Ep 306: Postal and parcel resource management with Kardinal

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