Route Optimisation
In Arabicتحسين المسار
Spreading a set of destinations across several vehicles and ordering each vehicle's stops into the shortest workable route.
What is route optimisation in fleet management?
Route optimisation is harder than planning one trip: with 8 trucks and 120 drops, which drops go on which truck, and in what order? A good answer cuts vehicles, kilometres and working hours while respecting capacity and delivery windows.
In Safee, route optimisation sits inside Journey Management: you enter vehicles and destinations, and the platform suggests a set of destinations and a best path for each vehicle.
How it works
- 1Available vehicles and destinations entered
- 2Stops allocated and sequenced
- 3Each driver gets a drop list
Why does route optimisation matter in fleet management?
In daily distribution most cost comes from kilometres and hours. Manual allocation relies on one supervisor's experience and breaks with every new order or absent driver. Systematic optimisation reduces distance and lets the same orders be covered with fewer vehicles.
What you gain
- Fewer vehicles for the same orders
- Fewer kilometres and hours
- Faster morning allocation
How does Safee help with route optimisation?
Safee suggests which destinations suit each vehicle and the best order to visit them, so the supervisor starts each morning with ready drop lists instead of allocating by hand. The result is fewer kilometres and the same orders covered with fewer vehicles.
A field example
An e-commerce courier in Riyadh was hand-allocating 900 parcels a day across 26 vans. Using route optimisation each morning cut average daily distance per van from 140 to 112 km. A month later it was covering the same volume with 23 vans.
Frequently asked questions
Does route optimisation account for vehicle capacity?
Advanced optimisation tools handle capacity and time windows. Safee suggests stops and a path per vehicle, so check the load before approving.
How much does route optimisation usually save?
Industry reports commonly cite distance savings of 10% to 30%, depending on stop density and how good the previous allocation was.
Want to put this to work in your fleet?
Talk to a Safee fleet expert about your vehicles and how you operate, and we will suggest what fits.
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