Free eGuide: Route Planning Software
Learn how to boost your efficiency and competitiveness.
In this eGuide we explain:
- How a route planning software works
- Who can benefit from a software solution
- What to look for when choosing a software vendor
PTV Route Optimiser - The No 1 choice in Routing & Scheduling Software
- Optimise your fleet planning and scheduling
- Reduce transport and operating costs
- Boost the efficiency of your vehicle fleet
- Enhance your planners and dispatchers
- Improve customer service
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Transport planning and schedule optimisation
The transport planning software PTV Route Optimiser - formerly PTV Smartour - unlocks the full potential of your vehicle fleet. It supports your planners in combining orders into optimal routes that reduce mileage and resources, all while considering restrictions such as opening hours of ramps and required rest times of drivers. PTV Route Optimiser can be easily integrated into your existing software infrastructure. Thereby, it enables dispatchers to forward routes to your telematics system, making it easy to turn optimised plans into action. Additionally, the software offers an intuitive interface and is easy to use. PTV Route Optimiser saves your business money – and hence pays for itself within just a few months.
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Our customers plan and optimise more than 30 million routes every day.
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17%
PTV Route Optimiser recovers its investment costs within a few months.
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With PTV Route Optimiser you cut emissions - and save money at the same time.
Functions
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Route planning & scheduling
With an increasing number of stops to make and vehicles at your disposal, route planning and scheduling turns into a complex challenge. PTV Route Optimiser supports you in solving this complex challenge efficiently and effectively: It distributes all orders automatically and optimally to vehicles and drivers and optimises the utilisation of your fleet.
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Consideration of restrictions
PTV Route Optimiser considers restrictions such as vehicle features, driving and rest times, opening hours of ramps, loading and unloading times, and customer requirements when calculating routes and schedules. Additionally, the software includes cargo-specific information like load type, weight and volume in its calculations.
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Route optimisation
An additional branch, a newly opened toll road, a long-term construction site: As circumstances change continuously, you should regularly check if better alternatives to existing routes have become available. With PTV Route Optimiser, you identify potential for improving your routines at the push of a button.
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Calculation of transport costs
With PTV Route Optimiser, you easily calculate your overall freight costs. Gain more control over your spending and find out which impact a new customer has on overall expenses. With only a few clicks you receive all the information you need to prepare both offers and invoices.
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Some of our satisfied customers
Advantages
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Lower freight costs
PTV Route Optimiser enables you to realise significant savings: Ensure the optimal loading of your vehicles to increase the utilisation of your fleet, reduce mileage and with it fuel consumption, and combine delivery and collection runs to avoid empty runs. Find out now how much you can save with PTV Route Optimiser.
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Boost efficiency
PTV Route Optimiser transport planning software assigns stops to vehicles automatically making manual planning a thing of the past. Therefore, planning time is reduced significantly, and planners and dispatchers, relieved of repetitive planning responsibilities, can focus on strategic tasks. Routes and fleet utilisation are optimised. Discover the potential of automated, efficient transport planning now.
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Benefit from tracking and thorough analysis
Keep track of your vehicles, orders and schedules. Check which vehicles are available and which orders have already been completed. And create reports that enable you to make informed strategic decisions with just a few clicks. Take the first step now and gain a better overview.
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What our customers say
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Raimund Mueller
Okle GmbH Großhandelszentrale"PTV Route Optimiser fully convinced us: We plan routes and schedules for our entire fleet cost-efficiently and quickly."
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David Liebl
PDR Recycling GmbH & Co KG"Installing PTV Route Optimiser paid off quickly. We're saving lots of money and planning time every month."
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Steffen Redetzky
Fresenius Kabi Logistik GmbH"PTV Route Optimiser is user-friendly and highly effective. It helps us comply with all restrictions applicable to the transport of goods without much effort."
Flexible software components instead of full software?
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Are you rather interested in particular features to integrate into your existing logistics or telematics software? Why don't you have a look at our PTV xServer software components!
PTV xServer are scalable, flexible, easy to integrate and above all - they help you to optimise every logistics process. -
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Download Brochure
Download your PTV Route Optimiser brochure for detailed product information.