Abstract: A method and system for performing routed deliveries in a highly efficient manner enables both senders and recipients, as appropriate, to monitor relevant delivery routes and track the delivery progress in real time, access delivery summary reports, and manage invoices. Using the system, a same-day on-demand delivery order may be placed by phone or through a web site. A dispatch processor determines a branch server to handle the delivery order and transmits the order to the branch server. If an acknowledgement of the order is not received within a designated amount of time, an alarm is sounded. Upon receipt of the order at the branch server, a dispatch server assigns the delivery order to a driver to perform the delivery. The system also manages operation of same-day large-scale routed deliveries.