Case Study: AAH Pharmaceuticals achieves £1,000,000+ annual transport cost savings and 10% fleet reduction with Aptean Routing & Scheduling Paragon Edition

Paragon Software Helps AAH Pharmaceuticals Achieve Substantial Transportation Cost Savings

AAH Pharmaceuticals, a major pharmaceutical wholesaler delivering to over 6,500 pharmacies, hospitals and surgeries with a 600‑vehicle fixed‑route fleet across 19 DCs, needed to rationalize a route network that had evolved over years to improve efficiency and delivery consistency. To tackle this, AAH implemented Aptean Routing & Scheduling Paragon Edition as its vehicle routing and scheduling planning tool.

Using Aptean Routing & Scheduling Paragon Edition to re‑model twice‑daily routes—factoring customer time windows, delivery quantities, drivers’ hours, shifts and fleet specs—AAH achieved measurable gains: initial rollout at three DCs cut transportation costs by over £1,000,000 per year (around a 10% fleet reduction), improved delivery consistency (guaranteed to within 15 minutes) and better customer service, with plans to extend the Paragon‑calculated routes companywide.

AAH Pharmaceuticals

Steve Anderson

Organisation Manager