Cost Transparent Route Planning and Enhanced Carbon Footprint Visibility with Log-hub

SCHINDELLEGI, Switzerland - Oct. 9, 2025 - PRLog -- Log-hub announces major updates to its Supply Chain Apps, introducing new capabilities that enhance route optimization, CO₂ emissions management, and network design. The latest improvements to the Milkrun Optimization Plus App, CO₂ Emissions App, and the Network Design Simulator Add-on give logistics professionals deeper insights, greater flexibility, and smarter tools to make data-driven decisions.

Smarter Route Planning with Cost Transparency

The updated Milkrun Optimization Plus App provides more control over routing and cost management. Designed to optimize vehicle routes while balancing costs and CO₂ emissions, it handles complex logistics constraints such as customer time windows and vehicle capacity profiles. It supports multiple routing options, including closed, depot-to-depot, open, and reverse open paths, allowing users to tailor routes to operational needs.

A new cost allocation feature adds transparency by allowing users to select methods that calculate and display costs per stop. Combined with multi-day planning, detailed vehicle speed modeling, and interactive route visualization, the app streamlines fleet operations and improves efficiency across distribution networks.

Enhanced Carbon Footprint Visibility Across All Transport Modes

The CO₂ Emissions App continues to advance sustainability efforts with new parameters that refine emissions accuracy. Integrated with Excel and aligned with the GLEC framework, it simplifies carbon footprint analysis and professional reporting across road, rail, sea, and air transport.

The latest update extends emissions analysis to inland waterways, supporting companies that rely on multimodal transport networks. It also introduces multiple vehicle types for road transport, enabling CO₂ simulation based on different vehicle specifications. Together, these enhancements provide greater transparency and help organizations shape more informed, data-driven sustainability strategies toward Net Zero goals.

More Realistic and Flexible Network Design Simulations

The Network Design Simulator Add-on enables companies to design resilient, cost-efficient logistics networks using real transaction data to reconstruct shipments, test consolidation strategies, and optimize facility placement. It supports a variety of experiments, such as consolidation, sourcing, and facility adjustments, to achieve cost savings while maintaining service levels.
Through cost and growth simulations, the tool adds flexibility and resilience to network design, helping supply chains adapt to change. The latest feature allows users to simulate the ratio of outbound to inbound flow importance and evaluate its impact on facility location in multi-tier networks, enabling more advanced and data-driven design decisions.

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