DPD to implement new linehaul optimisation and management system
DPD has announced that it will be implementing a new linehaul optimisation and management system that it says “will deliver a significant competitive advantage and efficiency savings”. The system comes from London-based Pie Mapping – which won the £100,000 first prize in DPD’s Last Mile Labs technology incubator scheme.
Launched in December 2014, in association with tech investment fund L Marks, the aim of Last Mile Labs was to find and work with start-ups and tech entrepreneurs that could help harness technology to navigate some of the difficulties inherent in the express parcel sector.
Pie Mapping was chosen by DPD as the outright winner and its solution selected to move forward into full development, integration and rollout.
When fully developed, the bespoke system will enable DPD’s linehaul managers and planners to have total fleet, driver and route visibility in real time, giving DPD a rapid-response advantage when it comes to overcoming issues such as motorway congestion.
In a statement issued yesterday (8 July), DPD’s CEO Dwain McDonald commented: “DPD has transformed the last mile of delivery with developments such as Predict and Follow My Parcel, which are ground breaking and truly world class delivery systems. The aim now is to do the same thing for our linehaul operation. While there are traffic management systems available, we want to take it to another level.
“If we can achieve the same level of transformation and efficiency improvements we’ve achieved with our other tech investments, there will be enormous benefits for both us and our customers.”
