Routing, Mobile, Telematics
Route Optimization Software for the Last Mile
Descartes Route Optimization Software helps you build delivery routes that cut costs, save time, and elevate the customer experience.
On-Time, Profitable Deliveries
- Reduce planned miles by 10%
- Reduce fuel costs by 15%
- Reduce planning time by 75%
Same Fleet, More Revenue Per Mile
Turn complex, multi-stop deliveries into optimized routes that balance cost, efficiency, and service.
- Reduce miles, fuel, and carbon emissions
- Improve route density and on-time performance
- Shrink planning time from hours to minutes
- Boost driver productivity and customer satisfaction
Background Optimization: Automate Your Planning
Automate complex planning behind the scenes, eliminating repetitive tasks to rapidly create high-quality routes within constraints.
- Automated, multi-step planning
- Faster, more accurate route creation
- Consistency across planners and territories
Continuous Optimization: Plans that Evolve with Your Day
Keep routes alive by constantly analyzing new orders, traffic and constraints to adjust plans in real time.
- Real-time plan updates as orders and changes occur
- Add new orders while honoring time windows
- Offer same-day or time-specific delivery options
Hear It Straight from Our Customers
"One of the key improvements that we've noticed is we have increased visibility with our field operations, capturing the data that otherwise would have been missing with our previous routing software."
MATT ROSSI
Senior Manager, American Tire Distributors
"We now have data that tells us whether we’re making good decisions or if we need to pivot. The tools from Descartes are solid, but the real value comes from the partnership. If I call, I know I’ll get the support I need"
MATT FANNON
Director of Routing, Silver Eagle Distributors
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Route Optimization FAQs
Route optimization software automatically determines the most efficient way to deliver goods or services by factoring in time, distance, capacity, and customer requirements. It helps reduce operating costs, increase productivity, and enhance customer experience.
Yes, it connects seamlessly with your order management, telematics, and ERP systems for real-time visibility and execution.
Absolutely. Whether you manage 10 vehicles or 10,000, the platform scales to your data volume, geography, and complexity.
Continuous optimization is better than batch optimization because it is constantly running and can recalculate routes to consider new orders, cancellations and traffic.
Since the software is always running in the background, you can extend the order cutoff time and enable same-day deliveries.
When paired with smart scheduling, continuous optimization allows you to offer customers time slots that are achievable and profitable.
Continuous optimization techniques are used in route planning where orders are occurring frequently throughout a period (e.g., day).
When a new order comes in, traffic changes, or a driver calls in sick, the software can incrementally re-optimize routes without breaking fixed routes. Optimization can be configured to minimize cost, distance, and number of routes while adhering to promised time windows.
Background optimization is a form of robotic process automation that allows route planners the ability to take multi-step optimization processes and automate them to run without human intervention.
Background optimization allows best practices for route planning to be automated to improve the quality of every planner and reduce planning time.
Plans are already “ready to go” by the time they need to be reviewed or executed, which cuts down review time and reduces last-minute fixes. Instead of spending hours tweaking routes, planners can focus on higher-value work like handling exceptions.