In the modern economy, service-oriented businesses are customer-centric. They let the needs and convenience of the customer to guide business directions and decisions. Amazon’s focus on prioritizing their customer’s time through services such as next day delivery was one of the driving factors that led to Amazon gaining the trust of millions of customers. This is also a testament to how much a business can distinguish itself through simple things such as efficiency in time management.
While global firms have set their sights on services such as same-day, automated delivery, Nepali companies still struggle with optimization of their last-mile deliveries. This can be attributed to any number of factors from having to accept cash-on-delivery to issues with locating the delivery address because of a lack of a standardized addressing system. But one of the most common problems Nepali companies encounter is improper and inefficient resource and route planning.
Harnessing technology for efficient route planning
Realizing the multifold benefits of route optimization and planning for businesses, we introduce Baato Vehicle Routing System (VRS). Baato VRS is a powerful yet easy-to-use route planning and optimization tool for any delivery, pick-up, or service business. It aims to support your business and lower costs by reducing time for delivery planning and increasing delivery service efficiency.
Based on our team’s decade-long experience in developing the local mapping ecosystem, Baato VRS works to improve problems of delivery planning through computer-aided solutions.
You can do the following tasks in the VRS app:
- Import daily orders through a spreadsheet which will then be visualized on the map interface
- Manage daily orders, riders, and depots
- Separate service areas into multiple zones and assign to different delivery drivers
- Plan routes with constraints such as vehicle capacity, time windows for delivery, load times and service times
- Model routes for en-route pickup and delivery
Once the routing problem has been appropriately defined, Baato VRS desktop application will automatically generate a visual solution for the problem. This is accompanied by a detailed solution which shows the delivery/pickup stops and estimated arrival time for each service point.
These solutions will definitely help your business the efficiency of each delivery and consequently lead to faster delivery times as well as help estimate time of delivery of each package.
We would love for you to try out Baato VRS in your business and experience the difference made by a systematic plan for delivery rather than the intuition of the drivers. Since Baato VRS is powered by our core APIs; we are confident that the system generates the quickest route for deliveries with the help of our extensive road network. Reach out to us on support@baato.io to test out Baato VRS in your business and feel the change in pace.
