Hardy Logistics Route Optimisation
Hardy Logistics Route Optimisation
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The Challenge: A growing events business was spending a considerable amount of time manually planning multi-van routes, often resulting in inefficient travel paths, overlapping schedules, and unnecessary fuel/staffing costs.
The Solution: A bespoke Google-integrated Logistics Engine designed to handle the "human chaos" of real-world bookings while applying rigorous mathematical optimisation to fleet management.
"The goal wasn't just to build a planner; it was to build a system that understands the business. By focusing on 'Setup Buffers' and 'Priority Linking,' we created a tool that works with the owner, not against them."
🚀 Key Performance Wins
🚀 Key Performance Wins
Fleet Reduction: Successfully optimised schedules to reduce fleet requirements from 4 vans to 3 on peak days, representing a 25% saving in operational overhead.
Automated Logic: Replaced manual "guesswork" with an engine that calculates travel time, setup buffers, and specific customer arrival windows automatically.
Driver-Ready Output: Automated the creation of professional PDF Manifests with integrated Google Maps route paths, accessible on any mobile device.
🛠️ Core Features & Innovation
🛠️ Core Features & Innovation
"Priority Linker" Technology: A custom feature allowing the operator to "handcuff" specific drop-offs and collections together, ensuring the same van handles the full round-trip for high-priority clients.
Intelligent Date Guardrails: Built-in "Jenette-proofing" that automatically standardises messy data entries, preventing system errors before they happen.
Automated Archive & Cleanup: A one-touch "End of Day" system that archives job data to a master history, moves PDF manifests to long-term storage, and updates a 30-day mileage dashboard.
Fleet Dashboard: Real-time visual tracking of mileage trends and van utilisation, allowing for data-driven decisions on fleet expansion and pricing.
Feedback
"Nigel has been fantastic to work with.
He supported me in building a route planning system to help streamline our deliveries, save time, and improve efficiency across our bookings. From the very beginning, Nigel took the time to really understand how our business operates and what we were trying to achieve.
What stood out most was his genuine dedication to finding the right solution. He doesn’t just apply a quick fix — he takes the time to get to the root of the problem and explore different options to make sure it works in the real world, not just in theory.
Throughout the process, he was incredibly easy to work with, patient, and always happy to adapt things based on feedback. His knowledge of automation and systems is clear, but he explains everything in a way that makes it easy to understand and gives you full ownership of the solution.
Although we’re still refining exactly what works best for our business, the process has given me a much clearer understanding of our delivery planning and where we can improve efficiency going forward — which is hugely valuable.
I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Nigel to any business looking to save time, reduce admin, and improve their systems."
Jenette, Hardy's Events Ltd
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