Route Optimization & Delivery Management Software for Wholesale Distribution

Route optimization software for wholesale distribution automates how a dispatcher turns a day's orders into routes - sequencing 20, 50 or 100+ drops per vehicle by geography, delivery window, vehicle capacity and customer priority. It replaces manual planning in spreadsheets with an engine that respects strict time windows, vehicle weight and dimension limits, truck-specific road restrictions, and driver or vehicle capabilities. eLogii pairs that engine with a barcode-scanning driver app for proof of delivery, branded customer tracking with live ETAs, and a REST API plus webhooks to connect any ERP, WMS or order management system.

eLogii builds multi-drop routes from hundreds or thousands of daily orders across a fleet of vehicles using a configurable optimization engine with zones, geographic clustering, traffic-aware routing and configurable objectives (cost, time or a blend). Optimization runs overnight for the next day's plan or on demand; same-day re-optimization slots late orders into live routes without breaking the rest of the day. Task Priority, Task Rules and Force Assignment give dispatchers control over how the engine trades off between objectives.

Vehicle capacity is modelled on weight, physical dimensions (height, width, length) and configurable capacity units - so you can count pallets, cages, crates, totes or cases as capacity and the engine respects the limit per vehicle. Vehicle Capabilities flag equipment like tail-lifts, pump trucks or refrigerated vehicles so jobs only route to vehicles that can physically handle them. Vehicle Types and Categories let you model a mixed fleet of vans, rigids and artics with different limits. See help.elogii.com for Vehicles, Vehicle capabilities, Vehicle types and Vehicle categories articles.

Yes. Truck specifications and routing account for vehicle dimensions and weight per axle, avoid low bridges and forbidden roads, respect tunnel category restrictions and factor in a hazardous-goods flag for loads that must avoid certain routes. The result is that rigids and artics don't get sent down unsuitable roads and routes are drivable on the first pass, not after a dispatcher manually overrides them.

eLogii respects per-task time windows so a 6am-8am restaurant drop, a 9am-5pm retail window and an all-day trade counter can all sit on the same route. Earliness, Lateness and Overtime Tolerances give planners control over how strictly the engine sticks to windows; the Task Lateness panel surfaces at-risk jobs before they breach. Branded tracking pages and Email/SMS/push notifications keep the customer informed with a live ETA so they're ready when the vehicle arrives.

Yes. Every drop captures configurable digital forms per order type (delivery notes, damage reports, cage counts, temperature checks), photos with geo-tags and timestamps, barcode scans to confirm the right cases or pallets were delivered to the right customer, electronic signatures at the point of delivery and Geofence-based auto-stamping of arrival and departure. A PDF POD is generated per task and POD data pushes back to your ERP, WMS or order management system via the REST API.

Yes. The driver app supports Barcode Scan for individual items and Assign-task-on-barcode-scan, which lets a driver load their van by scanning labels and have the app build the route around what's physically on the vehicle. Items and Item States track each SKU or handling unit from pick through to drop, so a pick dispute or short delivery can be traced to a specific scan event with user, timestamp and GPS.

Branded (and multi-brand for 3PLs and group distributors) tracking pages show live ETA and delivery status. Email, SMS and push notifications fire at each stage of the delivery lifecycle - dispatched, en-route, arriving, delivered. Advanced Notifications let you tailor wording and timing per customer type, so a restaurant gets a different arriving-soon SMS than a retail store. Self-service rescheduling from the tracking page lets customers pick a new slot without calling your office.

eLogii exposes a full REST API (documented at elogiiapidocs.apidog.io) with sandbox and production environments, webhooks for event-driven updates back to your ERP or WMS, CSV and SFTP imports for legacy systems and a plug-and-play Samsara integration for telematics. Wholesale distributors typically use the API to push orders in from SAP, Dynamics, Sage, NetSuite, Oracle or a custom WMS, and receive POD, status and GPS updates back via webhooks - no middleware, no bespoke build.

Yes. Recurring Tasks and Task Templates let you define standard orders for customers on a fixed schedule (e.g. every Tuesday and Friday), and Recurring Route templates let you pre-define entire rounds that regenerate automatically for the next period. That's ideal for foodservice distributors, building materials trade rounds and wholesale operations where the same drops run on a weekly cycle. Schedule exceptions handle bank holidays and customer-specific skips.

Wholesale distributors running eLogii typically see 25-35% reduction in drive time and empty running, 10-20% more drops per route through better capacity utilisation and geographic clustering, 50-70% less dispatcher time spent on manual planning, and a lift in customer satisfaction driven by accurate ETAs and barcode-verified deliveries. Exact savings depend on fleet size, order density and mix of retail, hospitality and trade customers - we build a custom simulation from your real routes before you commit.

Most wholesale distributors go live in weeks, with phased rollouts by depot or region. The REST API, sandbox environment and CSV/SFTP imports remove the need for middleware or a bespoke integration project, so ERP and WMS connectivity runs alongside configuration rather than blocking go-live. eLogii customers include JJ Foodservice, Q Catering, Brymec, VJ Technology, Porcelanosa, Deanta and Heatleys - real wholesale operations with real case studies at elogii.com/customer-stories.

eLogii is purpose-built for mid-market and enterprise distribution operations that need a genuine optimization engine without the weight of legacy suites. Compared to Descartes and Paragon, eLogii deploys in weeks, not months, and ships with a modern driver app, branded customer tracking and event-driven webhooks out of the box. Compared to lighter tools like OptimoRoute, eLogii handles truck-specific routing, vehicle capabilities, configurable forms per task type, barcode-confirmed POD and full WMS/ERP integration via the API - built for wholesale at scale, not SMB couriers.