It comprises the target-oriented, optimal planning, supervision and control of the fleet operations based on the available resources, considering internal & external influencing factors. A special focus is on the integration of organizational processes with modern information systems.
Advantages
- Improve efficiency & productivity
- Easily automate attendance with bar codes, biometric or smart devices
- Automatic data transfer from the order entry system
- Speed up logistics activities
- Transparency of all the transport events
- Optimal order distribution to the tours (cost, time & customer optimal)
Location-tracking helps institutes to
- Streamline & control supply chains
- Move products to the market faster
- Track vehicle fleets
- Prevent inventory loss
- Monitor assets
Route planning
It serves to arrange different transport orders to tours of a vehicle fleet
Dynamic Route planning
- New data can get known and already known data can change
- Timely close decisions are more important than the once more remote in time
- Only little time for verification, manual correction & implementation of changed route plans
Static Route planning
- All relevant data is known before the planning starts
- Same importance of decisions that are close or remote in time
- Enough time for creation, verification & the implementation of route plans