Rich

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Richard is a senior .NET developer at Postcode Anywhere, and has been with the company since January 2007. Having studied for a PhD in Algorithms and Data Structures (but never writing it up), he specialises in web services requiring complex algorithms, such as route planning and optimisation. He is part of the Route Optimisation Team, a cross-departmental group of developers, sales and technical support engineers.

How Many Visits Can You Fit Into Your Day?

August 16, 2011

Introducing the new ‘Maximum Day Length’ feature We’re always talking about how much time you can save using route optimization for your multi-drop route planning. (Our experiments in the past have shown an average 20-30% saving in time and distance.) But what if you’re not so interested in time saved, and simply want to get [...]

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Developers: Smarter White-Labelling Available

July 21, 2011

While our web development team have been beavering away on the new optimisation process in the website (which, I’m sure you’ll agree, is looking fantastic), I’ve been quietly busying myself with some major new upgrades to the back end. Although the bulk of our customers choose to use the website interface on routeoptimiser.com, some of [...]

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Improvements for July 2011 – and Beyond

June 8, 2011

There are a lot of changes afoot at Route Optimiser, including a new account section and a very exciting integration with Google Maps. Take a look at the details below. They’ll tell you what you can expect soon – and stay tuned to learn about any future developments as they happen. If there are any [...]

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Load Her Up and Trucking!

June 3, 2011

Continuing my series of blog posts exploring some of the more advanced features of Route Optimiser, I’m going to look at a feature set designed to manage the loads on your vehicles, and prevent overloading. This is a vital feature for many of our users – after all, there’s little use in creating an “optimal [...]

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Timeslots: Top Five Tips

June 1, 2011

Last post I discussed how timeslots work within Route Optimiser. We looked at how you can add in constraints, or preferences, for the time you want to arrive at each waypoint. There are some simple steps you can make to get the most out of the features. Here are my top five tips for using [...]

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