Optimise deliveries with state-of-the-art mobile apps
Professionals in warehouses and logistics who use using mobile applications on smartphones or tablets to carry out their duties can benefit greatly from speed, accuracy and timely data.
Descartes' fleet operations and delivery mobile applications assist you in getting through even the most difficult daily duties, whether it be the GPS location data that safely directs drivers to a new location via our delivery navigation app or executing paperless proof of delivery, conducting essential vehicle safety checks, sending messages and more.
Descartes Mobile™ can:
- Reduce fleet costs.
- Improve efficiency and productivity.
- Maintain compliant and safe vehicles.
- Enhance your customer experience.
Logistics Mobile Applications
Understand how Descartes Mobile Applications can help with proof of delivery, navigation and paperless communications.
Why use Descartes mobile apps?
Navigation
- Driver satellite navigation
- Real time updates to driver
- Capture arrivals and departures
- Plan v Actual with alerts
Proof of Delivery
- Shipment barcode scanning
- Digitally record POD
- Capture photographs in-system
- Eliminates paper & printing
Vehicle Safety Checks
- Configurable for your company
- Reports captured in real-time with photos
- Auditable record of checks
- Generate reports for DVSA
What devices are compatible with Descartes’ delivery apps?
Descartes' logistics mobile apps run on established mobile platforms, such as Android and iOS, and a wide range of devices, including ruggedised and consumer-grade models, to match your specific requirements, technological strategy, and budget.
Our mobile solutions
Digital Proof of Delivery
Eliminate paper, and streamline operations with POD capture and parcel scanning for accurate delivery notifications with our ePOD mobile app.
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.
Navigation
Sat-Nav mobile application with turn by turn routes and real-time updates and connectivity to route planning software.
SmartCheck: Vehicle Safety Checks
Digitise your daily walk-around vehicle safety check to ensure compliance with DVSA regulations and store it for future reference using the Descartes SmartCheck app.
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Customer Success Stories
“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
“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
“In the past year since having the Descartes' system our jobs per route has improved by just short of 10%.”
Martin Alldritt - Planning & Optimisation Manager
Jobs per route has increased 9.9%
Average mileage between jobs reduced
Improved Customer Service
“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 now have a system which we can optimise the automation of the routes thanks to Descartes... We have improved service levels expected by our customer in full compliance with the time-windows.”
Gabriele Golinelli - Operations Director - Fidelitas
Customer Service levels improved
Employee shift scheduling has been simplified
