How to Plan a Route With Multiple Stops
To plan a route with multiple stops, delivery addresses, or drop off points, you need a route planner orquickest route optimization software with unlimited stops. TheRoute4Me Route Planner will enable you to map optimal multi stop routes in 4 simple steps:
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1. Import & Map Customer Shipping Addresses
Drop a pin on a map to select customer locations or upload any file orspreadsheet with shipping addresses. You can also seamlesslyimport customer details from your CRM system. After selecting or uploading the necessary routing addresses, theinteractive map will offer you a visual overview of the service area of your future delivery route calculated by yourquickest route optimizer.
2. Choose the Most Suitable Route Optimization Type
You can plan routes for one ormultiple delivery drivers, and the route planner will automatically find the optimal sequence of stops for your routes. Alternatively, you can let thebest route dispatch software manage your delivery workload and split all shipping addresses intoequally sized routes for each of your drivers.
3. Add Routing Business Rules and Route Constraints
Add delivery time windows and availability hours for each customer to minimize route wait time. Factor intraffic jams andweather conditions, set limits forcargo volume and themaximum number of packages that can fit in a delivery car, and a lot more. Your Route4Mequickest route optimizer gives you the freedom to customize routes as per multiple constraints – fromavoiding danger zones to limiting themaximum distance per route and settingpriority order statuses.
4. Dispatch Optimized Routes to Delivery Drivers
Plan routes on the desktop route planner or on theroute planner app and choose the best option for you to assign anddispatch planned routes to delivery driver mobile devices. You can streamline communication with delivery drivers with Route4Me’s fast and easybusiness route dispatch software. Use the mobile route planner to sync routing data from the field in near real-time across all connected devices.
Last Updated:About author: Alex Yasko
Alex Yasko is the Go-to-Market Product Manager and Information Architecture Manager at Route4Me. With thousands of hours of experience, Alex specializes in breaking down complex last-mile optimization and routing scenarios into simple, actionable instructions, helping last-mile businesses streamline their operations effortlessly.
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