Gain improved logistics efficiency with a single integrated view of shipments, inventory and delivery performance.
For manufacturers, retailers and distributors, Descartes Transport Management solutions can provide a comprehensive view of the product delivery process from purchase order to warehouse receipt.
For logistics service providers and carriers, Descartes’ multi-company, role-based access, supports provision of value-added visibility services to end customers.
The Descartes transportation management platform continuously:
- Gauges material movement against shipment milestones
- Monitors at-risk and critical orders
- Enables trend analysis of performance
- Provides score-carding of carriers and suppliers based on lead-time, fill rate, or on-time rates
- Tracks key performance indicators (KPIs).
“With better information, we can move our product through the pipeline rather than investing our resources in safety inventory.” Kevin F. Smith – Senior Vice President of Supply Chain and Logistics, CVS Pharmacy
Descartes' solutions in detail
Distribution centre to store visibility
Leading retailers both large and small depend on Descartes technology to better manage their end-to-end processes involved in the transportation of goods from distribution centres to their stores.
Features & Benefits
Item level visibility
Improved shipment details across multiple parties and modes of transportation, reduces uncertainty and ultimately allows a reduction in inventory/safety stock.
Receive alerts
Decrease order failures by predicting or being alerted to issues as they occur, such as missed dates or deviations from order quantities.
Customised views
Role-based views of data and KPI’s for the purchasing department, logistics department, customer service reps, and manufacturing to streamline logistics flow.
Customer Successes
“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
“We were impressed by the investment and support that Descartes put into this product and the roadmap. This technology has allowed us to be agile, forward-thinking and work optimally with our fleet with benefits on costs, sales and satisfaction across the business and with our customers. ”
Edward Corbett - Head of Programme
Delivery capacity increased 25%
OTIF deliveries increased 15%
Fleet size 500+
“Redefining the Customer Experience in the Tyre Replacement Market”
Jobs/van/day increased 194%
Mileage reduced 13%
Fleet size 400+
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