Category: Logistics
Services: Web App, Route Optimization
Stack: React, Node.js
Description
An advanced logistics management web platform that revolutionizes transportation route planning and optimization. Designed for logistics and distribution companies, the platform combines powerful optimization algorithms with an intuitive interface that allows managing truck fleets, delivery zones, loads, and generating highly efficient automatic routes.
The system not only automates complex route planning considering multiple variables such as capacity, special licenses, and restrictions, but also provides complete flexibility through manual manipulation tools and real-time dashboards for operational monitoring.
Challenge
Logistics companies faced an extremely complex and error-prone process when planning daily distribution routes. Manual planning required simultaneously considering:
- Load capacity of each vehicle in the fleet
- Special licenses (such as ADR cargo transport - dangerous materials)
- Zone restrictions and vehicle accessibility
- Distance and fuel consumption optimization
- Delivery time windows
- Balanced work distribution among drivers
This process consumed hours of specialized personnel's work each day, with frequently suboptimal results that resulted in:
- Overloading of some vehicles while others were half-loaded
- Inefficient routes with excessive mileage
- Regulatory non-compliance due to incorrect assignment of special loads
- Lack of visibility of operational status in real-time
- Difficulty in dynamically readjusting routes in response to last-minute changes
The critical need was to develop a tool that automated complex planning but allowed intuitive manual adjustments when human experience added value.
Solution
The platform was developed as a comprehensive web platform that combines algorithmic intelligence with human control, providing the following capabilities:
Centralized Resource Management:
- Complete fleet registry with detailed specifications (weight/volume capacity, ADR certifications, restrictions)
- Definition of distribution zones with specific characteristics
- Load catalog with attributes (weight, volume, merchandise type, special requirements)
- Delivery point management with access restrictions and schedules
Automatic Optimized Route Generation:
- Intelligent algorithm that analyzes all relevant variables
- Consideration of physical and legal capacities of each vehicle
- Automatic validation of special requirements (e.g.: ADR merchandise only in certified vehicles)
- Distance optimization and load balancing between vehicles
- Intelligent grouping by geographic zone
- Calculation of estimated route times
Interactive Drag & Drop Board:
- Intuitive visual interface showing all trucks and their assigned loads
- Ability to reassign merchandise between vehicles via drag and drop
- Real-time validations when moving loads (excess capacity, unmet requirements, etc.)
- Visual indicators of occupancy and limits of each vehicle
- Instant alerts for invalid configurations
Intelligent Validations:
- Continuous verification of load capacity (weight and volume)
- Control of maximum configurable distances per route
- Validation of required certifications for special loads
- Optimization alerts (improvement suggestions)
- Verification of zonal restrictions
Real-Time Operational Dashboard:
- Statistical visualization of shipment status
- Fleet performance metrics (average occupancy, route efficiency)
- Indicators of pending, in-progress, and completed deliveries
- Trend graphs and temporal comparisons
- Optimized for display on large screens in the warehouse center
- Automatic data updating without manual intervention
The platform completely transforms the logistics planning process, reducing from hours to minutes the time needed to generate optimal routes. By combining intelligent automation with intuitive manual control, the solution empowers logistics planners to make better decisions more quickly, resulting in more efficient operations, reduced costs, and better fulfillment of delivery commitments.
