Paragon has launched the latest version of its routing and scheduling software, bringing a number of enhancements to help businesses optimise transport planning.

Version 6.0 of Paragon’s routing and scheduling software brings the Route Control planning tool

Version 6.0 debuts a new planning tool, dubbed Route Control, which helps mitigate the impact of time-sensitive route restrictions on routing and scheduling. This enables businesses to build routes to comply with legislation such as the London Lorry Control Scheme (LLCS) and major public events.

In addition, transport businesses looking to integrate their vehicle tracking system with routing and scheduling software can now benefit from improvements to Paragon Live, the suite of modules designed to improve planned versus actual performance. This includes an auto correction tool that will refine the exact positions of delivery locations, based on actual tracking events, to automatically improve the accuracy of plans and arrival times communicated to customers. In addition, Paragon has further increased the number of telematics systems that the software interfaces with including the addition of partners in Singapore and China.

Users of Paragon Live that already track planned versus actual transport performance can also benefit from additional reporting functionality. KPIs such as percentage of deliveries on time can be shared across the business in an effective manner with a new automated report generation tool, providing immediate visibility of performance data and reducing administration.

William Salter, managing director of Paragon Software Systems, commented: “By investing one third of our revenue in R&D each year, our experienced team of developers is able to build innovative functionality that helps them create more accurate transport plans and deliver a superior experience to our clients.

“As a result, we have seen strong growth in the first half of 2016. Demand for advanced routing and scheduling solutions both in the UK and internationally has led to a 70 per cent increase in the number of organisations that have purchased our software compared to the same period last year.”