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# Legacy – 00 Home Factory EN

# Kardinal Factory: Model, Deploy or Build

> Our team models, deploys and operates optimization with carriers, shippers and parcel networks. Three ways to work with Kardinal Factory.

## Most Teams Don't Need Us

**Before you get in touch.**

**Start here.** The API, the documentation and the starter kit are built so that one engineer can reach production in a few days.

[Read the docs →](https://developers.kardinal.ai/) · [See pricing →](https://kardinal.ai/pricing-route-optimization-api/)

**Talk to us when:**

- You have no engineering bandwidth
- You have no in-house optimization experience
- Your problem doesn't fit a standard model

## Three Ways to Work With Us — Model, Deploy or Build

Work with us the way your problem needs.

**1. Model the problem**
When your problem doesn't fit a standard model. We do the modeling (constraints, objectives, data, trade-offs) and hand you a specification your engineers can implement, benchmarked on your own data.

- Deliverable: A modeling specification, benchmarked on your data.
- Typical duration: 1 to 2 weeks

**2. Deploy into your operations**
When you want Kardinal live in production, fast. We handle data mapping, API integration and constraint tuning alongside your team, until the first optimization runs inside your product.

- Deliverable: Your first production plan, live inside your product.
- Typical duration: 2 weeks to 1 month

**3. Build the application** *(Agentic AI)*
When you need the system, not just the API. With our own agentic tooling, we design and deliver the full application on top of Kardinal. You own the code.

- Deliverable: A running application you own.
- Typical duration: 1 to 2 months

## Proven in Production, Self-Serve or Through Factory

Route optimization is live self-serve today. The rest of the catalog is already deployed with our customers and delivered through Factory.

### Self-Serve

Sign up and start today.

**Route optimization** — *Self-serve · Public API*
Plan and continuously re-optimize routes through the public API. A single engineer can reach production in a few days.

- Public REST API
- Continuous re-optimization
- Documentation and starter kit included

[Documentation →](https://kardinal.ai/api-doc-route-optimization/) · [Pricing →](https://kardinal.ai/pricing-route-optimization-api/) · [Explore the solution →](https://kardinal.ai/route-optimization-api/)

### Via Factory

In production with Kardinal customers, delivered with hands-on support.

**Territory pavement** — *Strategic · Post and parcel delivery*
The first automated solution to divide a delivery territory into workload-balanced cells.

- Automated territory pavement
- Workload-balanced cells
- Aligned with real terrain (rivers, roads, etc.)

[Explore the solution →](https://kardinal.ai/territory-pavement/)

**Territory sectorization** — *Strategic & tactical · Post and parcel delivery*
A strategic tool that gives depot managers the visibility and decision support to manage and optimize their territory's activity.

- Decision support for depot managers
- Support for subcontracting contract negotiations
- Accounts for parcel volume volatility

[Explore the solution →](https://kardinal.ai/territory-sectorization/)

**Route optimization (full product)** — *Operational · Carriers, shippers, field services*
Route optimization that models every field-specific constraint, recognized by Gartner in its 2025 Market Guide for Vehicle Routing & Scheduling.

- Intuitive interface for planners
- Models every constraint specific to each sector
- Predictive traffic
- Best functional coverage on the market

[Explore the solution →](https://kardinal.ai/kardinal-route-optimization/)

**Route execution** — *Operational · Drivers*
The app that optimizes routes in seconds and helps drivers deliver faster while saving fuel and costs.

- Simple mobile app for drivers
- Single-route optimization
- Navigation and ETA tracking
- Proof of delivery and approach notification

[Explore the solution →](https://kardinal.ai/laskar-route-optimization-app/)

### In Beta

Open to a limited number of pilot partners.

**Network design** — *Beta*
Middle-mile network sizing.

## Optimization for Every Kind of Operation

- Post & Parcel
- Urban couriers
- E-commerce & Retail
- Bulk & Waste transport
- Field services

## Recognized by Gartner

Kardinal recognized as a Representative Vendor in the Gartner Market Guide for Vehicle Routing & Scheduling 2025.

## Factory, Answered — Frequently Asked Questions

The essentials about Kardinal Factory. For everything else, the full FAQ goes deeper.

**What is Kardinal Factory?**
Factory is Kardinal's expert team for complex optimization. One team, three missions: deploying our products in your operations, solving cases that fall outside the standard, and building custom applications for your problem.

**How is Factory different from Kardinal's standard products?**
Our products cover standard route and territory optimization. Factory steps in when your case falls outside that standard: we run tailored studies and design the optimization that fits your constraints.

**What kinds of problems can Factory handle?**
Route optimization, territory design and mobile apps for the field, set up for your operational reality. When optimization gets complex, our experts take it on with you.

**How does a Factory engagement work?**
We study your operation, design the right approach, and deliver the solution your operations need, working alongside your teams.

**Does Factory use AI?**
Yes. We combine our optimization expertise with agentic AI to design and deliver applications built specifically for your problem.

## Already Working With Kardinal?

Existing customers — reach out to your team for support with an ongoing engagement.

## Let's Optimize Your Operations

Tell us about your business. Kardinal Factory works with you to scope the territory and route-planning challenge.

- Patented engine, in production for 10 years
- Recognized by Gartner
- In production at DPD

Want to build it yourself? [Discover the API →](https://kardinal.ai/route-optimization-api/)

[Talk to sales →](https://kardinal.ai/contact/)