{"id":881,"date":"2017-06-22T09:03:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T09:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loginextsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=881"},"modified":"2026-02-03T04:39:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T04:39:59","slug":"internet-of-things-route-optimization-in-logistics-management-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loginextsolutions.com\/blog\/internet-of-things-route-optimization-in-logistics-management-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"How Internet of Things & Route Optimization Could Eliminate Logistics Management Solutions Hassles"},"content":{"rendered":"

How the Internet of Things & Route Optimization Could Eliminate Logistics Management Solutions Hassles<\/h1>\n

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–  Manish Porwal<\/a>, Praveen Kumar <\/a>& Sahil Malik<\/a><\/p>\n

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Do you also take a lot of time before finalizing a logistics management solutions<\/a> provider? Do you wish to check the credibility of their performance, before taking the final call? Finally, do you wish timely and safe product distribution with real-time visibility at the least possible cost?<\/p>\n

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All these questions have troubled majority of logistics management solutions<\/a>\u2019 professionals and it is about time we try and address these questions with the help of Internet of Things, Data Analytics, and Machine Learning.<\/p>\n

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The United States has a vast road network of more than 4 million miles which supported logistics movement worth around 8% of the country\u2019s GDP. The aim towards optimized logistics management solutions<\/a> requires a strategic approach to a constantly evolving technology and IT infrastructure as its springboard. The unquenchable requirement from logistics management solutions is to have a system which has access to real-time and historical trends of all the data generated from logistics network, which is then used to reduce overall logistics management costs and bring out the best out of the services.<\/p>\n

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A Billion Dollar Question: How is this Possible?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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\u2018Internet of Things\u2019 to the Rescue: <\/strong>Imagine an ecosystem wherein we have access to movement history of every commercial vehicle\u2019s & driver\u2019s performance maintained in a central repository. This will include their performance ratings received from customers or hub managers, on-time delivery ratio, legal compliance, courier driving patterns & behavior analysis, and many other critical points which are expected from any good service provider.<\/p>\n

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Logistics Management Solutions with Data Capturing Network<\/p><\/div>\n

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Similarly, the transporters can evaluate their customers based on timely payouts, detention etc. and provide ratings to their customers or intermediate independent service providers. To make this happen, we require primarily 5 systems which would always be communicating with each other to make the captured data more accurate and precise over time.<\/p>\n

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These five systems would be:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Central Repository of Vehicles & Drivers<\/li>\n
  2. Service Aggregators<\/li>\n
  3. 3PL Players<\/li>\n
  4. Enterprises<\/li>\n
  5. Location Analytics, Optimization & Visibility platform.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Key Advantages! How Will the Industry Benefit?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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    The biggest challenge any organization faces is ever increasing logistics management costs. Less optimized network not only affects the bottom-line of any organization but also impacts the environment with an average addition of 411 grams of carbon emission per mile traveled by the vehicle. To direct the logistics management solutions to reduce the cost of movement, we need to find out the mechanism to partner with the right players and get access to real-time data.<\/p>\n

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    Real-Tracking and Mapping<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Customers and vendors both need an access to real-time visibility of the movement of their vehicles with an accurate estimated time of arrivals. The drivers would need information on what route to be followed so that they are traveling \u2018load balanced\u2019 and on \u2018distance optimized\u2019 routes. Such efficiencies can be easily achieved by using products like LogiNext Mile<\/a> and LogiNext Haul<\/a> with proven efficiencies resulting in optimized operations.<\/p>\n

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    Pre-Requisites: What are the Next Steps?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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    The basic parameter for the success of such integrated network is quality of data.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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    Let\u2019s take the example of an electrical appliance manufacturer which must dispatch certain finished goods from one warehouse to another.<\/p>\n

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