Automotive Industry - Resource Center

Optimizing the Automotive Industry

Descartes offers the industry’s most comprehensive fleet management software solution. We can help you reduce miles driven, fuel costs, vehicles and drivers, offer tighter and more reliable time windows, track driver and vehicle performance.

If your distribution operations operate in part or wholly on purchased transportation, reducing complexity and costs, and having greater visibility and control over the entire shipment process are important in meeting both your profitability and service objectives. Descartes’ Transportation Management solutions can address the end-to-end shipment and transportation lifecycle.

Automotive Industry Case Studies

Bosch Canada manufactures and markets automotive original equipment and aftermarket solutions. Large orders –truckloads (TLs), less than truckloads (LTLs) and rail car loads – were manually rated and routed, with paperwork being manually generated. "Based on the vendor selection and review process, the Descartes Transportation Manager™ solution gave us the highest confidence level in meeting the implementation target, as well as providing ongoing timely support."

Canadian Tire Corporation "selected Descartes because of our in-depth experience in Global Trade Compliance and because Descartes can help Canadian Tire comply with global trade mandates for import and export and across modes of transportation."

Ideal Supply, from pen and paper-driven practices to delivery routes managed in the cloud, Ideal Supply’s Director of IT, the company’s Inventory Specialist and one of its Branch Managers explain the evolution of transportation management at the 91-year-old family-owned and operated business. They describe how a more disciplined approach to distribution operations, supported by Descartes’ cloud-based route planning solution, is translating into higher standards of customer satisfaction with reliable same-day and overnight delivery of the company’s automotive, electrical and industrial products to customers across Ontario. With help from Descartes, Ideal has also realized fuel savings of upwards of 28% by reducing overall mileage, optimizing the capacity of its 100+ vehicles, and improving the day-to-day efficiency of drivers who no longer need to make their best guess on routing decisions. Ideal also discusses the convergence of its ecommerce platform and the Descartes route planning solution to offer customers even greater order visibility from the time an order was invoiced, to when it was delivered, to proof of delivery and more. 

Mazda Motor Logistics Europe, the Belgian-based operation of leading automotive manufacturer Mazda Motors, is using Descartes' cloud-based customs solution to automate declaration filings in Belgium.

NSK Europe, one of the world's leading manufacturers of rolling bearings, automotive components and steering systems, has gained significant efficiencies and enhanced supply chain performance with the cloud-based Descartes Transportation Manager™ IS solution. Read the Blog.

Volvo Parts selected Descartes Customs solution to manage their export declarations on a European scale.