Thiry Gent - Belgium
“The advantages of automation are mainly the reduction of error rates along with a reduction of delivery miles & transportation costs.”
Tom de Rocker - Dispatcher
Reduction of error rates and transport costs
Reduced paperwork around returned empty crates
Improved Customer Service
Tom de Rocker, Dispatcher at Thiry Gent, Belgium, discusses their success using Descartes routing & scheduling solution over the last 12 years, having implemented digital route tracking and route planning of their fleet. The effect has been to reduce delivery miles and transportation costs.
Since implementing the Descartes solution, Thiry Gent’s main improvement has been the optimisation of their routes, a reduction in error rates while also consistently meeting the high expectations of their customers.
Thiry Gent are part of the PrimaMundo group, a distributor, importer and exporter of daily fresh fruit and vegetables, with an annual turnover of 175 million euros.