Case Study: National Health Service Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) achieves reliable time-critical deliveries to UK hospitals with Aptean Routing & Scheduling Calidus Edition

NHS Blood & Transplant Harnesses the Power of Aptean Routing & Scheduling to Enable Time-Critical Deliveries to UK Hospitals

NHS Blood & Transplant (NHSBT) is the UK authority supplying blood, organs and tissues to hospitals, managing around 1.6 million blood donations and 4,000 transplants annually. Its logistics operation—over 200 specialist vehicles, 250+ hospitals and many changing community collection sites—was held back by outdated, manual route planning and fragmented tracking systems, creating risk for time‑critical deliveries.

NHSBT implemented Aptean Routing & Scheduling Calidus Edition, integrating its ERP with ePOD on Android, telematics, Sat Nav, route optimization, barcode scanning and a hospital portal. The result is a fully integrated TMS that automates planning and traffic avoidance, provides live ETAs and barcode-tracked deliveries, and delivers driver-performance dashboards—improving resource use, delivery visibility and the reliability of time‑critical blood and organ movements.

National Health Service Blood and Transplant (NHSBT)