The present scenario in the logistics industry is nothing less than a battlefield. W ith numerous players contending to bring down the complexities associated with product and service delivery, a wide range of choices are opening up for the end-user. One company that continues to gain a lot of recognition is GreenMile. GreenMile was founded in 2005 with a vision to meet the ever-expanding need for accurate route and fleet performance tracking through its 100 percent cloudbased transportation suite. The company’s SaaS based solutions assist clients with real-time visibility into route planning and execution, dispatch management, and delivery KPI’s.

The GreenMile Live solution functions as the “command center” of the system, providing real-time insight into what’s happening with routes, drivers, customers, and orders. It delivers ‘actual vs planned’ information, supplying up-to-the-minute information on route and delivery status along with any alterations or exceptions occurring with the route plan. It also allows distributors to monitor fleet performance against their planned routes, providing realtime feedback on what’s happening in the field and automatically passing this updated information back into their route planning software to create more accurate routes going forward.

GreenMile Driver is a mobile application designed to work on multiple operating systems and devices. It facilitates two-way communication between the driver and the operation center and provides real-time updates or changes to the route, order, or customer status, allowing the mobile resource to be much more effective in the field. Another mobile application, GreenMile Manager, allows transportation executives, route supervisors, and managers to easily view their entire fleet’s current position as well as the summary status of all routes in progress throughout the day from their smart phone or tablet.

GreenMile excels in analytics, dashboards and business intelligence which allows their solution to propel distributors to the next level. The software is designed to meet the various needs of wholesalers though a single SaaS-based platform. One of GreenMile’s strengths is its cloud-based technology which was designed to meet the specific needs associated with last-mile transportation and handle the complexities related to fleet management. “With a move to the cloud, the ROI for our customer is much quicker and with minimal capital investment than with traditional on-premise software,” asserts Jeff Lear, Vice President of Sales at GreenMile.