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The standard truck route planner

 

Multiple-stop & sequence optimization: planning a truck route

In road transport, route planning software is used to calculate the optimal route for a single truck with two or more delivery addresses. The route planner software takes into account all data relevant to road transport: maximum height restrictions, axle loads, routes for ADR goods or LZVs, environmental zones, time windows in city centers, etc.

Sequence optimization

Additionally, TLNplanner offers the possibility to optimize the sequence of these addresses. Route optimization can be based on various factors such as time windows and service times.

Features of TLNplanner route planning to consider

Are you looking for an automatic route planner?
Would you like to automatically and simultaneously plan orders into optimal trips, taking into account: window and delivery times, various vehicle profiles, loading and unloading times, load meters, and volume? Explore the possibilities of our trip planning system, PTV Route Optimizer ST.

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Google Maps for trucks or professional route planning software to plan your truck route?

A professional tool not only calculates the distance and driving time, but also the transport and toll costs. All that is needed are geographical data such as place names, postal codes, street names, and house numbers or geographic coordinates – useful, for example, for new construction locations. Based on this data, the route planning system generates a map with the route.

Features of TLNplanner route planning to consider

The professional route planning software to plan your truck route plans your routes based on important truck data, unlike Google Maps. You can choose from standard vehicle profiles, generating the following standard results:

  • Heavy truck 40T
  • Light truck 20T
  • City distribution 12T
  • Van (Courier)
  • LZV
  • ADR

The profiles are set up to calculate the optimal route, considering toll roads, driving and rest times, weight restrictions, transit traffic, bridge heights, and other route limitations. Google Maps & trucks – is it smart? If you ask us, the answer is no.

Read more in our blog post »

Not only planners use TLNplanner on a daily basis. Their colleagues also enjoy consulting the tool to map out times, distances, emissions, toll costs, and transport costs. Think of colleagues from sales or finance.

Planning a truck route: what should I consider?

  • Vehicle profiles
  • Environmental zones
  • Driving and rest times
  • Loading and unloading times
  • Time windows
  • Toll costs for trucks
  • Transport costs
  • CO2 emissions
  • Traffic information
  • Truck parking spaces

Features of TLNplanner route planning to consider:

Time and distance calculations

With the route planning software, you can quickly and accurately calculate the distance and driving time for each trip, but also the rest time that the driver must plan along the way. Is the trip with a truck, a van, or a car? TLNplanner offers a wide variety of vehicle profiles, so you always get a reliable and realistic calculation.

Toll and transport cost calculation
An increasing portion of transport costs consists of toll costs. Does the trip go via tunnels or toll roads? Is it a truck subject to tolls in Belgium or Germany? With TLNplanner, you not only calculate the total transport costs, but also how much of that is made up of toll costs.

Calculating ETAs with TLNplanner
It is possible to calculate ETAs accurately with TLNplanner and share them with your customer. Read more about it here.

Difference between trip planning & route planning?
There is a significant difference between trip planning and route planning. TLNplanner is a route planner to plan a route from A to B or to Z and then optimize the stops. Trip planning with a trip planning system, such as PTV Route Optimiser, automatically assigns all your orders across the fleet, creating several optimized trips, which are also visible on the map. Below is an overview of the features, or discover the differences between trip and route planning in our blog post.