Route Optimization & Logistics Solutions for Retailers

Handling the complexity of the retail supply chain requires end-to-end logistics solutions that manage the transportation of goods from supplier to consumer. Today's retailers face the challenge of assembling solutions that can work across multiple trading partners, manage the time to sense, respond and react in real time to delivery planning, and optimally plan logistics operations to minimize costs and maximize customer service.

Descartes helps retailers streamline and improve the effectiveness of their supply chain operations in a number of important ways including:

• Standardization of business processes across trading partners  
• Optimize transport planning  
• Improve real-time supply chain visibility  
• Perform supplier and carrier scorecarding .
• Manage cross border shipments & regulatory compliance.
• Improve data quality and Integrity    
• Reduce delivery costs
• Improve customer service
• Save costs and gain control of customs filings
• Comply with government regulations

Retailers can use the Descartes Delivery Management Suite to address business challenges including Strategic Delivery Planning, Warehouse Optimization, Daily Planning (Route Planning), Reservations, Transportation Management, Supply Chain Visibility, MobileLink/Dispatch/Automated Vehicle Locator (AVL), Reporting Services and Connectivity & Messaging. Descartes allows self-filing importers to easily and transparently collect and prepare data for customs and helps shippers to better manage their compliance enforcement processes. The Descartes Global Logistics Network (GLN) helps connect trading partners quickly and efficiently using one of the world's largest multimodal networks of transportation and logistics services providers and their customers.

Descartes' retail customers include:

• Bad Boy Furniture & Applicances
• Country Home Products
• Crate and Barrel
• CVS/Pharmacy
• Deeley Harley-Davidson
• Grocery Gateway
• John Lewis Partnership
• Mattress Giant
• Morris Furniture
• Olum's Furniture
• Reylon