Driving Efficiency in Building Supply Delivery with Integrated Technology


How Building Supply Distributors Are Transforming Delivery Efficiency, Visibility, & Safety

For building supply distributors, scale often brings complexity. When reliable delivery is central to the customer promise, managing disconnected systems for routing, telematics, proof of delivery (POD), and mobile workflows creates blind spots. These gaps reduce efficiency, heighten risk, and make it harder to keep commitments. 

Meanwhile, rising customer expectations, tighter delivery windows, and jobsite pressures are making on-time, in-full performance more challenging than ever. Legacy processes, whether paper-based or scattered across multiple platforms, only add to the risk of delays, missed ETAs, and costly claims. 

This webinar explores how building supply distributors are transforming their operations by uniting best-in-class technologies from Descartes, Geotab, Lytx, and Zebra. Learn how Descartes' extensive partner network supports a connected workflow that digitizes operations from dispatch to delivery, enabling teams to perform with greater precision, consistency, and safety. 

The number one way building supply distributors differentiate from competitors is through reliable, repeatable deliveries that are on-time and in-full. Unified systems make those promises possible.

- Graham Parfeniuk, Senior Account Executive, Descartes

What to Expect 

Connected Operations

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Unified routing, telematics, mobile, and POD systems enable collaboration across teams.

Claims Protection

Claims resolution and dispute protection through proof of delivery and video evidence

Digital evidence cuts disputes and claims, limits liability, and speeds resolution.

Actionable Insights

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Gain visibility from dispatch to jobsite with plan-vs-actual tracking and mobile workflows.

Fleet Visibility

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Track performance, compliance, and ETAs in real time across the network.

Driver Safety

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Telematics and in-cab video support real-time coaching and micro-learning to reduce incidents and improve compliance.

Key Takeaways:

In this session, industry leaders share how unified technology stacks help building supply distributors: 

  • Scale with confidence using future-ready solutions designed to adapt as distribution networks expand 
  • Improve delivery accuracy to consistently meet contractor time windows 
  • Elevate customer experience with proactive ETA notifications and proof-of-delivery visibility 
  • Protect your bottom line by reducing delivery disputes and damage claims through digital proof and video evidence 
  • Enhance safety and compliance with artificial intelligence (AI)-driven video insights, in-cab coaching, and performance scorecards 

From Insight to Action: Building a Future-Ready Operation

Webinar: Unifying Systems, Powering Growth: Future-Proof Your Delivery Operations

By combining advanced routing, video telematics, safety tools, and seamless mobile workflows, distributors can move from fragmented workflows to a truly unified delivery ecosystem. This session provides practical guidance and real-world perspectives to help distributors digitize operations, reduce risk, and future-proof their delivery performance.

Deliver on time, in full, every time. 

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