Kardinal Transport
Postal and Parcel Delivery
The Post & Parcel industry is facing many challenges as it has to collect, transport and deliver large quantities of mail and parcels.
Market players are structured in national networks, which are strongly challenged by the growth of e-commerce and its highly changing volumes. At the same time, customer expectations are rising, both in terms of service quality and environmental impact.
As a result, post & parcel delivery players must operate on a growing market under the pressure of new, stronger constraints, challenging their very profitability.
Client Case
DPD France optimizes its delivery centers sectorization and routes thanks to Kardinal’s solution.
Use cases for
Post & Parcel Delivery
National Territory Optimization
Design the optimal territory organization for the whole country area. Simulate the addition or removal of new delivery centers or sub-depots.
Fleet Sizing and Fleet Conversion
Visualize the impact of new vehicles (e.g. electric vehicles) on your operations by creating simulations to make data-driven decisions about your fleet.
Sectorization of the Delivery Center’s Territory
Design the optimal territory split for a delivery center area based on historical parcel counts and given operational constraints.
Help pickers sort packages as they are scanned to save time and increase productivity.
Get detailed estimates of your subcontractor’s cost structure to buy transport at the right price.
Generate the optimal route after each driver scans the packages to reduce costs and improve service quality.
Fit in with the Organization of Post & Parcel Delivery Players
Fit in with the Organization of
Post & Parcel Delivery Players
Parcel delivery companies have divided their optimization process into 2 steps:
- a dispatch stage: distribution of parcels in predefined areas
- a sequencing stage within each area, different each day
Managed by the depot manager, the Kardinal platform oversees the dispatch phase using its territory optimization module, TAO.
The day-to-day sequencing of the routes is managed by our ARO route optimization API module.
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