Product Update: Bypass Tolls and Handle Peak Deliveries

Updated on December 05, 2024 by Ekaterina Tumashik

Rising delivery costs arise from inefficient route planning. Many logistics businesses struggle with outdated tools, leading to a 10-20% increase in operational expenses.

The Track-POD latest update introduces comprehensive features to make your routes easy, profitable, and complete. The delivery management system offers new user-friendly, and advanced options for convenient route planning. The system keeps track of every shipping to optimize time and reduce delivery costs. 

Customize Vehicle Type

Route planning by vehicle type in Track-POD allows dispatchers to configure directions based on specific transportation modes. The delivery manager can choose a car routing mode, motorcycle trip planner, or bike mode on the dashboard. This feature ensures more accurate vehicle type customization and adapts routes to the unique characteristics of your fleet.

Route Planning for Multiple Vehicle Types

1. Standard Vehicle Routing (Track/Car): Ideal for large deliveries. It considers restrictions such as speed limits, prohibitions on narrow roads, restrictions for trucks according to traffic regulations
2. Motorcycle: Suitable for routes that require mobility and quick access, particularly in crowded urban traffic
3. Bicycle: Preferred for bicycle-friendly delivery planning with lightweight loads

Delivery Speed Optimization: Planned routes based on the average speed of each type of vehicle to ensure accuracy. Bike deliveries are considered slower speeds compared to motorcycles and cars

Route Adjustments: Optimize paths for each vehicle type. Bicycle routes prioritize bike-friendly roads and pathways, avoiding areas restricted to motor vehicles

Advantages

• Offers realistic route planning customized to the unique capabilities of each type of vehicle
• Facilitates quicker and more efficient delivery processes with unique vehicle specifications
• Supports eco-friendly delivery options, primarily through bicycle routes, which help to reduce carbon emissions
• Adapts routes to meet specific business requirements, enhancing overall logistics performance

Avoid Toll Roads and Find Free Routes

The Track-POD platform provides a new option to include or exclude toll roads in route planning and optimization. The 'Avoid Toll Roads' setting lets you choose between toll routes or free alternatives. Users can adjust the feature to match their delivery preferences.

 

When Toll Roads Are Necessary: This mode is best suited for routes where speed and delivery times are critical

Toll-Free Route Planning: The system automatically adjusts the route to choose free highways

Giedrė Česnulevičienė, Customer Success Manager at Track-POD

“The new functionality is handy in regions with expensive tolls, such as Europe, the United States, the United Kingdom, UAE, and Australia. By avoiding toll roads, trucks traveling at 90 km/h can lower expenses without compromising delivery schedules”.

 Advantages

• Enhance strategies for different cargo types and regions, adjusting to regulations, toll policies, and traffic conditions
• Provide clear options between toll and accessible routes, allowing logistics managers to make the right decisions

Summary for Selected Unscheduled Orders

For peak holiday seasons like Black Friday and Christmas, delivery volumes increase by 30% to 40%. This surge in demand often leads to logistical bottlenecks and delayed shipments.

Track-POD's enhanced 'Summary' feature simplifies order management during busy hours. Users can quickly check unscheduled orders and key metrics to prevent overload.

Key data includes:

• Number of selected deliveries
• Total shipment weight
• Volume of goods

Instant access to this information saves time on manual tasks and enables faster adjustments.

Track-POD users can also select specific orders on the map and drag and drop them into vehicles. 

Totals for Unscheduled Orders by Columns

The 'Totals' feature clearly shows all unscheduled orders, including count, dates, client names, addresses, etc. Key details are now highlighted for quick access, saving time on manual calculations.

 Advantages:

• Streamlines the process of distributing orders across vehicles
• Provides clear and accessible visibility of key order capacities
• Ensures optimal load management to avoid exceeding limits
• Significantly reduces time and effort required for manual route and load planning

Track-POD’s new features bring clarity, efficiency, and control to logistics operations. Whether you are managing a fleet of 3 or 300 vehicles, the system empowers logistics companies to operate with confidence, optimize resources, and maintain on-time deliveries even during the busiest times of the year.