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Notes on route optimization, dispatch, and running a delivery fleet.
September 2, 2026
What a delivery driver actually needs from a route app
A dispatcher's dashboard and a driver's phone should have almost nothing in common. Here's the short list of what actually belongs in a delivery driver route app.
August 19, 2026
Why Google Maps isn't a truck route planner
Google Maps reorders stops for one driver. It has no concept of truck capacity, multi-vehicle assignment, or time windows — here's why fleets need dedicated route optimization software instead.
August 5, 2026
Fleet management software tracks trucks. It doesn't route them.
GPS fleet tracking answers "where is my truck." It doesn't answer "where should my truck go." Here's the real difference between fleet tracking and route optimization.
July 22, 2026
What a CVRP solver actually solves (and why it's NP-hard)
The capacitated vehicle routing problem is NP-hard — what that means in practice, how route optimization software approximates it, and what to ask before trusting an "AI" solver.
July 8, 2026
How multi-pass dispatch beats greedy nearest-neighbor routing
Greedy nearest-neighbor routing paints itself into corners. See why multi-pass dispatch — cluster, sequence, sweep — builds routes closer to what an experienced dispatcher would.
June 25, 2026
What a good delivery time-window actually costs you
Delivery time windows aren't just a customer-service perk — they're a scheduling constraint with a real cost. Here's how to treat them as a routing input, not an afterthought.
June 12, 2026
Why manual route planning breaks past 50 stops a day
Manual route planning works until order counts pass what one planner can hold in their head. Here's exactly where it breaks, and what to automate first.