What route optimization software is
It’s an algorithm that distributes the day’s stops between vehicles and sets the order of visits so that you make the delivery windows, don’t overload a vehicle and don’t drive it extra miles.
Don’t confuse it with a navigation app: navigation guides one vehicle along one route, while the optimizer plans the whole fleet at once.
How optimization works in Fleetika
- Load deliveries from Excel, a CRM or via the API: addresses, windows, volume.
- The optimizer builds routes for all vehicles, taking windows and capacity into account.
- Drivers get the route in F-Driver with the stop order and navigation.
- The dispatcher sees the day on the map and the schedule: plan vs. actual for every stop, and adjusts the route manually when needed.
- Every delivery is closed with a photo, signature and the recipient’s name.
What optimization gives you
- Less mileage and fuel: routes are denser, without extra trips.
- Planning takes minutes, not the dispatcher’s whole evening.
- Fewer missed windows: delivery times are factored into the calculation.
- More stops per vehicle per shift without overtime.
How much your fleet saves depends on how you plan now. The easiest way to check is on your own addresses during the 14 free days.
Manual or optimizer
| Manual | Optimizer | |
|---|---|---|
| Planning | Every evening, from memory and in a spreadsheet | Automatically for all vehicles |
| Delivery windows | The dispatcher keeps them in their head | Factored into the calculation |
| Vehicle loading | By eye | Based on capacity |
| Changes during the day | Calling drivers | The dispatcher adjusts the route in the portal, and the driver sees the changes in F-Driver |
| Control | Calling drivers | Plan vs. actual on the day’s schedule |
How to choose software: 7 questions
- Does it handle delivery windows and vehicle capacity?
- Does it build routes for the whole fleet at once, not one vehicle at a time?
- Is there a driver app with the stop order and navigation?
- Is there proof of delivery: photo, signature, geolocation?
- Can your GPS trackers and CRM be connected?
- Does the price stay the same as deliveries or drivers are added?
- Can you test it for free on your own addresses?
Try it on your own addresses
Load deliveries from Excel and get your first optimized route within 24 hours. 14 days free.
Optimization as part of a platform
An optimizer is useful when the route reaches the driver and comes back as actual data. In Fleetika it’s linked to the dispatcher portal, the F-Driver driver app, the F-Manager app for managers, and integrations: API, Excel, KeyCRM and Wialon, Teltonika, Sinotrack and GT06 GPS trackers.
