I have a fair amount of experience with this in a startup setting. Unfortunately most of it I picked up in a diffuse way online. If you want to kick around ideas feel free to email me (see my profile).
Thanks, I'll take you up on that! Am just starting at this company, and am totally new to the Vehicle Routing Problem, but will reach out in a few weeks once I've ramped up a bit, and know what kind of questions to ask :)