Routing, Mobile and Telematics
Improve Fleet Productivity, Driver Performance & Customer Service
Improve Productivity, Performance & Safety
Customer Success: Brook Furniture Rental
With help from Descartes, Brook Furniture Rental automated its white-glove delivery operations to increase productivity and fleet capacity, lower operational costs, and dramatically improve the customer experience.
Descartes Fleet Innovation Animation
Maximize Your Fleet’s Potential
Take fleet productivity and customer service to another level with the industry’s most comprehensive and advanced solution for planning and executing routes and managing driver performance.
Route Planning and Optimization
From strategic route creation to same-day delivery improve productivity and customer service
Appointment Scheduling
Dynamic delivery appointment booking that creates a differentiated customer experience and minimizes delivery costs
Dispatching and Tracking
Empower dispatchers and manage drivers through real-time, GPS-based tracking and driver communication
Mobile Apps
Enable drivers to better execute routes and collect POD information such as signature, pictures and more
Fleet and Driver Performance Management
Monitor vehicle diagnostics to reduce maintenance costs and coach driver behavior for safer operations
Telematics and Compliance
Capture critical vehicle operating information and comply with regulatory mandates such as ELD, HOS, Working time directive, etc.
Data Analytics
Transform and visualize fleet data with a powerful business intelligence solution
Improve Service Levels While Reducing Fuel & Labor Costs
Descartes delivers the industry’s most comprehensive offering of integrated route planning, execution, mobile and performance monitoring solutions.
Proven Results
>15%
Increase in Fuel Efficiency
>10%
Increase in Asset Utilization
5-25%
Cost Reduction
"Partnering with Descartes is a critical part of how we are optimizing our last mile delivery routes to drive efficiency and reduce transportation costs"
- Hemant Porwal, Vice President Global Supply Chain and Operations at WESCO International
"Capabilities such as mobile proof-of-delivery and digital photos have allowed us to be more efficient, minimize order discrepancies and satisfy customers at the point of delivery"
- Andrew Mercier, President and CEO at Merchants Foodservice
"Using Descartes Route Planner, PlaceMakers increased delivery satisfaction by 40-50%, reduced inbound calls by 16%, increased load utilization by 13%, and reduced loading times by 14%"
–Wayne Armstrong, Head of Digital Channels, PlaceMakers
Ready to see Descartes Route Optimization in action?
Halfords Mobile Expert Offers Customer Service with Dynamic Appointment Self-Scheduling
Learn how the Descartes’ delivery appointment scheduling has improved customer satisfaction, increased route density and reduced dispatching resources at Halfords Mobile Expert.
Additional Resources
Customer Success: SIG UK
Descartes' last-mile delivery solution suite has enabled SIG to increase On-Time-In-Full (OTIF) deliveries by 10-15% and has increased the volume of deliveries by 25% using SIG's existing fleet.
The Reality of Last Mile Logistics
Adrian Gonzalez with Talking Logistics speaks to Descartes’ Shawn Winter for insights into what makes last mile delivery so challenging
Strategic Route Planning: Blueprint for Profitability
Learn how to deliver better customer service through strategic route planning
MedSpeed Selects Descartes
MedSpeed selects Descartes' route planning & execution solutions to manage nationwide healthcare logistics network