One of the most effective ways to make a business more efficient is to have the right assets in the right place at the right time. This has typically been done manually by staff who have many years’ experience in the business. These staff become critical to the ability to make a profit and hit customer service targets. Implementation of a scheduling and optimisation package will help reduce the risk of a single point of failure within the business but more importantly you’ll achieve efficiencies, greater security, and a reduction in the overall distances driven.
The scheduling and optimisation tool takes into account:
- Vehicle size, load capacity, range, electric or standard fuel
- Driver skill, start time, rest time needed, pay loading, second man effect
- Jobs including service type, priority, customer rating
- Customers including priority, rating, cost to service
- Road and motorway characteristics for average speed
- Company asset location and starting location for drivers (home or depot).