Descartes' delivery route planning software is ideal for route optimisation for multiple drops and will improve your delivery planning and operational efficiency.
Delivery route planning software will;
Planning delivery routes with multiple drops is only as good as the route optimisation engine and the Descartes route optimisation works with highly sophisticated mathematical algorithms along with the latest most up-to-date street and traffic data. Not all route planning and optimisation software tools are the same nor do they solve the same problems.
Descartes delivery route planning software will allow you to:
The number of daily delivery slots can be varied depending upon geography, fleet capacity and available vehicles, while also allowing the customer to select their own and best delivery dates and times at the point of sale.
You will also be able to transition to shorter and more accurate delivery times with confidence.
Upgrade your delivery planning and deliver without boundaries.
You should first look for an optimisation tool that is designed to drive delivery density, increase productivity and reduce miles, along with the number of vehicles, routes and deliveries that it can handle. The Descartes route optimisation engine can do all of these.
Read our blog on six things to look for when choosing a Route Optimisation Software.
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An optimal multiple stop delivery route planning software, such as Descartes', will leverage your customers’ business priorities and one or more of the concepts above to solve the simplest most complex delivery route scheduling problems.
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Ensuring that each delivery route has adequate density of deliveries and optimising the route travelled is vitally important, but so is creating an even workload across your pool of drivers. These functions are carried out by Descartes' advanced route optimisation engine.
A company’s ability to continuously create reliable multiple drop delivery routes using fewer vehicles, miles and drivers makes them more flexible, able to cope with changes in demand and minimise costs.
It takes industry knowledge, innovation and understanding of a customer’s challenges combined with great technology to deliver results. Descartes has been providing multiple drop route planning optimisation solutions for over three decades. We have been innovating and refining our routing capabilities to address a myriad of routing problems in diverse industries and continue to invest in new and innovative technologies such as machine learning.
Our experience and attention to innovation has enabled us to provide solutions that address territory and strategic planning problems, dynamic route planning, same-day routing, multi-drop route planning as well as point-of-sale/appointment scheduling and much, much more.
Achieve more efficient route plans for your fleet than traditional batch-based optimisation techniques and provide costed delivery options at the point of sale in seconds.
Accurate route times are possible using road speeds that are based upon the day, the time of day, the route taken and even the direction of travel, giving you confidence in the route schedule and your customers delivery times.
Descartes Route Planning Solutions have been designed to work with Descartes Mobile™ Applications, Transportation Management and Compliance Management solutions to provide a one-stop-shop for optimising in-house fleets and third party transport operations.
Descartes routing solutions can accommodate all fleet sizes and operations, from fixed static routes delivering for retailers to dynamic home delivery operations. Get more out of your fleet assets and reduce the cost of transport operations.
Our fleet route scheduling Software is available over the internet wherever you have a connection, providing team access to our solution, working from any location at any time.
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 using our route optimisation software.
Automated delivery scheduling, the ability to allow customers to choose their own delivery slots, determined by resources available will improve customer satisfaction.
Compare planned routes against actual routes taken and use for future improvements.
Improving customer satisfaction with your deliveries, from delivery slot selection to customer tracking apps and digital proof of delivery with our last mile delivery services.