GLS: Creating more efficient delivery tours with Honeycomb
At a glance
Impact
Fleet managers use Honeycomb to see & edit delivery areas, reducing driver workload by up to 3 hours per day
Industry
Logistics
Implementation Type
Custom iframe integration
The Vision
GLS Studio, an interdisciplinary high impact unit within GLS Group, wanted to build ParcelPlanner: a groundbreaking internal app for fleet managers and subcontractors to adapt delivery routes based on expected parcel volumes.
The value to GLS Group's business is huge: for delivery services, even minor improvements and optimisations can translate to substantial savings in time, costs, and fuel.
The Solution
GLS Studio embedded Honeycomb into their ParcelPlanner application, going from contract signing to working MVP in under a week.
"Honeycomb helped kickstart this work, providing ParcelPlanner with key functionalities (with basically no code) which not only makes it possible to view the areas, but also to edit them, save them, and see those changes immediately reflected in terms of the labels and owners of our driver areas."Stefano BourscheidFacilitating Engineer, GLS Studio
With just a few lines of code, they were able to add the ability for fleet managers to view driver tours, edit them by dragging edges, and see updated metrics instantly. Clicking ‘save’ adds these changes to operational systems
Customer Impact
Daily time saved for drivers (up to)
With process changes enabled by ParcelPlanner and Honeycomb, drivers arrive at the depot with parcels already organized in an optimal sequence for them so they can quickly load the van and leave immediately: saving 10,000 drivers in Germany alone up to 3 hours per day.
"We proved that we can improve things just by making them transparent and tangible through visualising the data on a map. Honeycomb was very helpful in creating transparency and improving communication around our data."Sinan TheuvsenDiscovery Product Owner, GLS Studio
For the GLS Studio team developing ParcelPlanner, the fact they didn't have to worry about the details of frontend map development meant they could move faster and spend more time focused on working with users on the core functionality of their application.
Read the full interview with the GLS Studio team