Sometimes you need to bend the rules.
On busy days, you might log a little driver overtime, squeeze in a few extra packages, or deliver just outside the promised time window. That flexibility can make all the difference.
These settings put you in control. Instead of rigid rules slowing you down, you choose how Routific responds.
Click the slider icon on the left to access your Route preferences
Click Optimization preferences
Let’s take a closer look at those rules or constraints we’ve set up:
Flexible start time: Allow drivers to delay departures to minimize working time.
Time windows: Allow deliveries to be a bit late, or enforce strict time-windows.
Shift times: Allow drivers to work overtime, or stop exactly at the end of their shift.
Capacities: Allow loads to go over route limits, or enforce strictly.
When you allow Routific to break a rule you set—such as route shift time, route capacity, or delivery time windows—we’ll flag it so you’re aware.
Learn how to set route capacities and route shift times here.
Learn about delivery time windows here.
Constraint | What you’ll see |
Flexible start time
| Flexible start time may result in your driver starting later than their starting shift time. Routific automatically calculates the best start time for each route — minimizing idle time instead of locking drivers into a fixed shift start time. |
Route capacity | If the vehicle is overcapacity:
 These indicators will appear both in the Timeline and in the right-hand list view route panel.  |
Route shift time | If the route’s shift time is exceeded:
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Delivery time window | If an order will be delivered outside the planned time window:
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