Product
AI-Powered Trip Optimisation
Automatically assign consignments to vehicles with a built-in VRP solver, and preview the result before committing.
VRP
Solver built-in
2-opt
Improvement algorithm
EU 561
Regulation compliant
Preview
Before committing
Stop spending hours building route plans manually. Transportial's built-in Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) solver analyses every open consignment, every available vehicle, driver capacity, time windows, and EU driving regulation constraints, then produces an optimised plan in seconds.
Key highlights
- Automatic assignment: Consignments are automatically assigned to vehicles and drivers based on capacity, time windows, vehicle type, and EU driving hour rules, without manual guesswork.
- Best-in-class algorithms: The solver uses nearest-neighbour construction to build an initial plan, then applies 2-opt and Or-opt improvement passes to minimise total distance and time.
- EU Regulation 561/2006 compliance: Driving and rest time constraints are built into the solver. Every generated plan is automatically checked against EU rules.
- Preview mode: Run the optimiser in preview mode first. Inspect the proposed plan on the Plan Board and map view before confirming.
- Dynamic insertion: New consignments that arrive mid-day can be inserted into existing active trips without disrupting other planned stops.
- Configurable constraints: Control which vehicles, depots, and time windows the solver considers. Pin certain assignments and let the solver optimise around them.
How it works
Collect the open work
The solver takes every unplanned consignment with its time windows, quantities and requirements, plus the vehicles and drivers you make available to it.
Set the constraints
Choose which vehicles, depots and time windows the solver may use. Pin assignments that must not change — a dedicated customer vehicle, a pre-agreed pickup — and it optimises around them.
Solve
The engine builds an initial plan with nearest-neighbour construction, then improves it with 2-opt and Or-opt passes to cut total distance and time, checking capacity, time windows and EU driving rules throughout.
Preview the plan
The proposed plan appears on the Plan Board and map as a preview. Inspect it trip by trip, adjust anything by hand, and only then commit it to the live plan.
Insert late orders dynamically
When new consignments arrive mid-day, the solver calculates the cheapest insertion point in trips that are already running, without reshuffling stops that drivers are en route to.
Technical details
The VRP solver runs as a dedicated Routing Engine backend mode, independently scalable from the API and Worker nodes. It accepts requests via an internal queue backed by Apache Kafka.
Frequently asked questions
Does the optimiser respect EU driving and rest time rules?
Yes. EU Regulation 561/2006 driving and rest constraints are hard constraints inside the solver. Plans that would violate them are never proposed, and required breaks are part of the calculated schedule.
Can I review the optimised plan before it goes live?
Yes. Optimisation runs in preview mode: the proposed plan appears on the Plan Board and map, where you can inspect it, adjust trips manually, and only then commit. Nothing changes in the live plan until you confirm.
Can I fix certain assignments so the solver does not change them?
Yes. Pinned assignments — a dedicated vehicle for a customer, an agreed pickup slot — are treated as fixed, and the solver optimises the remaining work around them.
What happens when an urgent order arrives mid-day?
The solver supports dynamic insertion: it calculates the cheapest feasible insertion point in trips that are already active, without disturbing stops drivers are currently heading to.
What does the solver optimise for?
Total distance and time across the fleet, within hard constraints: vehicle capacity, time windows, equipment requirements and EU driving rules. Fewer kilometres with the same delivery performance is the practical outcome.
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