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title: "FoundationDirect Case Study"
url: "https://www.upperinc.com/success-stories/foundationdirect-building-material-distributor/"
date: "2026-04-24T17:00:22+00:00"
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  name: "Riddhi Patel"
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FoundationDirect Eliminated $22,000 in Annual Driver Overtime with Optimized Routing
A Dallas-Fort Worth building materials distributor replaced..."
description: "FoundationDirect cut jobsite wait times from 52 to 18 minutes and reduced driver overtime by 73% using Upper Route Planner for heavy material delivery."
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# FoundationDirect Case Study

_Published: April 24, 2026_  
_Author: Riddhi Patel_  

## FoundationDirect Eliminated $22,000 in Annual Driver Overtime with Optimized Routing

A Dallas-Fort Worth building materials distributor replaced radio dispatch and legacy ERP route sheets with time-window-aware optimization, reducing crane wait times from 52 to 18 minutes and increasing deliveries per truck from 4.2 to 5.1 per day.

 ![FoundationDirect logo](https://www.upperinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/foundation-direct-client-logo.png) In Conversation with Carl Jennings, Fleet Supervisor, FoundationDirect


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