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4- In the Apex Office Supply company article, the Apex is a small office supply company which was easy to process orders by hand. It was then up to the drivers and delivery manager to decide how to organize the deliveries. But as the company grew, this process take more time and the company is wasting fuel everyday. So Apex took the decision to install the Arc Logistics Route software to help in delivery routes based on location of the customers. It was a perfect idea for the company to offer services for the customers that had never considered before. Apex has created a macro to run this software to create routes and manifests after the company staff has left for the day. So routes are created now with the most optimum delivery following business rules for the vehicles and stops.
Visibility of vehicle locations, activities, and costs allows the company to analyze operations quickly and accurately. Even the truck loading are more efficient now with......
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