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Parcel, courier, contractor and distribution fleets

If you pay for the vehicle, you pay for every extra kilometre.

For parcel and courier fleets, municipal sanitation contractors, organised industrial zones, packaging waste and recycling collectors, and water, gas cylinder and food distribution fleets: delivery planning and vehicle routing. Complete the same stops with fewer vehicles, fewer kilometres and within the shift.

3 vehicles; waiting and overtimeSame stops with 2 vehicles, within the shift

Same 16 stops, one shiftDay schedule of three vehicles. Today: time-window waits, long drives and overtime; three vehicles needed. With Akılkent: the same stops with two vehicles, within the shift, no waiting.07:0009:0011:0013:0015:0017:00end of shiftVehicle 1Vehicle 2Vehicle 3Not neededstopdrivingwindow waitovertime
Today: 3 vehicles, waiting, overtimeWith Akılkent: 2 vehicles, within the shift

Paid per vehicle-day; the gain is in vehicle count.

Most municipal sanitation tenders follow a vehicle hire model: the contractor is paid per vehicle type and day, while fuel and route efficiency set its own margin. Doing the same work with one vehicle fewer is a direct gain. Organised industrial zones must set up their own collection system under the zero waste regulation; in distribution fleets every stop is a time window, and waiting costs driver hours.

Case studies published in peer-reviewed journals in Türkiye show route optimization cutting fuel in collection operations by up to a quarter; the classic literature has said "at least five to ten percent" for thirty years. Your result depends on your vehicles, area and stops; the pre-analysis computes exactly that with your own data.

Fuel and distance reduction in published Turkish cases
13–25%
Diesel, Istanbul, 10 October 2026
96.60 TL/litre
Maximum daily driving for heavy vehicles
9 hours

Sources: municipal waste collection cases in Transportation Research Part D (2025) and open-access publications of Turkish universities; the current fuel price report; Highway Traffic Regulation art. 98/A. Case results belong to other operations and are not a guarantee.

Fuel and distance reduction in published case studiesHorizontal bar chart: fuel or distance reduction percentages achieved by route optimization in peer-reviewed municipal waste collection cases; Akılkent's own model analysis at the bottom.%0%10%20%30%40Izmir district, 2025fuel; Transportation Research Part D−%24,6Al Ain, UAE, 2018fuel; IOP Conference Series−%14,3Ghana, 2019fuel; Management of Environmental Quality−%10,8Istanbul districtroute length; Marmara University−%13Akılkent model analysisfuel and emissions; computer model, no field measurement−%34,5
Sources: Transportation Research Part D (2025), IOP Conference Series (2018), Management of Environmental Quality (2019), Marmara University open access. Each study has a different baseline; the rates are not directly comparable with each other or with your operation.

What does the route plan take into account?

RuleWhat it means
Driving and rest periodsA 45-minute break after 4.5 hours of driving; at most 9 hours of driving in 24. The plan stays within these limits.
ShiftDaily working time and the night shift limit; no plan that spills into overtime.
Capacity and unloading tripsWhen full, the vehicle goes to the transfer station or facility and continues its route; the trip time is in the plan.
Time windowsIndustrial zone shift hours, customer acceptance hours and container access hours are defined per point.
Depot and unloading pointThe depot and the facility need not be the same place; several depots and facilities are planned together.
Many short stopsHundreds of deliveries per courier: stop time, parking and walking distance enter the plan; a retry is planned for undeliverable parcels.
BackhaulEmpty water bottles, gas cylinders and crates in distribution, and return parcels in courier work, are collected on the same route.
Road restrictionsOne-way streets, U-turn bans and heavy vehicle restrictions come from the real road network.
Different vehicles and frequenciesSmall and large vehicles in one plan; daily and weekly stops in one weekly schedule.
One day's distribution planSchematic area: eight stops, each with its acceptance time window. Two vehicles meet the windows in order without waiting and return to the depot within the shift.08–1008–1010–1213–1510–1213–1515–1715–17Depot
Vehicle 1: four stops in window orderVehicle 2: four stopsLabel: the stop's acceptance window

How we work

  1. Stop list and vehicles

    Stop addresses, estimated quantities, the vehicle list and working hours. If you have a tracking system, past kilometres are used for comparison.

  2. Pre-analysis report

    Your current routes and the planned routes are compared by vehicle, kilometres and time. You see your own result before deciding.

  3. Trial and rollout

    A trial of a few weeks with one vehicle and one area; planned and actual kilometres are measured. The service continues on a monthly subscription.

Getting started

Akılkent's route solver was validated with real data in municipal solid waste operations; the same core runs with this sector's rules. The constraints above are defined for your operation in the first conversation and computed with your own data in the free pre-analysis. We review the results together and, if it fits, start with a trial in one area.

See it with your own data

With your vehicle list and point locations we compute the savings potential of your operation and review the result together. A request is not a purchase commitment.

Request a free pre-analysis