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Using our Route Planning Software existing customers have:
- Increased delivery capacity by 35%
- Achieved over £1m in savings on fuel
- Reduced vehicle servicing and consumable costs
- Reduced transport costs by 10% per ton delivered
- Improved on-time deliveries by 30%
- Reduced non-compliance infringement levels 50%
Our software for road transport operations will help you gain more out of your fleet, whilst still ensuring compliance with the complex rules and regulations that apply to fleets of any size.
- Route Optimisation & Planning Software
- Delivery Route Scheduling
- Electronic Proof of Delivery
- Vehicle & Driver Compliance
- Transportation Management Software
Our multiple drop delivery route planning software is ideal for last mile delvieries while our transportation management solutions help with the management of parcel delvieries, all these solutions will help you decrease costs, improve service, increase productivity and reduce the environmental impact of your operations.
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Descartes Delivery Route Planning Software provides logistics professionals with the tools to maximise fleet and mobile resource utilisation efficiently.
Whilst our Transportation Management Solution provides the tools necessary to carry out optimisation of both your inbound and outbound deliveries across a wide variety of methods.
Customer Successes
“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
Reduced Customer requests for POD -80%
Covid-19 Safe Contactless Deliveries Solved
Successful 1st Time Deliveries Increased
“Redefining the Customer Experience in the Tyre Replacement Market”
Improve Gross Profit 5%
Reduce Miles per Delivery -13%
Dynamically schedule appointments online at POS Solved
“The Descartes Reservations™ and Descartes Route Planner™ solutions were integral to our strategy of offering more extensive, but unified , delivery services. The advanced optimisation capabilities and architecture of the Descartes solutions were critical to bringing new delivery service options to our customers in an economically feasible way. ”
Andrew Gay - Systems Manager
Delivery mileage reduced per annum 1.5m
Savings from fuel costs & vehicle servicing £1m
Increased delivery capacity 35%
“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
“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
“We chose Descartes at Sears because of the need for our customers to have very accurate promises to when they get their deliveries and our need to drive efficiency in our network in how we meet those commitments to our customers.”
Bill Hutchinson - SVP Supply Chain
Greater Control Gained
Increased Productivity Gained
Improved Visibility Gained
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.
Our solutions
Route Planning & Scheduling
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.
Transportation Management
Manage your own fleet and 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.
Mobile Applications
Use our mobile applications to improve delivery routes, provide ETAs, take new orders or payments and proof of delivery, plus enabling and ensuring the recording of daily driver vehicle safety checks.
Telematics
GPS Tracking, vehicle diagnostics and improving driver behaviour monitoring - discover how to start reducing your costs and improving safety of your fleet.
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.
Our Solutions Provide
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
