Pharmacy & Convenience

In pharmacy and convenience retailing, a quarter-point increase in sales volume can spell the difference between success and failure. As a result, one key focus area is managing complex distribution centers to maintain product integrity, order accuracy and exceptional service while meeting tight delivery schedules. 

Descartes helps pharmacy and convenience retailers:

• Reduce buffer stock.
• Identify supply chain issues quickly to reduce cost of delivery failures (out of stocks).
• Improve visibility in the supply chain by receiving detailed information about product status and make better informed decisions.
• Increase fleet productivity for improved distribution center-to-store operations.
• Collaborate with suppliers to improve planning, responsiveness and cost effectiveness.
• Collect and organize delivery and compliance statistics. 

 
Pharmacy and convenience 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, Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Metrics and Connectivity & Messaging.

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' pharmacy and convenience customers include:

• CVS/Pharmacy  
• Wawa