Odoo Route Optimization Software

Odoo Ships Parcels. Locate2u Optimizes Your Own Fleet.

Odoo's Delivery module is useful for businesses that ship via third-party carriers -- it generates labels, calculates shipping rates, and provides tracking numbers for FedEx, UPS, DHL, and others. But for businesses that operate their own delivery fleet, the Delivery module provides no value for route planning.

There is no stop sequencing, no time window management, no vehicle capacity tracking, and no multi-driver optimization. The optimization intelligence must come from an external engine. Locate2u connects to Odoo through its well-documented XML-RPC or JSON-RPC API, imports delivery orders, and produces optimized routes that your own drivers can follow. Odoo's open architecture makes this integration clean and straightforward.

The Problem

Why Odoo's Delivery Module Cannot Optimize Your Routes

Carrier Integration Is Not Route Optimization

Odoo's Delivery module connects to carriers like FedEx and UPS to generate labels and get rate quotes. This is useful when you hand parcels to a carrier, but irrelevant when you deliver with your own vehicles. Route optimization -- determining the fastest sequence for visiting 30 stops -- is a completely different problem that the Delivery module does not address.

Manual Planning Does Not Scale

Odoo businesses often start delivering with a single driver and grow organically. What worked at 8 stops per day -- eyeballing the map, picking a rough order -- fails at 25 stops. Planning time grows linearly with stop count, consuming hours that could be spent on operations. The lack of automation becomes a growth bottleneck.

No Custom Module Exists for This

Despite Odoo's extensive app ecosystem, there is no mature community or enterprise module that provides true vehicle routing optimization with time windows, capacity constraints, and multi-vehicle support. The optimization algorithm required is complex and domain-specific -- it is not something that can be built with standard Odoo customization.

Delivery Status Disconnected from Odoo

Without an integrated route optimization tool, delivery status in Odoo is updated manually -- someone marks orders as delivered based on driver callbacks or end-of-day reports. This creates a lag between actual delivery and Odoo record updates, affecting invoicing accuracy and customer communication.

How It Works

From Odoo Delivery Order to Optimized Route

1. Import Orders from Odoo

Locate2u connects to Odoo via XML-RPC or JSON-RPC API to pull delivery orders from Sales or Inventory modules. Customer addresses, product weights, quantities, and delivery notes flow into the optimization engine automatically.

2. Optimize Multi-Stop Routes

The AI engine assigns orders to vehicles and sequences every stop for minimum total drive time. It factors in time windows, vehicle capacity, driver schedules, and live traffic to produce routes no human planner could match.

3. Deliver and Sync Back to Odoo

Drivers follow optimized routes on the mobile app. As deliveries complete with proof of delivery, the status updates write back to Odoo delivery orders through the API, keeping your ERP records accurate in real time.

Feature Highlights

The Route Optimization Module Odoo Does Not Have

AI-Powered Optimization

The algorithmic intelligence that Odoo's ecosystem lacks. Processes hundreds of stops across multiple vehicles in under 60 seconds, producing routes that minimize total fleet driving distance and time.

Time Window Constraints

Define delivery time preferences per customer and let the optimizer sequence stops so every window is respected. Reduces failed deliveries and the costly re-delivery runs that follow.

Capacity Constraints

Uses product weight data from Odoo to track vehicle load capacity. Prevents overloading and maximizes the number of deliveries per trip by distributing orders optimally across your fleet.

Real-Time Re-Routing

When new Odoo orders arrive after routes are dispatched, Locate2u dynamically inserts them into active routes at the optimal position. Cancellations re-trigger optimization for remaining stops.

Multi-Vehicle Planning

Assigns Odoo delivery orders across your fleet in one optimization pass. Each vehicle gets a route tailored to its capacity and the geographic distribution of its assigned stops.

Drag-and-Drop Adjustments

Review and fine-tune optimized routes visually. Move stops between drivers, lock priority deliveries in position, or reorder the sequence manually. All metrics recalculate instantly.

Route Optimization Results for Odoo Businesses

26%

Reduction in total delivery fleet mileage

50m

Daily planning time saved per route planner

Additional deliveries per driver per day

96%

On-time delivery rate with window optimization

FAQ

Route Optimization for Odoo -- Common Questions

No. Odoo's Delivery module provides carrier integration for generating shipping labels and tracking numbers with carriers like FedEx, UPS, and DHL. It does not include route optimization, stop sequencing, or fleet management for businesses that deliver using their own vehicles. If you run your own delivery fleet from Odoo, you need a separate route optimization tool.

Locate2u integrates with Odoo through Odoo's XML-RPC or JSON-RPC API. Delivery orders from Odoo's Sales or Inventory modules are pulled into Locate2u where the AI engine optimizes stop sequences across your fleet. Odoo's open API architecture makes the integration straightforward. After deliveries complete, status updates and proof of delivery sync back to Odoo delivery orders.

Yes. Both Odoo Community Edition and Odoo Enterprise provide the API endpoints needed for integration. Locate2u pulls delivery order data from either version through the same XML-RPC or JSON-RPC interface. The open-source nature of Odoo Community makes it easy to add custom fields or triggers that enhance the integration with Locate2u.

Odoo's Delivery module is designed for carrier shipping -- generating labels, calculating carrier rates, and tracking parcels through third-party carriers. Route optimization is a fundamentally different problem: determining the optimal sequence for visiting multiple locations with a company's own vehicles while respecting time windows, vehicle capacity, and driver constraints. These are different software domains that require different algorithms.

Odoo users who add Locate2u route optimization typically see 20-30% reductions in fuel costs, save 45-90 minutes of daily route planning time, and complete 3-5 more deliveries per driver per day. For businesses using Odoo's open-source Community Edition, adding Locate2u for route optimization is often one of the highest-ROI integrations they can make.

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