Southland Sod Farms Automates Fleet Routing with Appian DirectRoute from TMW Systems
The Challenge
- Last-minute, late-day delivery changes created challenges to fulfilling orders on demand.
- Paper tracking process hampered ability to predict delivery times.
The Solution
Appian DirectRoute™ from TMW Systems
The Results
- Streamlined fleet routing
- Better customer service and communications
- Lower distribution costs
- Automated data analysis allowing route optimization
- Functionality to map new locations and customers
- More flexibility to add deliveries late in the day
When Southland Sod Farms made the decision to automate its fleet-routing operations, the company knew that two years of coding mathematical algorithms and integrating various geographic tools were not in the plans. The order data needed for planning delivery routes was already in place on their AS/400.
What Southland needed was an optimization tool that would streamline route planning and reduce the miles and hours needed for making deliveries. The company selected Appian DirectRoute™ from TMW Systems because of its long record of success, over two decades, and deployment at more than 800 locations.
