Last Mile Delivery + Odoo

Last Mile Delivery Software for Odoo

Odoo prints carrier labels for FedEx and UPS. But if you deliver with your own fleet, label printing is not enough. Locate2u adds what Odoo is missing for own-fleet delivery: route optimization, driver app, real-time tracking, customer notifications, and proof of delivery -- all synced back to your Odoo orders.

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Integration Overview

Odoo handles labels. Locate2u handles your own-fleet deliveries.

Odoo's delivery module integrates with third-party carriers to generate shipping labels, calculate rates, and print waybills. This works perfectly when FedEx, UPS, or DHL carries your packages. But a growing number of Odoo businesses run their own delivery fleet -- and for own-fleet delivery, Odoo offers almost nothing.

When your drivers deliver packages directly from your warehouse, you need multi-stop route optimization, a mobile app for drivers, real-time GPS tracking, customer-facing delivery notifications, and digital proof of delivery at each stop. Odoo has none of these capabilities. Locate2u provides the complete own-fleet delivery management layer that plugs into Odoo's order and inventory system.

Pain Points

What Odoo is missing for own-fleet delivery

Odoo's delivery module was built for printing carrier labels. Businesses running their own delivery fleet need a completely different set of tools.

Label Printing Is Not Route Planning

Odoo generates carrier labels and tracking numbers. But when your own driver picks up 40 packages from the warehouse, Odoo cannot tell them what order to deliver in, which direction to drive, or how to avoid traffic. You need route optimization, not labels.

No Mobile App for Own-Fleet Drivers

Third-party carriers have their own driver apps. Your own drivers have nothing from Odoo -- no navigation, no stop list, no proof of delivery tools. They rely on printed manifests and personal phone maps, which is slow and error-prone.

No Real-Time Driver Tracking

When you use FedEx, the carrier provides tracking. When you use your own fleet, Odoo provides no tracking at all. You have no idea where your drivers are, which deliveries are done, or whether customers are waiting for overdue packages.

No Customer Delivery Notifications

Carrier integrations in Odoo send tracking numbers from the carrier. But own-fleet deliveries generate no notifications at all. Customers have zero visibility into when their order will arrive, leading to missed deliveries and support calls.

How It Works

From Odoo order to own-fleet doorstep delivery

Connect

Link Odoo to Locate2u via API. Delivery orders flagged for own-fleet delivery in Odoo automatically flow to Locate2u with customer addresses, order details, and delivery preferences. Carrier orders continue through Odoo's existing label workflow.

Optimize

Locate2u batches all own-fleet Odoo deliveries into optimized routes. Stops are sequenced for minimum drive time, assigned to available drivers, and balanced across your fleet. What a dispatcher could never do by hand is done in seconds.

Deliver

Drivers follow optimized routes on the Locate2u app with navigation and Odoo order details. Customers get branded tracking pages and ETA alerts. Proof of delivery syncs back to the Odoo delivery order, marking it complete with photo and signature evidence.

Last Mile Features

Own-fleet delivery tools that Odoo does not include

Route Optimization

Replace manual route planning for your own delivery fleet. Locate2u optimizes stop sequences across all drivers for minimum drive time, accounting for traffic, time windows, and vehicle capacity that Odoo does not consider.

Customer Notifications

Give your own-fleet deliveries the same tracking experience as carrier deliveries. Automated SMS and email alerts with branded tracking pages, live ETA countdowns, and delivery confirmation -- built for your brand, not a carrier's.

Delivery Time Windows

Offer customers specific delivery windows that your own drivers will hit. The route engine builds schedules that respect every window while keeping routes efficient. A capability that carrier labels cannot provide.

Driver Mobile App

Your own drivers get a professional delivery app with optimized route navigation, Odoo order details at each stop, and one-tap proof of delivery. No more printed manifests or personal phone maps.

Real-Time GPS Tracking

Track your own drivers just like carriers track their vehicles. Live fleet map, delivery progress updates, and real-time visibility into which Odoo orders are delivered, in transit, or pending.

Proof of Delivery

E-signatures, geotagged photos, and delivery notes at every stop. POD data syncs to the Odoo delivery order automatically, giving you the same delivery confirmation that carriers provide -- but for your own fleet.

FAQ

Odoo last mile delivery questions

Odoo has basic carrier integration that generates shipping labels for third-party carriers like FedEx, UPS, and DHL. However, it does not include own-fleet delivery management. If your business delivers with its own drivers rather than third-party carriers, Odoo cannot optimize routes, track drivers, send customer notifications, or capture proof of delivery. Locate2u fills this gap for Odoo businesses running their own delivery fleet.

Locate2u connects to Odoo through its XML-RPC or REST API. Delivery orders from Odoo Sales, Inventory, or E-commerce modules are imported into Locate2u as delivery stops. When deliveries are completed, status updates, proof of delivery data, and delivery timestamps sync back to update the corresponding Odoo delivery orders and sales records.

Own-fleet delivery makes sense when you have local or regional delivery density, need same-day or next-day delivery speeds, deliver temperature-sensitive or fragile products requiring special handling, want direct control over the customer delivery experience, or when third-party carrier costs exceed the cost of running your own fleet. If you deliver more than 20 packages per day within a metro area, own-fleet delivery with Locate2u is typically more cost-effective.

Yes. Many Odoo businesses use a hybrid model: third-party carriers for distant or rural deliveries, and their own fleet via Locate2u for local and metro deliveries. Odoo routes orders to the appropriate channel, and local deliveries flow to Locate2u for route optimization and driver dispatch. This hybrid approach optimizes both cost and delivery speed.

Yes. Locate2u integrates with both Odoo Community and Odoo Enterprise editions through the Odoo API. The integration works with Odoo Online (SaaS), Odoo.sh (platform), and self-hosted Odoo installations. The integration pulls delivery order data and pushes delivery completion data regardless of your Odoo hosting model.