Case Study: News UK achieves 16% efficiency gains with Aptean Routing & Scheduling Paragon Edition

News UK reports 16% efficiency gains with Paragon

News UK, publisher of titles including The Times and The Sun, needed to optimise its direct‑to‑consumer home deliveries to ensure papers reached customers by 7 am, reduce vehicle use, lower costs and cut carbon emissions. To meet this challenge the company deployed Aptean Routing & Scheduling Paragon Edition — using Paragon’s routing and scheduling software together with Territory Optimiser to redesign delivery territories and cluster drops.

Aptean Routing & Scheduling Paragon Edition created optimised delivery territories within the M25, shortening routes and improving workload balance so drivers could learn compact areas and complete up to 180 drops a day. The solution delivered a measurable 16% reduction in the number of routes, reducing the fleet requirement, lowering costs and cutting the operation’s carbon footprint, with planners finding the tool intuitive and supported by the vendor’s team.

News UK

Darren Barker

Head of Logistics Development