Distribution — West Africa
How We Help
Fleet Planner reroutes in real time when traffic patterns shift, the driver app updates automatically without dispatcher intervention. SupplyNow processes high volumes of small, frequent orders from traditional trade without manual order entry. Multi-brand data separation is built into the platform, each brand principal sees only their own pipeline.
Industry Challenges
Common obstacles and pain points that organizations in this industry encounter in their daily operations and growth.
Lagos and Accra traffic density makes delivery time windows impossible to guarantee without adaptive real-time rerouting
Traditional trade is the dominant retail channel: distributors serve thousands of small kiosks, roadside stalls, and market vendors, each with small, frequent orders
Multi-brand distributor operations require strict data separation by principal: different pricing, promotions, and targets per brand
Fuel cost volatility in Nigeria requires route efficiency to be managed per kilometer, not per stop count
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to the most common questions about how 8Move serves the distribution — west africa industry.
Fleet Planner monitors route conditions and pushes updated stop sequences to DriverPro when faster alternatives are available, the driver follows the updated route without contacting dispatch.
SupplyNow processes WhatsApp, SMS, and phone orders into the same pipeline at scale, without manual data entry for each order.
Each brand principal has an isolated data partition. Sales, pricing, and customer data for each brand are visible only to that brand's authorized users.
Fleet Planner minimizes total kilometers driven while respecting capacity constraints: optimizing fuel cost per delivery unit, not just stop sequence.
The bot can be configured for local language patterns. WhatsApp message parsing uses NLP that handles informal text input in multiple languages.