TruckStops Routing & Scheduling Case Studies |
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Wincanton switches to ‘milk industry standard’ routing and scheduling
Since introducing TruckStops from MapMechanics, which it considers the “industry standard” routing and scheduling system for bulk milk collection and delivery, Wincanton Logistics’ industrial division says it has achieved significant improvements in operational efficiency, as well as gaining insights that help the company in planning for new business. Click here for the full story. |
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Frequency scheduler speeds planning of field sales visits for FDS
Leading field marketing agency FDS reports significant improvements in the speed and convenience of allocating calls to its field sales executives following the implementation of a new scheduling solution from MapMechanics. Efficiencies have also been made in the executives’ travel time and mileage between calls. For the full story click here. |
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TruckStops halves scheduling time for timber supplier and adds flexibility
By introducing the TruckStops routing and scheduling system from MapMechanics, decorative timber supplier Richard Burbidge Ltd has halved the time it previously took to plan delivery routes from day to day, whilst at the same time gaining unprecedented power to ensure that priority loads are allocated automatically to its own in-house transport fleet. For the full story click here. |
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Routing and scheduling exercise clinches milk contract
A one-off routing and scheduling exercise, performed on a project basis by TruckStops supplier MapMechanics, has proved a vital component in helping haulier G Easton & Son to secure a revised and enhanced bulk milk collection and delivery contract in eastern England.
“The MapMechanics people were fantastic,” says managing director Andrew Easton. “They already had a good grasp of the milk logistics market even before we started the project, and they took particular pains to address the specific details of this particular operation.” For the full story click here. |
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TruckStops routing and scheduling cuts planning time on carpet contract
The TruckStops routing and scheduling system from MapMechanics is playing a fundamental role in a nationwide carpet distribution contract won by Rhys Davies Freight Logistics. According to business implementation manager Gary Phillips: “If we had to do the same scheduling job manually, we’d have to turn off all the phones, avoid all interruptions, and spend the best part of the day on it.” For the full story click here. |
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Dynamic scheduling sets seal on savings in heating & plumbing service
Dynamic day-to-day delivery scheduling with the TruckStops routing and scheduling system from MapMechanics is helping logistics group Lloyd Fraser to accommodate rapid growth at AHED, the leading distributor of heating and plumbing supplies. The first phase of the dynamic scheduling system has now gone live in two distribution areas, “and has already produced improvements in vehicle utilisation and efficiency,” For the full story click here. |
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Meter-reading company reports ‘huge savings’ with TruckStops scheduling
Meter readers working for Lowri Beck Services, Britain’s longest-established independent specialist in this field, are reaching their destinations more quickly and spending far less time planning their movements, following the introduction of a routing and scheduling system from MapMechanics. The system is now planning the routing of over 10,000 visits a day, and has delivered “huge business savings”. For the full story click here. |
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30% Fuel Reduction for Phocol
The journeys of mobile staff can be planned and routed much more quickly, and in finer detail than ever before, in the latest version of a ground-breaking system in use with Phocol, one of Britain’s leading firms of civil enforcement agents. Built for the company by MapMechanics, the system uses routing, scheduling and digital mapping technology. Every year Phocol’s team of over 50 agents deals with around 300,000 client cases made up mainly of parking offences and other fines. For the full story click here. |
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Scheduling more efficiently in a fraction of the time
Milk processor and haulier Robert Wiseman Dairies has significantly increased the number of milk collections it makes, and the company has paid tribute to the essential role played in the planning process by the TruckStops routing and scheduling system,which was supplied by MapMechanics. For the full story click here. |
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TruckStops fine-tunes Tuberex exhaust deliveries for Lloyd Fraser
Most fleet operators who introduce routing and scheduling systems either use them periodically to fine-tune fixed delivery rounds, or run them every day to work out the best routes for the following day. Logistics group Lloyd Fraser, working on a long-term contract for exhaust systems manufacturer Tuberex, is using the TruckStops routing and scheduling system from Kingswood MapMechanics to combine elements of both approaches. For the full story click here. |
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Thirsty Work shakes up water cooler delivery network with GeoConcept & TruckStops
Thirsty Work, the premier UK supplier of water coolers to the workplace, has cut around 200,000 km of travel from its monthly delivery cycle by remodeling its distribution network with GeoConcept, the leading geographic information system. Now the system is helping the company to exploit market opportunities. For the full story click here. |
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Plant delivery company cuts scheduling time dramatically with TruckStops
An up-and-coming transport company can benefit from a mainstream routing and scheduling system like TruckStops just as much as a large one – and it works just as effectively with subcontracted vehicles as with those owned by the user-company. That’s the conclusion of PDQ Transport, a Cheshire-based company specialising in nationwide deliveries of plants. For the full story click here. |
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Collect Services streamlines the enforcement planning process
The journeys of mobile staff can be planned and routed much more quickly, and in finer detail than ever before, in the latest version of a ground-breaking system in use with Collect Services, one of Britain’s leading firms of enforcement agents. The system has been built for the company by Kingswood MapMechanics, using a range of routing, scheduling and digital mapping tools. The term “enforcement agent” has come into use recently to replace the word bailiff, following a Government white paper. For the full story click here. |
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TruckStops brings dramatic improvements for fine food distributor
West Country Fine Foods, a specialist distributor of premium chilled and frozen foods to the hotel and catering market, has introduced the TruckStops routing and scheduling system from Kingswood MapMechanics to plan its deliveries nationwide, and says it has already had a dramatic effect on costs, customer service levels and operating efficiency. For the full story click here. |
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Johnson Apparel cuts delivery cost in customer migration programme
“Substantial savings” in workwear rental collection and delivery costs are reported by Johnson Service Group following the first stages of a programme to streamline and reorganise the transport network of its subsidiary company Johnson Apparelmaster. Johnson has been working closely on the project with logistics and digital mapping specialist MapMechanics, which has supplied the TruckStops routing and scheduling system to provide core functionality. For the full story click here. |
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Drag-and-drop, synchronisation and map advances in TruckStops
Vehicle operators routing and scheduling their delivery or collection fleets with TruckStops can now see their journey plans displayed on screen against the familiar background of detailed colour mapping of their own choice, and have much more freedom to amend the optimised journeys interactively on screen. The interface has also been brightened and modernised, and the route details, gannt chart and map windows are all synchronised for ease of use. For the full story click here. |
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TruckStops Professional extends routing and scheduling power
A newly-enhanced premium version of TruckStops, the most powerful yet affordable routing and scheduling system available in the UK, makes its first appearance on the stand of Kingswood MapMechanics at the Softworld Supply Chain exhibition, which runs at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham from 2 to 3 March 2004. Branded TruckStops Professional, the premium package includes the full current version of TruckStops itself, plus a range of integrated features. For the full story click here. |
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The above are just examples of the many applications that use TruckStops
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