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Transforming Building Supplies Delivery with Smarter Final-Mile Solutions Let's Talk Learn More For building supply distributors, ensuring efficient building supplies delivery is essential to keeping projects on schedule, avoiding costly delays, and...
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Video: Border States Increases Profitability with Route Visibility and Proof of Delivery Let's Talk Learn More Learn how Border States, the sixth-largest electrical distributor in the U.S., enhanced operational efficiency and customer satisfaction...
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WISMO Calls: How to Reduce Them and Boost Last-Mile Efficiency Let's Talk Learn More One of the most frequent and costly customer service challenges in last-mile logistics is the “Where Is My Order?” (WISMO). When customers don’t know where their...
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Transforming Fleet Logistics with Artificial Intelligence Let's Talk Learn More Sometimes, managing a fleet feels like juggling bowling pins with your eyes closed. You’ve got routes, drivers, time windows, and traffic all swirling around at once...
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Fleet Fuel Savings & Carbon Emissions ROI Calculator Let's Talk Learn More Are You Experiencing These Fleet Challenges? As a fleet operator, you’re facing many challenges that are impacting your profitability and making it harder to stay competitive...
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6 Tips to Reduce Claims & Disputes in Construction and Building Material Distribution Let's Talk Learn More Key Takeaways: Reducing damage claims protects margins – Minimizing material damage and disputes helps building material distributors control...
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RetailWire examines the importance of speed and other factors when it comes to online deliveries, citing findings from Descartes’ 2024 home delivery report showing that 44% of consumers surveyed picked “lowest cost, speed is less important” as their top delivery preference. Furthermore, 20% wanted a “precise delivery window, with speed being less important” and just 15% wanted “fastest delivery, with timeliness being less important.”
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Team Behind the Tech: Tim Reinert Let's Talk Learn More Meet the Experts Helping Customers Excel with Descartes’ Routing, Mobile & Telematics Solutions At Descartes, we believe that the last mile isn’t just the final step in delivery—it’s where...
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Video: Richards Building Supply Reduces Claims and Improves Customer Experience with Mobile Solutions Let's Talk Learn More Discover how Richards Building Supply, a leader in the building materials industry, leverages Descartes solutions to enhance...
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Driving Last-Mile Gourmet Food Distribution Efficiency with Descartes Let's Talk Learn More Explore how Doug Epperly, Supply Chain Consultant, guided a gourmet food distributor to utilize Descartes’ route planning (Descartes Route Planner™ On-demand)...
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Video: Dairy Farmers of America Enhances Driver Performance with Route Planning and Execution Let's Talk Learn More Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) is a farmer-owned cooperative managing a vast distribution network for daily dairy deliveries across...
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Building Materials Industry Challenges & How to Overcome Last-Mile Delivery Issues Let's Talk Learn More Key Takeaways: Building materials industry challenges—including delivery delays, product damage, and workforce shortages—hurt efficiency and...
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Discover how New Castle Building Products, a leader in exterior building materials, transformed fleet operations and enhanced efficiency with Descartes route planning and proof-of-delivery solutions.
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Video: American Tire Distributors Makes Data-Driven Routing Decisions with Integrated Planning and Execution Let's Talk Learn More American Tire Distributors (ATD) is the largest tire distributor in the U.S., supplying over 90,000 products through a...
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Video: Silver Eagle Distributors Reduces Planned Miles through Optimized Delivery Planning Let's Talk Learn More Silver Eagle Distributors, one of the largest Anheuser-Busch beverage distributors, operates in the Houston area, delivering about 36...
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Discover how SRS Distribution, a leader in building materials and landscape supply company, transformed its fleet operations with proactive safety measures and optimized route planning (Geotab Telematics and Descartes Route Planner™ On-demand). With...
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Customers expect real-time delivery tracking, seamless communication, and reliable deliveries, while businesses face increasing pressure to streamline operations and maximize efficiency. In this article we will go through how platforms can transform...
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Video: Halperns’ Steak & Seafood Reduces Delivery Inquiries with Real-time Tracking Let's Talk Learn More Halperns’ Steak & Seafood, a wholly owned subsidiary of Gordon Food Service, is a premier provider of center-of-the-plate proteins for white...
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Learn how Gateway Services Inc., a leader in pet aftercare, is leveraging Descartes advanced routing solution (Descartes WinRoute™) to streamline their operations and enhance customer service across over 100 locations in the U.S. and Canada.
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The Ultimate Route Planning Tool for Beverage Distributors Let's Talk Learn More Beverage distribution brings its own challenges. Delivering thousands of beverage cases each week means contending with tight delivery windows, fluctuating demand, and...
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