$6.2M
saved on fuel, every year
Hand-planned routes were burning fuel and missing delivery windows. Smart routing went live in three weeks and now saves $6.2M a year.
- Client
- Pan-African logistics provider
- Region
- East & Southern Africa
- Timeline
- Live in three weeks
- Practices
- Data Intelligence · AI Automation · API Integrations
01 · What was happening
Where it leaked.
Routes were planned by hand. Fuel was wasted, deliveries ran late and regional managers were working blind.
- 01
Routes planned on spreadsheets the night before.
- 02
No live view of where vehicles were or what was running late.
- 03
Regional reporting a week behind reality.
02 · What we built
The system.
Smart route planning with demand forecasting and live dispatch, plus one dashboard for every region.
01
Route optimisation
Demand-aware routes built overnight and re-planned live as conditions change.
02
Live dispatch
Driver app and GPS feeding every job status back in real time.
03
Regional command view
Fuel, on-time rate and cost per drop for every region on one screen.
03 · How it rolled out
Live in three weeks.
- Week 1
Diagnose
Pulled a year of route, fuel and delivery data and found the waste.
- Week 2
Build
Routing engine and dispatch connected to the existing fleet systems.
- Week 3
Go live
Every region live, with weekly tuning since.
04 · What changed
The numbers.
$6.2Mannual fuel savings
28%less fuel used
45%more on-time deliveries
3 wksfrom start to live
Live in 3 weeks
Client name withheld under confidentiality.