Route Planning and Scheduling Solutions
for the Rental Services Industry

Managing fluctuating delivery cycles, constantly changing routes and a demanding customer base that insists upon timely delivery of goods, is an ongoing challenge for rental product delivery organizations. It is critical to ensure that deliveries and pick-ups – whether pre-scheduled or booked on the same day – are handled as efficiently and accurately as possible. Whether delivering rented goods for a party or equipment to a construction site, satisfying time and service commitments are not just competitive differentiators, they are a matter of survival.

Descartes provides an on-demand logistics management solution that is offered on a pay-as-you go basis. The Descartes solution uses real-time data to provide visibility into delivery cycles to help you improve route scheduling, exception handling, and customer service.

Descartes' route planning and scheduling solutions helps rental services companies:

• Improve on time delivery performance.
• Lower operating and financial risk.
• Optimize capacity planning.
• Improve delivery accuracy.
• Improve customer service, through proactive exception management in the field.
• Enhanced planning based on historical data.
• Ensure better forecasting, tighter control of operations.

Rental services companies can use theDescartes 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' rental services customers include:

• Stephenson's Rental Services
• Capital Party Rentals