Optrak Distribution Software Information

Optrak writes route optimisation software for delivery and collection fleets of every kind, from everyday multi-drop work to operations where the detail decides whether a plan works. Loads are checked inside the optimiser while it builds the routes, not afterwards, so plans still work at load-out and on the road. Optrak models the things that make a real operation hard to plan: multi-temperature trailers with moveable bulkheads, tankers with compartments and cleaning rules, drivers separate from tractors and trailers, journey times that change through the day, and electric vehicles whose energy use is worked out from the physics of each leg. The same model lets you test a change to the fleet, a depot or a contract before you make it. The cloud version of Optrak is going live with its first customer, with nothing to install. Customer data is held in the UK for UK customers and in the EU for EU customers. We are a UK company, based in Ware, Hertfordshire, and some of our customers have planned with Optrak for more than 15 years. The methods are built on published research. We work with the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight at Cambridge on electric vehicle energy use, and with STOR-i at Lancaster University on rounds with thousands of stops. Machine learning chooses and tunes the optimisation methods for each operation; the routes themselves come from operations research. If you already plan with a routing tool, or plan by hand, and would like to see what Optrak does with your own operation, send us a sample day and we will plan it.