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Mission data has customer, phone, address or coordinates, delivery date, time windows, duration, and demand.
Mission data has customer, phone, address or coordinates, delivery date, time windows, duration, and demand.
Planning and optimization
Delivery route planning: how to plan routes before dispatch
Learn how delivery route planning works, from mission data and depots to route sequencing, driver assignment, dispatch, monitoring, and review.
Delivery route planning is the workflow before dispatch: prepare mission data, define resources, optimize, review, adjust, assign, and send work to drivers.
Primary keyword: delivery route planning
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Vehicles, drivers, depots, capacities, skills, and working hours are set up.
Vehicles, drivers, depots, capacities, skills, and working hours are set up.
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Routes are reviewed on a map before dispatch.
Routes are reviewed on a map before dispatch.
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Unassigned work and route exceptions are resolved.
Unassigned work and route exceptions are resolved.
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Reports are reviewed after delivery work is complete.
Reports are reviewed after delivery work is complete.
Guide sections
Prepare route-ready mission data
Include customer or recipient name, phone, address, coordinates where available, date, time windows, service duration, demand, priority, and notes. For pickup-delivery work, keep pickup and delivery fields separate so the route can respect both stops.
Define operational resources
Set up branches, depots, active vehicles, drivers, working hours, capacities, skills, and vehicle-driver assignment context. Route planning improves when the system knows what each vehicle and driver can realistically handle.
Optimize, review, and adjust
Let the optimizer sequence work, then review route shape, stop list, outliers, unrealistic durations, missing coordinates, and time window pressure. Assign drivers and vehicles, reorder route stops where needed, and monitor active deliveries after dispatch.
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Route optimization software
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CSV delivery import
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Delivery performance metrics
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Mission management
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Fleet management
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Dispatcher map
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Manually plan and edit routes
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Optimize a day of deliveries
Guides FAQ
What is the difference between route planning and dispatch?
Route planning prepares the route plan. Dispatch assigns and releases that work to drivers, then monitors progress and exceptions.
What causes bad delivery route plans?
Common causes include missing coordinates, impossible time windows, ignored capacity, inactive vehicles, missing driver availability, and skipped route review.
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