OR/MS Today, February 2008
Vehicle Routing Software Survey
Table 12
| Product | Other special features | Recent innovations in system |
| Descartes Routing & Scheduling | Private Fleet & Contract Carrier (Transporation Management) Integration | Continuous background optimization, POS delivery/pick-up reservations, and more |
| Direct Route | Territory & Multi-Period Planning, Driver/Power Unit Optimization, Continuous Move | XML File interfaces, Real Time Actual vs Planned, Intgration with OBC or Cell Phone |
| DISC | Integrated optimisation of warehouse, suppliers, rostering, inventory, supply chain | Continued performance enhancement, solving very large routing problems in seconds |
| ILOG Dispatcher | Constraint programming framework for custom constraints and custom search strategies. | |
| JOpt.SDK | Product is available as SDK for .NET and Java | JOpt.SDK for .NET has been recently integrated with MS MapPoint and MS Navision |
| Optrak4 Vehicle Routing & Scheduling | ||
| ORTEC Routing and Scheduling | Industry solutions for bulk commodities, food&beverage, fiel service, LTL | Embedding in SAP. Map server to support larger map coverage on a street level detail |
| Paragon Routing and Scheduling System | Integration of resource management with routing & scheduling optimisation | |
| Prophesy Total Transportation System | Track order on internet from firts input to final delivery for customer | |
| PTM Pro Online, Pupil Transportation Manager | Complex routing support; user control road network criteria, role based web access | Web enabled transportation management system and proprietary web mapping |
| REACT | Highly configurable flexible solution. Can optimise very large fleets in real-time. | Continued performance enhancement, solving very large routing problems in seconds |
| Roadnet Anywhere | Web-based easy to use daily routing and tracking application | Combining both the hosted dispatching and tracking system with routing and reporting. |
| Roadnet Transportation Suite | Includes strategic planning, daily routing, wireless delivery mgmt & web reporting | Development of software as a platform to share/expose buisness logic and processes |
| STARS 5.0 | 3D loads, scheduling tank trucks and car carriers, multi-depot loading and deliver | calculates CO2 emission, inventory consideration |
| StreetSync Desktop | Added support for various European nations. Added in-vehicle technology. | Enhanced integration to customer databases including one-click data fetching. |
| The LogiX Suite | SaaS www.logixcentral.com | |
| TourSolver for MapPoint / MapInfo Pro | Also available as OCX/COM component for custom integration | |
| TruckStops Routing and Scheduling Software | Territory & Multi-Period Planning,daily routing | Integration with real time fleet tracking systems |
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