One day I had to visit many destinations. Like a list of addresses and postal codes. I had no idea where to go, or even, in what order to visit them. Should I sort them by postal code? Or should I draw a map and try to figure out the fastest sequence?
I looked for a innovative, online website to figure this our for me. A route planner that could help me finding the fastest route, optimizing the waypoints. I had a list of locations in Microsoft Excel and I justed wanted to copy and paste them in a route optimizer. I wanted to share the route via e-mail, put it on social media like Facebook and Twitter. Even more, I want to download it for my navigation device (Tomtom, Garmin and Navigon).
Then I found RouteXL (http://www.routexl.com) which was exactly what I needed. It is a great online web app that's free to use. They have apps for Android and Chrome, and their website is a breeze to use on iPad and iPhone. I am so happy with this free online route optimizer!
maandag 23 april 2012
maandag 16 januari 2012
Routenplaner für mehrere Zieladressen
Vertreter im Außendienst oder Transportfahrer? Abklappern der gesamten Verwandtschaft zu Weihnachten? Jeder braucht einen Routenplaner der direkt mehrere Zwischenstationen in seiner Routenberechnung einbauen läßt. Wenn das Briefträgerproblem oder das Problem des Handlungsreisender gemeint ist, is dar ein super Routenplaner, gratis zu nutzen bis 20 Adressen. Einen Routenplaner, bei dem man mehrere Ziele eingeben kann und dann automatisch die kürzeste Strecke berechnet um sämtliche Lokalitäten anzufahren. Software mit der man Fahrtrouten berechnen kann bei mehreren Adressen, die schnellste Route heraus suchen.
Versuchen Sie es mal auf www.routexl.de
Versuchen Sie es mal auf www.routexl.de
Labels:
adressen,
optimieren,
route,
routenplaner,
routenplanung,
schnellste,
sortieren
dinsdag 1 november 2011
Multiple Destinations Route Planning
Four simple words, one easy solution. When you need to travel by car to many destinations, what is the fastest route? You'd like to optimize the order of your destinations, sorting addresses in the optimal routing. The best website to find the answer is RouteXL, the free and easy multi destination route planner.
vrijdag 22 juli 2011
Logistiek, voorraad en distributie
Het woord Logistiek staat voor velen synoniem aan magazijnen vol met spullen, rijen met vrachtwagen en pallets voor met pakketten. Dagelijks worden miljoenen bewegingen gemaakt om spullen van de ene plek naar de andere plek te verplaatsen. Met heftrucks, rollerbanen, pompkarren, hefliften en nog veel meer machines.
donderdag 7 juli 2011
Leuke apps voor Chrome
Ik heb alle browsers geprobeerd, maar er zijn er twee die er wat mij betreft bovenuit steken. Mozilla Firefox is erg handig om websites te ontwikkelen, vooral met de beroemde Firebug add-on. Google Chrome is razendsnel en erg makkelijk in gebruik. Chrome wordt ook als OS ontwikkeld, dat betekent dat je binnenkort laptops of tablets kunt kopen zonder Windows, iOS of Linux, maar met Google's eigen omgeving. En daarop kan je dan makkelijk apps installeren. Een paar apps die het aanbevelen waard zijn: Heiloo, routeplanner voor meerdere plaatsen, vakantiehuisjes vinden en koerier en vrachtaanbod.
vrijdag 17 juni 2011
Forecasting and Demand Planning
Most businesses are not able to plan ahead without some educated guess what the future will bring. Assessing future developments and action them is vital for every company. Forecasting is the process of making statements about events whose actual outcomes (typically) have not yet been observed. A example is estimation for some variable of interest at some specified future date. Prediction is a similar, but more general term. Some very handy Principles summarize useful knowledge about forecasting so that it can be used by researchers, practitioners, and educators. They're devoted to improving decision making by furthering scientific forecasting. Forecasting is used in demand planning in manufacturing, setting the directions for production and procurement. It is also used in supply chain forecasting and sales & operations planning (S&OP). In most companies the forecasting process is not only about the numbers, but also a means to reach consensus with stakeholders.
Labels:
demand planning,
forecasting,
operations,
planning,
prediction,
sales,
time series analysis
zondag 5 juni 2011
Sorting waypoints for faster routes
I am a salesman. I drive to many destinations daily. Not one or two, but fifty or more each day. I visit shops, sell my goods and earn a living from it. Of course I know how to drive the fastest route. The optimal order of stops comes naturally. Some mathematical scientists have spent their life on the so called travelling salesman problem. They call it a hard problem. But it is no problem for me. It's damn easy. You put all addresses in a big hat and pull one out after each other. Then you sort them on the zip code. In reverse that is. After that shuffle them twice and throw them in the air. Your cat (black preferably) will then pinpoint the fastest trip. Too much hassle? Even more efficient is to use this routeplanner for multiple destinations that sorts waypoints in the optimal order.
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