Kardinal Transport
Urban Couriers
Urban couriers are in charge of collecting and delivering goods on the same day. They work in a fast-paced environment where transport orders are received throughout the day and immediately dispatched to a responsive fleet of vehicles, often lightweight cargo bikes or scooters.
In line with all B2B2C logistics activity, quality of service requirements are increasing, as well as driver turnover. The main challenge of urban couriers is now to reinvent themselves to remain the premium service they’ve always been.
Success Story
"We were looking for a real-time optimizer and the only one on the market today to offer this type of solution is Kardinal."
Use cases for
Urban Couriers
New order dispatch in real time
Kardinal’s algorithms optimize order distribution in real time by taking into account the location of couriers, traffic conditions and current order plans.
Smart Meeting Appointment
Get optimized recommendations for pickup and delivery timeslots before taking new orders.
Continuous Route Optimization
As drivers complete their assigned route, Kardinal optimizes it in real time to account for driver delays, traffic, and changes made by dispatchers.
ETA Monitoring
Get a real-time update of the driver’s arrival time depending on current traffic conditions.
Handle Urban Couriers
Specific Constraints
Pickup & Delivery
Kardinal’s algorithm manages pickup and delivery orders, including proof of drop-off at a third location if necessary. Delivery can be immediately triggered after pickup if necessary.
Time slots
Each order can have its own pickup and/or delivery time slots, which can be set as both optimal and mandatory, to help the algorithm make the best decision.
Maximum time between pickup & delivery
For the transportation of specific goods that must not lie in the drivers trunk for too long, a maximum time between pickup and delivery can be specified.
Complex Transportation Capacities
The algorithm can handle vehicles with multiple compartments, taking into account that storage space temperatures can be adapted.
Real time & predictive traffic
Kardinal handles real-time and predictive traffic upstream of optimization to provide reliable route recommendations.
