Case Study: Arbor Forest Products achieves streamlined transport planning and higher fleet utilisation with Aptean Routing & Scheduling Paragon Edition

Arbor Forest Products balances service and cost with Paragon

Arbor Forest Products, a UK timber supplier delivering over 300,000m3 annually, needed to replace manual route planning to balance high service expectations with cost control during peak, mixed-product deliveries. To meet hundreds of daily orders and improve fleet utilisation and delivery accuracy, the company turned to Aptean Routing & Scheduling Paragon Edition, using Paragon’s Single Depot routing and scheduling software together with Truck Attribute Data.

Aptean Routing & Scheduling Paragon Edition automated Arbor’s transport planning and applied vehicle-specific road data to produce robust, achievable routes that avoid height/weight restrictions. The solution streamlined planning, improved route accuracy and efficiency, increased vehicle utilisation and reduced mileage, gave visibility of KPIs like cost-per-cube and vehicle fill, and helped prevent low-bridge strikes—boosting customer service while controlling transport overheads.

Arbor Forest Products

Ian Dowsing

Logistics Manager