Trucking companies often face and need to solve a complicated version of the “Vehicle Routing Problem” to effectively dispatch their fleet. There are many shipments available in the market and choosing the best sequence of loads to haul back-to-back is NOT trivial. Diversity of parameters (e.g. gas price, routes, empty miles) make decision making for transportation business owners arduous. At Convoy, we created a solution called Automated Reloads that algorithmically evaluates and optimizes how loads can be grouped in real-time, all without human intervention. This positively impacts the business of carriers by keeping their trucks full more often and reducing the carbon footprint of burning gas for unnecessary empty trips.
