Company: Esri

Redlands,CA--ESRI has announced that two business partners have developed a territory planning module that complements ArcLogistics Route.The business partners are RouteSmart Technologies, Inc., and Infinite Enterprises.ArcLogistics Route has primarily been a dynamic routing application for fleets, and this new functionality opens many additional markets that existing and potential users have been asking for.

The territory planning module takes advantage of the RouteSmart partitioning techniques and Infinite Enterprises' expertise in plugin and MapObjects development, within the familiar ArcLogistics Route graphical user interface.The territory planning module will allow users to create territories with tens of thousands of customers and to geographically balance them while maintaining business rules that the user selects.In addition, it will allow users to "balance" daily routes based on user business rules such as hours of operation, number of stops, revenue generated, and more. "Customers have been asking for this functionality, and now we have a very affordable solution for territory planning for small to large businesses and our local government users," says Karl Terrey, ArcLogistics Route product manager, ESRI.The territory planning module is launched from within ArcLogistics Route and allows users to deliver results directly back into ArcLogistics Route or create a shapefile for use with other ESRI products such as ArcView Business Analyst and ArcGIS.

"Now we have both a strategic modeling and design tool and a tactical daily routing suite of products to offer our customers, all within the familiar ArcLogistics Route interface," says Jefferson Santiago, president, Infinite Enterprises.

"We have been working closely with ESRI for many years, and this will bring the best of both solutions to a broad market segment," says Chris Walz, vice president, RouteSmart Technologies, Inc.The RouteSmart partitioning techniques are extremely fast and efficient, delivering results in minutes.

The module is available directly from either RouteSmart Technologies, Inc., or Infinite Enterprises.

About Infinite Enterprises
Infinite Enterprises is based in San Diego, California, and has been a business partner of ESRI for two years.It specializes in licensing, installing, and providing training in ArcLogistics Route and writing custom plugins for customers who need additional functionality in ArcLogistics Route.For more information, please visit http://www.ielogistics.net

About RouteSmart Technologies, Inc.
RouteSmart Technologies, Inc., provides precision geographic information system (GIS)-based routing solutions to the newspaper, waste management, utility, postal, and local area delivery industries.The RouteSmart system models complex, mixed-mode routing problems found within these industries and solves both high-density residential and low-density commercial service routing problems for daily dispatch purposes and work area design.Its clients include some of the largest companies and municipalities within these vertical markets.To learn more about RouteSmart, please contact Karen Hrubiak, public relations coordinator, at 410-216-9447, or visit RouteSmart Technologies' Web site at http://www.routesmart.com

About ESRI
For more than 30 years, ESRI has been the leading developer of GIS software with more than 300,000 clients worldwide.ESRI also provides consulting, implementation, and technical support services.In addition to its headquarters in California, ESRI has regional offices throughout the United States, international distributors in more than 90 countries, and more than 1,400 business partners.ESRI's goal is to provide users with comprehensive tools to help them quickly and efficiently manage and use geographic information to make a real difference in the world around them.

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