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Serving demanding consumers with time-sensitive needs is an established requirement for food and beverage distributors. It’s a daily reality. If distributors don’t get the right products to consumers at the right time, in the requested location and in good condition, their bottom line will suffer.
Here are three challenges that you may address with Descartes to stay on top of food and beverage distribution and delivery.
Order fulfilment will be difficult for logistics managers at food and beverage organisations without effective route management software. Your logistics operations should place a high priority on delivery route optimisation, with the potential to automate route planning all the way to last-mile delivery.
Within a delivery fleet of vehicles, there are numerous approaches to cut transportation and fleet costs. But at its core, effective route optimisation and delivery scheduling solutions will save your business time and money while also increasing customer satisfaction with your deliveries.
Market trends constitute a significant driving force in the distribution of food and beverages. The trends in sustainability and emissions, for instance, are important. It's critical to consider this while optimising your food distribution network and to turn it into a competitive advantage rather than a problem.
To be successful in this highly competitive market, organisations are starting to embrace the next generation of fleet optimisation technology to lower operating costs, increase productivity, and meet higher customer expectations, while ensuring product integrity and security.
Descartes specialises in providing fleet optimisation SaaS solutions to help food and beverage manufacturers and distributors improve performance and boost productivity.
In a single integrated suite, Descartes offers the key capabilities needed to plan and execute efficient delivery routes effectively; communicate with drivers in real-time; improve distribution centre productivity, and measure real-time and historical performance – all while taking customer service to the next level.
In addition to qualitative improvements in productivity, driver accountability and customer service, Descartes’ customers have experienced: