Case Study: AAH Pharmaceuticals achieves over $1 million in annual transportation cost savings with Aptean

AAH Pharmaceuticals Achieves Substantial Transportation Cost Savings

AAH Pharmaceuticals, a large pharmaceutical wholesaler, needed to overhaul a long-established fixed route delivery network serving more than 6,500 pharmacies, hospitals, and doctors’ surgeries. With a 600-vehicle fleet across 19 distribution centers, the company wanted a more efficient way to rationalize routes and improve delivery consistency while managing complex timing and resource constraints. AAH Pharmaceuticals turned to Aptean and its Paragon routing and scheduling software.

Aptean implemented Paragon to re-model AAH Pharmaceuticals’ twice-daily delivery routes, taking into account customer requirements, delivery windows, driver hours, fleet details, and other operational factors. The solution generated more efficient routes and schedules, cutting transportation costs by over $1 million per year, equivalent to a 10% reduction in fleet size. It also improved customer service by enabling delivery time guarantees within 15 minutes.

AAH Pharmaceuticals

Steve Anderson

Organisation Manager