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Verdict

An optimiser is not your priority

Your route is not complex enough for a solver to consistently beat someone who knows it well. With few stops, repetitive demand and few constraints, the margin left to recover is thin, and the cost of introducing a new tool eats it.

What this means in your case

  • Under ten stops with fixed customers, the best sequence is almost always the one you already run.
  • If there is a problem, it more likely sits upstream: vehicle fill, the visit frequency agreed with customers, or the cost of serving customers who do not repay the trip.
  • The lever that usually pays most in this situation is not the order of the stops, but how many times a week you call on each customer.

Where you would not gain

  • Do not buy one now. If someone sells you optimisation on this profile, ask them to quantify the recovery before you sign.
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