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Descartes Route Planning & Optimisation Software

Maximise efficiency, increase profitability and safeguard compliance of your road transport operations

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Leading the way in fleet optimisation

Descartes integrated software solutions for road transport operations will help you get more out of your fleet and exploit new opportunities whilst ensuring compliance with complex rules and regulations that apply to fleets of all sizes.

Existing customers have:

Increased delivery capacity by 35%
Achieved over £1m in savings from fuel, vehicle servicing and consumables
Reduced transport costs by 10% per ton delivered
Improved on-time deliveries by 30%
Reduced non-compliance infringement levels by 50%
Reduced delivery miles by 1.5 million per year

Route Planning Delivery Optimisation

Plan, dispatch and control fleet resources. Build optimised routes and get costed delivery options in seconds. Achieve more deliveries in fewer miles to reduce fuel, servicing and maintenance costs.

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Transport 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.

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Mobile Applications

Use our mobile applications to take new orders, proof of delivery and driver vehicle safety checks with photographic evidence.

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SmartCompliance™

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.

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Maximise operational efficiency

Minimise route planning time
Maximise fleet utilisation (more deliveries in fewer miles without increasing the fleet size)
Minimise dependence and cost of third party delivery agents

Increase profitability

Cut fuel and delivery costs
Unlock opportunities for value added services
Reduce wastage

Compliant fleet operations

Tachograph analysis and reporting
Driving licence verification
Walk-around vehicle safety checks

Improve customer service

Provide costed delivery options in seconds
Offer choice and convenience to drive online sales
Proactive management of exceptions

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Customer successes

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“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%

“We estimate that we've reduced our transport costs by 10% per ton delivered.”

Frédéric Poirier - Logistics & IT Manager

Transport costs reduced by 10%

Optimised mix of own vehicles and third parties

Maximised driver and vehicle utilisation

“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

“Before using Descartes, managing compliance for our large and widely dispersed fleet in Europe was a time-consuming and labour-intensive operation for Gist.”

Ken Clarke - Head of Transport Operations in Europe

Enhanced compliance across Europe fleet operations

One solution to manage compliance in 7 countries

Time and labour savings managing compliance

“By optimising planning, scheduling and routing, we’ve lowered our distribution costs: we’re getting more capacity out of our fleet and have reduced the number of returned loads by ensuring the right product is loaded onto the right truck. ”

Mark Parsons - Managing Director

Reduced cost of distribution

Increased delivery capacity

Reduced number of returned loads

“The Descartes solution provides the advanced capabilities we need to transform our logistics processes and, in doing so, improve the responsiveness of our delivery operations and reach higher standards of customer service. ”

Einar Geir Jónsson, Head of Business Development

Optimised delivery routes

Electronic proof-of-delivery

On the fly adjustments to deliveries

“Since implementing the Descartes Route Planner™ solution, the time taken to route deliveries has reduced from approximately four hours a day to a matter of minutes, while the number of vehicles sent out each day has reduced by roughly 15 per cent.”

Dave Middleton, Supply Chain Manager, Ontex UK

Payback of the solution achieved within Months

Route planning reduced from hours to Minutes

Vehicles dispatched reduced by 15%

“Descartes route optimisation software was designed to be deployed in an operational capacity to manage collection & distribution rounds. We have now adopted it to respond to calls for tenders and support our regional business units by undertaking centralised optimisation studies”

Charles Fouche, Engineering & Optimisation

New tenders won

Centrailised optimisation

Easy to accomodate unique customer requirements