Route optimization: guides, research and free tools
Route optimization is the practice of ordering delivery stops so that a courier drives fewer kilometres and finishes the round sooner. This page collects what City & Carrier has published on the topic: a complete guide, our own test on 60 Polish delivery routes, practical routines for couriers and the free planner you can try on your next round.
Guides and research
Start here
What route optimization software does, how it works and what to look for when you choose a tool.
Research
On a typical 40-stop day, the optimised route was 13% shorter by road than a route planned by instinct.
Practical guide
A five-minute routine from sorting parcels to one optimisation run, plus four mistakes that turn five minutes into thirty.
Practical guide
Where empty kilometres come from and a routine for before, during and after the round.
Choosing and using a planner
Comparison
What happened to Circuit and which free planners fit Polish routes.
Free planner
The free way to plan a route with up to 50 stops.
The app
The route planner app for couriers on Android and iOS, free for drivers with up to 50 stops per route and unlimited routes (fair use).
Try it on your next route
Download Delivery Planner free from Google Play or the App Store and plan your next round in minutes.
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