Postal sector & service area mapping
Automatically allocate orders to preferred time slots based on geographic mapping.
What the App Is About?
This portal automates delivery planning through features such as postal-sector mapping, service-area assignment, and intelligent route suggestions. Orders are automatically allocated based on preferred delivery windows or sessions, ensuring smooth daily scheduling.
Supervisors can assign vehicles and drivers—either manually or through automated logic—and all planning decisions flow directly into the ERP system. This ensures operational teams, drivers, and customer service staff always work from the same, real-time information.
The Planning Portal is ideal for companies managing high-volume deliveries or multiple routes. It improves resource utilisation, reduces planning time, and enhances coordination across the entire workflow.
WHO
Operations planners, supervisors, and delivery teams who manage routes, schedules, service areas, and daily assignments.
WHAT
A web-based planning platform that automates route suggestions, assigns orders using postal-sector mapping, and integrates schedules with ERP data.
WHY
It reduces planning time, improves resource allocation, and ensures seamless coordination between planners, drivers, and the ERP for more efficient operations.
HOW
Users configure service areas, review system-suggested routes, assign vehicles or drivers, and publish schedules that sync immediately to the ERP for operational use.
Features & Functions
Features & Functions
Benefits to Daily Operations
Reduced planning time
Automated postal mapping and route suggestions speed up daily scheduling.
Automated postal mapping and route suggestions speed up daily scheduling.
Intelligent route suggestion
The system recommends the best delivery sequences for efficient routing.
The system recommends the best delivery sequences for efficient routing.
Better resource allocation
Drivers and vehicles are matched intelligently based on service areas.
Drivers and vehicles are matched intelligently based on service areas.
Driver & vehicle assignment
Assign resources manually or apply defaults based on service area settings.
Assign resources manually or apply defaults based on service area settings.
Smoother coordination with operations
Real-time ERP syncing ensures planners, drivers, and dispatch work with the same data.
Real-time ERP syncing ensures planners, drivers, and dispatch work with the same data.
ERP-integrated planning
All planning actions update the ERP in real time for seamless coordination.
All planning actions update the ERP in real time for seamless coordination.
Improved delivery efficiency
Optimised routing reduces travel time and fuel usage.
Optimised routing reduces travel time and fuel usage.
Centralised schedule management
Plan, adjust, and monitor all delivery tasks from a single interface.
Plan, adjust, and monitor all delivery tasks from a single interface.
Multi-route support
Handle multiple delivery routes and service areas within one system.
Handle multiple delivery routes and service areas within one system.
Planning Portal — Connection to BC
The Planning Portal integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, allowing all route assignments, delivery schedules, and service-area mappings to sync instantly with operational data. When orders are planned or reassigned, BC automatically reflects the updated logistics workflow, ensuring warehouse, delivery, and customer service teams operate from the same real-time schedule without manual coordination.
Planning Portal
Workflow - 6 Steps Process
Benefits
- Shorter planning time
- Optimal route efficiency
- Better resource utilisation
- Improved delivery reliability
1.Orders Created in BC:
All delivery orders originate in BC.
2.Planning Portal Loads Orders:
Orders sync automatically into the planning system.
3.System Suggests Routes:
Automated route optimisation based on postal codes.
6.Execution Syncs to BC:
Delivery updates flow into BC in real time.
5.Publish Daily Schedules:
Drivers receive planned routes instantly.
4.Assign Drivers & Vehicles:
Planner confirms or adjusts route assignments.
1.Orders Created in BC:
All delivery orders originate in BC.
2.Planning Portal Loads Orders:
Orders sync automatically into the planning system.
3.System Suggests Routes:
Automated route optimisation based on postal codes.
4.Assign Drivers & Vehicles:
Planner confirms or adjusts route assignments.
5.Publish Daily Schedules:
Drivers receive planned routes instantly.
6.Execution Syncs to BC:
Delivery updates flow into BC in real time.
Targeted Industries
Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
Optimises daily store delivery patterns, ensuring efficient routing for frequent replenishment runs.
Food Manufacturing
Improves planning for temperature-sensitive deliveries with time-slot assignments and route optimisation.
Distribution & Retail
Streamlines vehicle and driver planning for regular store deliveries and multi-drop routes.
Equipment Rental
Helps manage delivery and collection schedules for rented equipment across different service locations.
Project & Job Costing
Supports dispatch planning for materials, tools, and workers across multiple job sites.
Bonded Warehouse & 3PL
Automates delivery scheduling, maps service areas, and assigns routes for multiple clients and high-volume deliveries.
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