# Fleet Mobile Apps

Mobile Proof of Delivery (mPOD)

Eliminate paper, reduce back office costs and streamline operations

[view the animation about Mobile Proof of Delivery (mPOD)](https://video.descartes.com/watch/1CYzSnHL4qaZgEhqm1joDs?)

Customer Success: Martins Atacadista

Learn how Martins Atacadista transformed fleet performance with real-time information.

[Read the success story about Customer Success: Martins Atacadista](/content/content/media/documents/2020-02/cs_day_and_ross.pdf)

## Fleet Mobile Apps Drive Performance, Customer Engagement, Financial Processes & Enable Machine Learning

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Real-time, GPS-enabled mobile applications are at the heart of transformation of fleet performance.

### Performance

Enable drivers to be safer and more productive.

### Visibility

Give delivery performance visibility to managers in the field.

### Analytics

Get vital delivery data to power customer engagement, POD & payment processes

### Artificial Intelligence

Enable advances such as machine learning to further improve fleet performance.

## Key Mobile Features

### Standard

- Configurable workflows
- GPS-based real-time tracking
- Proof-of-delivery (POD) with signature and image capture
- Barcode scanning and validation
- Printing
- Automatic status updates (ASU)
- Navigation
- Break management
- Same-day dispatch
- Add new shipments and line items

### Advanced

- Re-sequencing based on real-time traffic
- Scan to route
- Automated stop geofencing
- High volume package pickup and delivery
- Invoice manifest reconciliation and generation
- Driver performance and compliance dashboard
- Manager mobile visibility, performance, and exception management app

### Descartes' Innovative Mobile Solutions Help Drivers Do a Better Job and Give Managers Improved Visibility and Control of Fleet Operations

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Descartes’ fleet mobile applications give drivers the tools they need to effectively execute their routes according to plan, address disruptions as they occur, and more efficiently capture proof-of-delivery information. The real-time, GPS-based data gives managers and dispatchers enhanced delivery visibility and allows interactions with drivers to address disruptions and issues as they occur or make changes to routes.

— Nicholas Chesna, Fleet Assistant Manager at Richards Building Supply

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> "With the Descartes solution, we now have real-time visibility into deliveries as they are made—and proof of delivery when customers receive their orders."

## **Fleet Resource Center**

### Expand Your Fleet Performance Management Knowledge

[Learn More](/content/fleet-resource-center/index.html)

## Additional Resources

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Operational Benefits of mPOD

Mobile proof of delivery can move an organization closer to achieving the perfect delivery.

[read the brochure about Operational Benefits of mPOD](/content/sites/default/files/media/documents/2021-11/2019-0805_descartes_mobile_pod_executive_briefing_operations_digital.pdf)

Customer Success: U.S. Foods

U.S. Foods digitizes the delivery process.

[watch the video about Customer Success: U.S. Foods](/content/resources/knowledge-center/how-us-foods-plans-delivery-routes-while-increasing-customer-service/index.html)

Evaluate Your Delivery Strategy

Mobile Technology Adoption – The Weakest Link in Your Delivery Strategy?

[read the article about Evaluate Your Delivery Strategy](https://logisticsviewpoints.com/2018/02/22/mobile-technology-adoption-weakest-link-delivery-strategy/)

## Fleet Mobile Apps FAQ

### How do fleet mobile apps improve driver productivity?

Fleet mobile apps provide drivers with a route sequence and turn-by-turn navigation that minimizes the distance drivers take to execute a route which can allow drivers to make more deliveries per route.

### How do fleet mobile apps improve customer service?

Fleet mobile apps provide vital delivery data that informs customers of the estimated-time-of-arrival (ETA) and captures proof-of-delivery (POD) information such as GPS-tagged pictures and signatures that document a successful delivery or captures overs, shorts or damage.

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