Chicago Sun-Times Features Peapod & Roadnet® Transportation Suite
In an article entitled, “Technology Makes Fast Food Hot”, the Chicago Sun-Times highlighted online grocer Peapod and their use of the Roadnet Transportation Suite by UPS Logistics Technologies to route their 300 vehicles.
“We’ve been able to decrease route-tracking costs by 30 percent in the past four months,” Ken Fanaro, Senior Manager of Logistics and Transportation Planning for Peapod, stated in the article. This makes a large difference for a company who is serving approximately 285,000 customers in 10 states.
Peapod uses Roadnet® to plan the routes for their vehicles and MobileCast® to track and manage any exceptions, such as a vehicle going off-route or a driver who might be speeding. The routing software by UPS Logistics Technologies helps Peapod obtain their goal of using as few trucks as possible, maintaining the same number of routing employees, and growing their sales.
If you would like more information about how a routing solution by UPS Logistics Technologies can benefit your operation, please contact 410-847-1900, email us at market@upslogistics.com, or fill out our Contact Us Form on our website.
About UPS Logistics Technologies
UPS Logistics Technologies has been developing routing software for the transportation industry for over 24 years. Our products are in use with more than 3,100 installations worldwide and route 118,000 vehicles daily. The Roadnet Transportation Suite helps businesses by reducing distribution costs, decreasing routing time, and improving customer service.
About Peapod
Since 1989, Peapod has quickly grown to be one of the nation’s leading Internet grocers, serving over 285,000 customers in Chicago, New England, and the mid-Atlantic metropolitan regions. Peapod is a wholly owned subsidiary of international food provider Royal Ahold and headquartered in Skokie, IL.
