Streamline operations, boost efficiency, and delight customers with our proven delivery management solutions.
Our comprehensive platform optimises routes, increases productivity, improves driver performance, and reduces operational costs.
13% reduction in costs
Fewer miles driven to reduce the fuel bill.
56% efficiency gain
Increased delivery density and operational gains.
75% less planning time
Planning time reduced to create optimised delivery routes.
50% fewer delivery inquires
Automated customer notifications reduce inbound queries.
Achieve greater efficiency, enhance customer satisfaction, and drive your business forward.
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Delivery Route Planner Solutions
Maximise operational efficiency
- Minimise route planning time
- Maximise deliveries without increasing the fleet size
- Cut fuel and delivery costs
- Provide costed delivery options in seconds
Increase profitability
- Unlock opportunities for value added services
- Reduce wastage & costs
- Minimise dependence and costs of third party delivery agents
Improve customer service
- Customer delivery slot selection
- Automatic delivery updates
- More accurate ETA's
- Contactless proof of deliveries
- Photographic evidence
Compliant fleet operations
- Assistance gaining Earn Recognition status
- Tachograph analysis and reporting
- Driving licence verification
- Walk-around daily vehicle safety checks
Customer Successes
“Working with Descartes, we’ve saved 13% on annual fuel costs, which equates to approximately 354,000 fewer miles driven.”
Lee Holmes, Transport and Logistics Director
Annual Fuel bill reduced 13%
Productivity improved 56%
Annual savings £2 million
“Descartes Reservations™ and Route Planner™ solutions were integral to our strategy of offering a more extensive, but unified delivery service. The advanced optimisation capabilities and architecture of the Descartes solutions were critical, bringing new delivery service options to our customers in an economically feasible way. ”
Andrew Gay - Systems Manager
Fulfilment costs reduced £1.8m
Increased delivery productivity 35%
Delivery windows provided at POS
“We were impressed by the investment and support that Descartes put into this product and the roadmap. This technology has allowed us to be agile, forward-thinking and work optimally with our fleet with benefits on costs, sales and satisfaction across the business and with our customers. ”
Edward Corbett - Head of Programme
Delivery capacity increased 25%
OTIF deliveries increased 15%
Fleet size 500+
“Descartes ePOD solution has unlocked considerable benefits for both our business and our customers. We have seen the number of requests for PoD decline dramatically and have received increasingly positive feedback from our customers.”
Peter Russell, IT Director, Carpet & Flooring
Customer POD requests reduced 80%
Successful 1st Time Deliveries Increased
Operations costs Reduced
“Redefining the Customer Experience in the Tyre Replacement Market”
Jobs/van/day increased 194%
Mileage reduced 13%
Fleet size 400+
“With the Descartes solution, we now have real-time visibility into deliveries as they are made—and proof of delivery when customers receive their orders,”
Nicholas Chesna - Fleet Assistant Manager
On-time delivery has improved
Real time visibility of deliveries
Great delivery capacity
“Descartes’ integrated routing and mobile solution is helping us meet our customer service commitments while making our fleet, drivers, and dispatchers more productive.”
Henk Tol - Distribution Manager
Improved fleet productivity
Customer commitments met
Accurate orders delivered on time
Descartes' software solutions for UK delivery routing and scheduling
Using our Route Planning Software existing customers have:
- Increased delivery capacity by 35%
- Achieved over £1m in savings on fuel
- Reduced miles/delivery by 13%
- Increased OTIF by 15%
- Reduced vehicle servicing costs
- Reduced consumable costs
- Reduced transport costs by 10%/ton delivered
- Improved on-time deliveries by 30%
- Reduced non-compliance infringements by 50%
Descartes Delivery Route Planning Software provides logistics professionals with the tools to maximise the efficiency of fleet and mobile resource utilisation.
Our Transportation Management Solution provides the tools necessary to optimise your inbound and outbound deliveries across a wide variety of methods.
Smart Solutions for Logistics
An overview of Descartes Scheduling, Routing, Mobile Apps, Telematics, Transportation Management and SmartCompliance solutions and how they integrate with each other.
Delivery Route Planner UK Solutions
Route Planning & Scheduling Software
Plan, dispatch, and control fleet resources. Build optimised routes and schedules with costed delivery options in seconds. Achieve more deliveries in fewer miles to reduce fuel, servicing, and maintenance costs using our route optimisation software.
Order Tracking
Improve your customers’ experience of last-mile delivery, enable order tracking and real-time customer notifications. Watch your first-time delivery rates improve and reduce the calls to your customer service department.
Fleet Mobile Applications
Use our mobile applications to improve delivery routes, provide ETAs and notifications to customers, and take new orders or payments and proof of delivery, while enabling real-time tracking and ensuring the recording of daily driver vehicle safety checks.
Telematics Software
GPS Tracking, vehicle diagnostics and driver behaviour monitoring - discover how to start reducing your costs and improving driver safety with Descartes’ telematics software.
Transportation Management
Manage your deliveries, whether you have your own fleet or use external third parties, from one easy to use interface. Maximise your vehicle utilisation, reduce the cost of using outsourced delivery agents and improve customer service.
SmartCompliance™ Road Transport Compliance
Save yourself time, money and headaches in managing compliance with drivers’ hours and tachograph regulations. Ensure staff hold a valid driving licence and driver CPC. Minimise roadside prohibitions due to roadworthiness with mobile vehicle safety checks.