Ep 306: Postal and parcel resource management with Kardinal

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Cédric Hervet, Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder at Kardinal, discusses a technology-assisted approach to delivery resource management.

How postal and parcel delivery companies manage resources
Deciding who does what and where, and moving beyond planning via spreadsheets
Productivity lost thanks to suboptimal route organisation
Maximising driver productivity
Advantages of drivers being familiar with their delivery area
Dealing with increasingly volatile parcel volumes in a stable parcel delivery structure
Avoiding the problem of subcontractors going out of business
Keeping good contractors
Using data and new methodology to create resilient, optimised delivery networks
Putting facts and data at the centre of discussions between delivery companies and subcontractors
Getting the balance right with delivery subcontractors and employees, including managing shift lengths and delivery route distances
Getting to the key number of what the last mile delivery cost is
DPD France case study
Advanced territory analytics and optimisation
Productivity improvements of up to 25%
Making better decisions based on the algorithm

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