MapMechanics is pleased to announce a major shift in focus and emphasis for the TruckStops UK vehicle routing and scheduling system. After the acquisition of the North American division of the TruckStops product line by another US firm, MicroAnalytics (its originator) will be focusing on the United Kingdom as a primary market for the TruckStops product.
The transition of US customers to the acquiring firm will free resources and make it considerably easier for MicroAnalytics and MapMechanics to develop exciting new functionality for the UK logistics market.
Founded in 1983, MicroAnalytics is a pioneer in the development of computerised fleet routing, and has been one of the most active software providers in the logistics industry, with over 2,800 installations of the TruckStops vehicle routing and scheduling system worldwide. The company also originates and markets OptiSite location planning software.
In the UK, logistics specialist MapMechanics has been the exclusive distributor of MicroAnalytics products for nearly 20 years. Together the two companies have achieved a substantial track of responsiveness to the needs of the UK market. The new arrangement promises even greater attention to the needs and desires of the logistics market in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.
Examples of recent functionality developed specifically for the needs of the UK market include: collection and delivery capability, fast routing, and time/distance calculations by type of vehicle and time of day.
Mary Short, chairman and business development director of MapMechanics, welcomed the change, saying: “UK users are increasingly sophisticated in the way they model journeys and the criteria they need to take into account when planning routes and schedules. Now MicroAnalytics will be able to spend a greater proportion of development time on specific UK developments, making it easier and faster for us to respond to our customers’ needs.”
About MapMechanics
MapMechanics has been providing innovative solutions in logistics planning, sales and marketing, digital mapping and geographic analysis for over twenty years. The company’s focus is on assisting clients drive towards greater efficiency and to reduce the incremental cost of new business, while still offering excellent customer service. Examples include decisions such as where to install ATMs, how to efficiently collect and deliver milk, operate a school book service, deliver medical supplies, streamline gas distribution, provide people and asset location and tracking systems, deliver prisoners to court, ensure engineering works are sited in optimal locations and much more.
MapMechanics supplies a range of other products for organisations with vehicle fleets or mobile workers, including point solutions for activities such as door-drop deliveries, full-load scheduling optimisation and catchment area analysis; and turnkey solutions such as the MapMechanics Mobile suite for planning and managing the movements of mobile workers in real time.
About MicroAnalytics
MicroAnalytics has published and marketed quality logistics software systems since 1983. These software programs are designed to reduce transportation costs through route optimisation and also by analysing and managing distribution resources more effectively.
About TruckStops
TruckStops, is the world’s most widely-deployed routing and scheduling optimisation solution. It is suitable for both fixed-route scheduling, where vehicles make similar journeys every day, and ad hoc scheduling (for instance, in the parcels and home delivery markets), where every day’s work load is different.
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