August 2009 – GIRO is pleased to announce that Unipost S.A. has acquired its GeoRoute software solution to help improve mail delivery operations by creating more efficient routes and standardized delivery operations.
Unipost selected the GeoRoute solution based on the recommendation of its European partner, Deutsche Post AG, whose long-standing implementation of GeoRoute has produced significant gains in efficiency. Unipost plans to maximize the software’s optimization capabilities to increase productivity, decrease transit times, and reduce variability of service between its mail delivery routes.
“Unipost delivers over three million mail items daily with a workforce of 2,500 deliverers,” said Oscar Alvarez, Director of Operations at Unipost. “We cover the entire population in Spain using 70 percent of our own resources and 30 percent third-party resources. We are committed to exceeding our customers’ expectations by optimizing our delivery routes, and GeoRoute is definitely playing a key role in this ongoing process,” stated Alvarez.
GeoRoute’s proven clustering algorithms generate balanced routes that use the most efficient sequence for urban and rural deliveries, and the software’s sequencing algorithms can handle multiple travel modes including walking, bicycle, and vehicle. Unipost will use these algorithms, in addition to GeoRoute’s Automatic Park-and-Loop algorithm, to generate balanced routes with the most efficient sequence possible. Unipost will also be able to use these advanced technologies to quickly create accurate route simulations as well as reallocate resources and redirect mail delivery routes to new or existing branches as required.
“GeoRoute is recognized as providing the industry’s best route optimization, planning, and management tools,” said GIRO’s Serge Galarneau, Director of Routing. “The fact that it is so comprehensive and offers additional functionalities like our simulation tool for even greater optimization makes GeoRoute the perfect solution for a competitive private company such as Unipost,” added Galarneau.
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About Unipost S.A.
Unipost S.A. is the major private postal operator in Spain. The company specializes in business mail consignments and also franchises its mail services. Unipost S.A. was founded in 2001 and is based in Barcelona, Spain.
