March - 20186 logisticstechoutlook.comLinda James Managing Editoreditor@logisticstechoutlook.comCustomer centricity and user experience are increasingly becoming the key focus areas for the logistics industry. Amidst the pressure to control costs, organizations should exceed customer expectations in order to thrive in the competitive market. As a result, solution providers are constantly making inroads into creating more intelligent routing and scheduling solutions that can streamline pickup and delivery operations and simultaneously augment the delivery experience. One major breakthrough in the landscape has been the emergence of real-time vehicle routing and scheduling. The de-facto trend among most logistics firms today, dynamic and real-time route optimization not only allows businesses to reduce route planning time and improve customer communication, but also increase the accuracy of estimated order arrival times to provide greater visibility to the customers. While data-driven and dynamic route planning is quintessential for effective fleet operations, what is driving greater value is the integration of GPS tracking with the route planning operation. Integrating the best of both worlds, companies get complete visibility on the entire logistics workflow, as well as the progress of tasks and update routes dynamically to improve fleet services.Coupled with these elements, the integration of IoT and telematics with route planning operations is also gaining attention, helping companies generate real-time insights on the performance of their fleet services. Companies need to break free from their legacy routing and scheduling solutions and utilize the new technologies to stay abreast with the rapidly changing supply chain market and add value to end customers. That said, to help fleet-based companies better serve their customers, Logistics Tech Outlook has put together this special edition on routing and scheduling solutions. Let us know your thoughts.EditorialThe Onset of Real-Time Route OptimizationCopyright © 2018 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.MARCH - 2018Mailing AddressValleyMedia, Inc.44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510-996-5173, F:510-894-8405 MARCH - 2018, volume 04 - 03 Published by ValleyMedia, Inc. To subscribe to Logistics Tech OutlookVisit www.logisticstechoutlook.com Managing EditorLinda JamesEditorial StaffSalesAaron PierceAva Garcia Jade Ray Joshua ParkerPooja RaySarah FernandesVisualizerAR RamjithAngela ParkerKatherine Joneskatherine@logisticstechoutlook.comROUTING AND SCHEDULING SPECIAL*Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staff
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