Logistics Route Planning Engine With Traffic and Weather Awareness

Added Jun 2025 3 design docs

For logistics operators, routing is a daily optimization problem with real money attached: traffic, weather, delivery windows, and fuel costs shift constantly, and a plan that was optimal at six in the morning is stale by nine. Dispatchers need routes that adapt, and finance teams need the cost story behind every plan they approve. The intern builds a route planning platform where generative AI produces and revises delivery plans. Given a fleet, a set of stops, and live constraints such as traffic conditions, weather, vehicle capacity, and driver hours, the AI generates route plans with sequencing rationale and cost analyses, then regenerates them as conditions change. A Node.js backend manages plan generation and real-time updates, MongoDB stores fleets, routes, and revision history, and the React frontend presents interactive maps where dispatchers inspect, adjust, and approve routes before exporting driver schedules. Secure user management keeps operator, dispatcher, and driver views appropriately distinct. The project blends optimization thinking with modern AI tooling and teaches the intern to build software where generated plans must survive contact with real-world constraints and human oversight.

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