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“..not only are we creating more efficient routes and delivering goods more accurately, we’re building better customer relationships too.”

Customer chase calls reduced 50%
Fleet mileage and costs Reduced
Planning time now takes Minutes
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“With Descartes, we’ve been able to take approximately 25,000 miles out of our routes annually while improving delivery reliability and ensuring our customers get what they need, when they need it.”

Annual Miles -25,000
Route Planning Enhanced
Customer Experience Improved
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“The Descartes solution enables us to elevate our customer service standards and reduce costs and miles driven, which supports our sustainability commitments as a Certified B Corp.”

Customer Service Improved
Productivity Increased
Operational Efficiency Optimised
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“With Descartes in place, our team of planners has automated and streamlined previous manual planning processes, allowing us to optimise our vehicle usage and minimise CO2 emissions.”

CO2 Emissions Reduced
Sales Capacity Raised
Operational Efficiency Improved
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“Customers today expect to have the capabilities to process orders digitally, reliably and quickly – they count on suppliers to demonstrate traceability, transparency, and to offer sustainable solutions as they deliver goods. Descartes’ technology enables us to meet these requirements... ”

Driven miles and operation costs Reduced
Delivery times and density Improved
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“Overnight our business was transformed. Our planning team and drivers love using Descartes.....Since introducing Descartes, Stop Start’s daily delivery volume has increased 50%. This rate of growth would not have been sustainable without digital planning tools.”

Daily planning time reduced 75%
Annual distribution costs saving £450k
Delivery capacity Increased 12%
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“Since implementing Descartes, access rates for customers have increased… we’ve unlocked additional customer service and operational efficiency benefits.”

Completed appointments up 4.1%
Marked increase in cost savings 4.6%
Customer communications Improved
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“Working with Descartes, we’ve saved 13% on annual fuel costs, which equates to approximately 354,000 fewer miles driven.”

Annual Fuel bill reduced 13%
Productivity improved 56%
Annual savings £2 million
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“We were impressed by the investment and support that Descartes put into this product and the roadmap. This technology has allowed us to be agile, forward-thinking and work optimally with our fleet with benefits on costs, sales and satisfaction across the business and with our customers.”

Delivery capacity increased 25%
OTIF deliveries increased 15%
Fleet size 500+
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“Redefining the Customer Experience in the Tyre Replacement Market”

Jobs/van/day increased 194%
Mileage reduced 13%
Fleet size 400+
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“Descartes Reservations™ and Route Planner™ solutions were integral to our strategy of offering a more extensive, but unified delivery service. The advanced optimisation capabilities and architecture of the Descartes solutions were critical, bringing new delivery service options to our customers in an economically feasible way.”

Fulfilment costs reduced £1.8m
Increased delivery productivity 35%
Delivery windows provided at POS
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“We’re delighted with the solution and the service we have received from Descartes. Ultimately, Descartes is helping us minimise our operational costs through its route planning and optimisation solution and is actively contributing to our corporate and social responsibility and sustainability efforts.”

Avg distance driven/delivery reduced 2%
Manual processes Replaced
Nationwide stores 300+
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“Introducing Descartes’ ePOD has translated into substantial daily savings of 16.5 staff hours as a result of more efficient customer delivery and invoice processes”

Daily time saving 16.5Hrs
Paper saved daily 1000 sheets
Site safety Improved
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“Throughout the process, the level of collaboration and effort from the Descartes team to deliver the solution in the way we asked has been amazing.”

Real-Time Visibility Oversight Complete
Plan vs. Actual Performance Optimal
Fleet Utilisation Reporting Enabled
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“The last-mile delivery solution has saved us approximately 25 hours per week in delivery planning for the Transport Manager and added 17 productive hours daily across our driver team. With the extra time available to us, we have focused on increasing delivery capacity, staff training, and pursuing other strategic goals.”

Planning time saved 25hrs/wk
Customer Experience Paperless
Fleet Size 17
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“Investing in Descartes has been the game changer we expected it would be for our business. Descartes’ last mile delivery solution enabled us to win not just one, but two major contracts without increasing headcount.”

Delivery Capacity Increased 8x
Operations headcount No Increase
Saving on driver's hours 10%
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“Descartes’ route optimisation and mobile proof of delivery solutions, integrated with our vault management and cash processing solutions, have given us that end-to-end, digital chain of custody, while also increasing the efficiency of our operations.”

Fleet efficiency improved 20%
Planning time reduced to 1 hour
Fleet size 80+
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“One thing that does stand out to me is the people that work within Descartes, and how they're able to really provide a solution to whatever challenges and whatever industry that you happen to be in.”

