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研报名称：《Market Guide for Vehicle Routing and Scheduling》
时间：20 November 2017
作者：Bart De Muynck
Main idea:
Managers of private fleets and for-hire carriers are seeking enhanced tools to improve vehicle routing in a volatile transportation environment. Supply chain leaders overseeing fleet management can use the VRS trends, solutions and vendors presented in this research to make better system decisions.
Key Findings:
There is an increased need for real-time, dynamic technology to help tackle the current challenges of the transportation industry such as reduced capacity, driver shortage, increased traffic congestion and a significant increase in last-mile deliveries.
--There is a pressing need to bring vehicle routing and scheduling (VRS) into the cloud as the "speed of doing business" is increasing and VRS solutions need to keep pace by evolving their capabilities.
--Vendors of VRS continue to enhance their vehicle routing solutions to allow a single platform for private and third-party fleets while also extending their capabilities and services.
--The VRS market remains fragmented, and vendors focus on specific fleets, industries and geographies. Few vendors offer a global solution and support.
Recommendations:
Supply chain leaders and fleet managers looking into routing and scheduling technology:
--Fully assess your requirements, especially in the areas of route optimization, to narrow your choice of vendors. Understand your needs for all types of fleets being used as well as the different movements of inbound,outbound, intercompany or last mile.
--Review solutions cautiously for functionality offered, industries covered and geographical presence when assessing VRS solutions.
--Consider emerging VRS capabilities, such as real-time dynamic routing, real-time slot booking and real-time visibility, to see if their benefits warrant adoption or replacement for your business.
Market Recommendations:
The current challenges fleets are facing due to new government regulations, more demanding customers, increasing operational costs, increasing driver shortage, growing last-mile delivery volumes and new channels to market require companies to improve the ways they are using their resources, both assets and drivers. Technology is one way to address these challenges and contribute to a more efficient fleet operation that can reduce operational costs, increase customer service and comply with government regulations. The "speed of doing business" has increased, and companies need to use better and more technology to keep up.
The fragmented nature of the solution market and the diversity in requirements between different industries and fleet types can make the selection of the right vendor a challenge. There are several questions which must be considered. These include "Which category of vendors best aligns with the company's present and future needs?" "Is the company ready to invest in piloting or implementing VRS capabilities?" and"What type of capabilities will offer the best return on investment?"
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