Separate visits for fresh and frozen goods do not by themselves prove that deliveries can be combined. First identify product requirements and why the dispatches are split.
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Review a week's plan and mark store, date, product group, stops and vehicle capacity. Record whether separation is due to temperature requirements, order readiness or recipient acceptance times.
If transport conditions differ, use a suitable partition or separately validated containers and secure each load. Sharing a vehicle does not mean products can share a space or that their conditions will be maintained. Confirm product information and recipient instructions with the responsible person.
On a trial route, place a logger in each zone; record loading, delivery and waiting times. Compare results with product-specific limits and the transport configuration approved by the product owner.
Include empty-container return, cleaning and reset in the plan. Combining a delivery may create a space or washing bottleneck on the return leg.
After a week, compare visits, elapsed time, record excursions and labour for separate and mixed runs. Combine only visits whose product arrangement has been validated.
