With constant pressure to cut transportation costs, negotiate accurate rates and meet sustainability and service expectations, shippers need more than basic route calculation—they need commercial-grade vehicle routing intelligence.
Trimble empowers shippers with advanced HGV-specific mapping, toll-cost prediction and cross-border routing, embedded directly within leading TMS platforms.
The result? More efficient transport plans, predictable cost modeling and fewer carrier disputes.
CHALLENGES
Market challenges
Carrier disputes & audit complexity
Discrepancies between planned routes and carrier-reported mileage create friction and administrative overhead during freight audit and settlement.
Facility-level routing gaps
Without precise guidance to entry gates, docks or bays, drivers often arrive late or require manual corrections, risking penalties or poor service scores.
Inaccurate distance & cost calculations Consumer-grade maps and generic planning tools don’t account for truck-specific routing, causing inaccuracies in drive times, mileage and toll costs—undermining budget forecasts and rate negotiations.
Cross-border logistics complexity
Planning compliant, HGV-legal routes across 45+ European countries is difficult without multilingual support and real-time traffic or restriction data.
Lack of predictive visibility
Static ETAs and poor visibility into route performance make it difficult to manage expectations or intervene proactively during disruption.
Sustainability pressures
Shippers must now track and reduce emissions at the shipment level to meet customer demands and comply with standards like EN 16258.
KEY FEATURES
Trimble Mapping & Routing
KEY FEATURE
HGV-specific route optimisation
Plan legal, compliant routes based on vehicle dimensions, cargo type, road restrictions and regulatory rules. Eliminate costly deviations and reduce reliance on carrier self-reporting.
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Cross-border routing accuracy
Navigate seamlessly across Europe with region-specific data, multilingual map support and localised compliance logic.
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Sustainability tracking & GHG emissions
Automatically calculate CO₂ emissions per shipment in compliance with EN 16258—supporting sustainability audits and ESG targets.
KEY FEATURE
Advanced facility mapping
Route drivers precisely to the correct gates, docks or handover points with custom site mapping and approach path definition.
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Predictive ETAs with real-time traffic
Combine historical data with live road conditions to generate accurate arrival forecasts and minimise delays.
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Toll cost calculation & compliance mapping
Estimate transport costs more reliably with toll road avoidance options and country-specific routing restrictions (e.g. ADR tunnel codes, LEZ zones).
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Post-trip analytics (via RouteReporter)
Compare planned vs. actual routes and stop-level data to identify discrepancies, improve forecasting and optimise procurement planning.
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TMS integration ready
Prebuilt integrations with SAP TM, Oracle OTM and other major platforms ensure minimal implementation time and maximum impact.
CORE BENEFITS
Why choose Trimble Mapping & Routing?
DHL
improved delivery accuracy by 15%
Built for shippers, not just fleets
From transport plan accuracy to shipment-level emissions tracking, Trimble is purpose-built for the challenges logistics planners face every day.
Trusted by industry leaders
Shippers like Nestlé and DHL use Trimble Mapping & Routing to reduce costs and improve operational performance.
Nestlé
achieved a 12% transportation cost reduction
Cloud-based & scalable
Deploy quickly via robust APIs and SDKs. Whether you're running 100 tenders a week or 10,000, Trimble supports your scale and compliance needs.
Unified routing intelligence
Trimble ensures consistent routing logic across procurement, planning, execution, and analysis—reducing audit risk and enhancing collaboration with carriers.
CORE BENEFIT
Lower transport costs
Generate accurate transport estimates and reduce overspend through predictive routing, mileage consistency and toll visibility.
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Audit-proof compliance
Avoid carrier disputes and stay audit-ready with exact mileage, toll and ETA comparisons—verified through RouteReporter.
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Optimised procurement
Confidently plan lanes and budget tenders, and negotiate rates using consistent, regulation-aware routing data.
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Improved on-time delivery
Enhance service with real-time ETA tracking and accurate final-mile guidance to specific facility zones.
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Sustainable operations
Track and report emissions per shipment to meet EN 16258 standards and corporate ESG objectives.
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Ready to deploy
Prebuilt into platforms like SAP TM and Oracle OTM, with easy API-based configuration and full support.
Carl Moore COO, Yodel
“Our partnership with Trimble Maps has been key to our success. Having worked closely together for 14 years, we have been able to coordinate on the development of the technology and ensure it is seamlessly implemented across our network. We look forward to the future of this partnership to continue to provide a flexible and effective delivery service.”
© 2025 Trimble Inc.
© 2025 Trimble Inc.