up requirements, and details of your transportation set-up, such as distribution center locations, truck fleet characteristics, and driver information. It uses our advanced optimization algorithms, incorporating up-to-date digital mapping, to create truck routes and schedules for all your DCs automatically, aiming to minimize your total fleet requirements and costs.
We have developed and refined our software over our 25+ year history of providing routing and scheduling software for hundreds of transportation operations. As a result, the Paragon software is both technically advanced to provide the most efficient routes and schedules, and flexible enough to ensure those routes and schedules are practical in your specific operation.
This software can be used in operations with more than one DC for planning daily truck route schedules, optimizing fixed delivery routes, and strategic transportation planning.
Benefits
- Cut costs by centrally planning transportation across multiple DCs
- Avoid having trucks and drivers standing idle at one DC while hiring extra resources at another
- Increase productivity with central planning visibility
- Maintain similar transportation planning standards across all DCs
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