Route Optimization API for Perishable Goods Delivery

The API enforces hard and soft time windows at the constraint level during optimization. You define the earliest and latest acceptable delivery time for each stop, and the solver sequences routes to honour those windows across all vehicles simultaneously. For perishable goods, you can also set maximum transit duration limits per route to cap the time any product spends in transit before delivery.

Yes. The Route Optimization API supports multi-compartment vehicle constraints, allowing you to assign delivery stops to specific vehicle compartments based on temperature zone requirements. This ensures that frozen, chilled, and ambient perishable products are routed to the correct compartment and delivered without compromising product integrity across a single multi-stop run.

The API is built for enterprise scale. It handles large fleets and high stop volumes in a single optimization call, processing thousands of stops across hundreds of vehicles with 50+ active constraints. The underlying Distance Matrix API supports matrices up to 5,000 × 5,000, processing up to 25 million distance and ETA pairs simultaneously to feed the solver with accurate cost data at any scale.

The Route Dispatch API supports real-time dynamic reassignment. When a disruption occurs, the system triggers automatic re-optimization of the affected portion of the plan, pushes revised routes to impacted drivers instantly, and initiates reassignment workflows for stranded stops using the Driver Assignment API — all without requiring manual dispatcher intervention for each change.

Yes. You can specify vehicle dimensions — height, weight, axle load, length — and vehicle class to generate routes that comply with bridge restrictions, weight-restricted roads, and truck-prohibited streets. The Road Editor App also lets you inject custom road attribute rules like no-entry zones, custom speed limits in loading areas, and theft-prone corridor avoidances directly into every route calculation.

NextBillion.ai uses per-vehicle or per-order pricing rather than per-API-call pricing. This means re-optimization cycles, batch planning runs, and seasonal demand spikes don't translate into exponential cost increases. Logistics operations with high re-optimization frequency — common in perishable goods delivery where conditions change rapidly — benefit directly from predictable monthly costs aligned to fleet size or order throughput.

The API typically goes live within one week, including trial onboarding, data testing, and production integration. NextBillion.ai provides dedicated support from its solutions engineering team throughout the integration process. The API integrates with leading TMS, ERP, and telematics platforms and is deployable on AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, or on-premise for organizations with data residency requirements.

Yes. The Geofencing API automates time-stamped arrival and departure logging when a driver enters a customer's delivery zone, providing verifiable proof-of-delivery records. The Route Reconstruction API rebuilds complete, road-snapped trip histories from GPS data, producing legally defensible custody chain documentation suitable for pharmaceutical cold chain, food safety audits, and regulatory compliance reporting.