Calculate shortest route (with multiple addresses)
What is the shortest route and how do you calculate it?
You can plan routes in several ways. You can plan routes based on the shortest route, or on the fastest route. But what is the difference between calculating the shortest route and the quickest route? The shortest route assumes that you cover as little distance as possible between the assignments in your route and in your overall route. The aim of planning the shortest route is to drive as few kilometres as possible. For example, you drive through a village centre or you drive a slower route that takes you more time but is shorter in distance.
How do you calculate the shortest route?
You want to calculate the shortest route between point A and point B. To do this, you have a number of options. You can use a website like afstandmeten.nl or you can use a route planner. Most route planners can calculate the shortest route for you from one address to another. Do you want to calculate a route between several addresses? With most route planners available online, this takes a lot of time.
Is the shortest route also faster?
You would think that the shortest route in kilometres is also the shortest route in time. Unfortunately, this is not always true. We'll explain: you can drive from a to b through a village at 30 kilometres per hour or you can drive this stretch from a to b on the motorway. The route through the village is 5 kilometres, the route on the motorway is 7 kilometres. Because you can drive a lot smoother on the motorway than through the village, it is faster despite the motorway route being longer. Want to know more about driving the fastest route? Read more about calculating the fastest route?
Saving time by calculating the shortest route (with multiple addresses)
Calculating the shortest route with multiple addresses can be a huge time saver on a daily basis. However, this is a huge amount of work to manually figure it all out. Using a smart route planner can save you a lot of time, money and frustration. A good route planner not only calculates the shortest route for you. It also ensures that drivers drive from assignment to assignment in a very efficient way. Unnecessary mileage driving is a thing of the past. Besides spending less time planning because you do it automatically, you also save fuel. Chances are, in many cases, you use fewer vehicles than if you calculated the shortest route manually.
Driving the shortest route with RouteLogic
A good route planner to calculate your shortest routes is RouteLogic. RouteLogic allows you to calculate the shortest route based on all kinds of factors. Think of the number of assignments, traffic and weather conditions and time periods (e.g. 9.00-10.00). As well as saving time, it also saves you fuel. Drivers drive the shortest and most efficient route with multiple addresses, which automatically means you need less fuel for the same route. With the route planner, you save up to 30% on fuel costs. In addition to fuel savings, RouteLogic's route planner offers many other benefits. Check out these benefits below.
We take your wishes into account, because the clever algorithm allows RouteLogic to create the shortest delivery route for all your vehicles. That saves you a lot of money, you save time and fuel!
Calculate variable and shortest routes
Is your trip different every day? Even then, calculating the shortest route with multiple addresses is ideal with RouteLogic. You can add stops manually using an Excel file or you link your own system or webshop with our API. Using all the information about your orders, RouteLogic automatically works out the shortest route for you so that your trip is as quick and efficient as possible.
Multiple vehicles
If you have multiple vehicles to take your orders away, you know how complex making a good and the shortest route is. RouteLogic makes it easy for you. Place all your orders in RouteLogic and we calculate the shortest route for all vehicles, show per vehicle where the driver should go and send your customers a track-and-trace SMS or e-mail telling them what time to expect you.
This saves you a lot of time beforehand. You spend that time on exceeding your customers' expectations by giving just that little bit of extra service or attention. Get started calculating the shortest route via RouteLogic.
RouteLogic in brief
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Your drivers exactly what needs to be done. With the app, your drivers easily navigate to the addresses, sign for receipt and automatically receive an SMS or e-mail when an order has been delivered.
e-mails/SMS
Your orders automatically in RouteLogic with the API connection. So that you no longer have to do any manual work. You can also add assignments manually or via an Excel file.
These companies already calculate their shortest routes with RouteLogic
Calculate how much you will save with RouteLogic
Not included in this amount: the reduction in your co2 emissions, the increased delivery experience with your customers and the reduced workload for your drivers.