Today we will take a deep dive into the world of route planning and route optimization. Our guest Florian Merget is co-founder of Greenplan, a startup that was recently spun out of DHL. Greenplan’s algorithm promises to do a better job at planning and optimizing routes for last mile, road freight and even field service management.

Together with our host Boris Felgendreher, Florian talked about the following topics:

- The origins and founding story of Greenplan. The recent Management Buyout and new setup for Greenplan outside of DHL

- How route planning/optimization has evolved over the years

- What factors are driving the need and demand for route planning/optimization

- The difference between algorithms and AI in route planning and the pros and cons of each

- How Greenplan is different from other route planning solutions

- The data quality problem

- How route planning solutions fit into existing IT infrastructure and can be integrated with TMSs and ERPs

- The changing role of dispatchers

- Greenplan's plans for the future

- and much more

Helpful links:

Our supporters GreyOrange: https://www.greyorange.com/

Greenplan: https://greenplan.de/en-us

Florian Merget on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greenplan-florian-merget/

Boris Felgendreher on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/