Travel Time -23.7%
Miles Travelled -24.2%
On-time Deliveries Improved
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“Descartes Route Planner and the Track-My-Truck feature have been a huge win for our customers, enabling us to give them the flexibility, responsiveness, and transparency they expect and deserve, while also reducing our overhead costs and boosting fleet productivity to drive growth. Delivery operations improved more than we expected, faster than we expected, and it’s made life easier and more efficient for customers and internal teams alike.”

OTIF deliveries up from 91% to 97%
Delivery enquiry calls decreased 50%
Number of distribution sites 12
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“Autoglass customers appreciate the real-time estimation of their technician arrival time.”

Customer ETAs Accurate
Efficiency & satisfaction Increased
Mobile Technicians 1,100
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“Driver feedback is a game-changer for us and provides a wealth of information. Previously, negative feedback would be directed to a sales colleague and escalated over a matter of weeks. Now, customers get a call from a senior manager within thirty minutes, to see what we can learn from the experience.”

Driver Retention increased 45%
First-time access & customer experience Improved
Fleet size 800+
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“By using the Descartes solution to create opportunities for real-time customer engagement in our field service operations, we’ve significantly reduced access issues and gleaned insightful responses regarding the customer experience.”

Costs Reduced
First-Time Access Increased
Customer Engagement Improved
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““The rapid implementation of the routing solution, coupled with Descartes’ change management expertise, enabled us to immediately reap the operational and bottom-line benefits across our combined fleet of vans and transport trucks that deliver to both grocery stores and wholesalers as well as to small business professionals.””

Delivery capacity Increased
Operational costs Reduced
Customer experience Improved
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“Descartes ePOD solution has unlocked considerable benefits for both our business and our customers. We have seen the number of requests for PoD decline dramatically and have received increasingly positive feedback from our customers.”

Customer POD requests reduced 80%
Successful 1st time deliveries Increased
Delivery operation costs Reduced
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“Our clients place a high value on timely, precise, and flexible deliveries. Our mission is to deliver on-time and provide excellent customer service. That is why in Norway, Sweden and Finland we complement our solution in Denmark with route planning from Descartes.”

Customer Service Enhanced
OTIF Deliveries Increased
number of outlets 180
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“ The Descartes solution gives us a new level of control and visibility into our large distribution network. Across 160 locations, routes are now more intelligent and efficient, and we track all routes in real-time.”

On-time delivery rate 98%
Reduced overtime by 9%
Fuel consumption down 5%
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“We estimate that we've reduced our transport costs by 10% per ton delivered.”

Transport costs reduced by 10%
Optimised mix of own vehicles and third parties
Maximised driver and vehicle utilisation
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“After extensive research, we partnered with Descartes to help transform our distribution management practices because it proved to be a real benchmark in the market. Their tools are very effective. The routing solution has been a resounding success resulting in lower costs and greater customer satisfaction, while the appointment booking capability is in great demand from our customers and their consumers.”

Operational costs reduced 5%
Customer Net Promoter Score (NPS) Increased
Fleet size 250+
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“In the past year since having the Descartes' system our jobs per route has improved by just short of 10%.”

Jobs per route has increased 9.9%
Average mileage between jobs reduced
Improved Customer Service
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“Descartes' Route Planner™ On-demand helps us have more efficient delivery operations by taking into account our assets, business rules, customer requirements and geographic information. Seamless mobile solution integration ensures we can track actual performance against optimized route plans and address new work or delivery exceptions as they happen to better serve our customers.”

Delivery temperatures recorded
Delivery costs analysed
Proof of delivery collected
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“The advantages of automation are mainly the reduction of error rates along with a reduction of delivery miles & transportation costs.”

Reduction of error rates and transport costs
Reduced paperwork around returned empty crates
Improved Customer Service
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“By using the Descartes solution, route planning is executed automatically; it doesn’t give us much to worry about. We now notice that we can schedule more stops within various time windows. We will deploy the experience gained from using the solution in Amsterdam to implement the process in various other cities.”

More Stops
Faster Planning
Automated Planning
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“Descartes’ integrated routing and mobile solution is helping us meet our customer service commitments while making our fleet, drivers, and dispatchers more productive.”

Improved fleet productivity
Customer commitments met
Accurate orders delivered on time
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“We now have the tools to automate formerly manual processes, which increases our efficiency in vehicle routing, asset tracking, fleet maintenance, Department of Transportation (DOT) compliance and more”

Efficiency Improved 20%
Customer Service Improved
Lower Operational Costs
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“Before using Descartes, managing compliance for our large and widely dispersed fleet in Europe was a time-consuming and labour-intensive operation for Gist.”

Enhanced compliance across Europe fleet operations
One solution to manage compliance in 7 countries
Time and labour savings managing compliance
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“By optimising planning, scheduling and routing, we’ve lowered our distribution costs: we’re getting more capacity out of our fleet and have reduced the number of returned loads by ensuring the right product is loaded onto the right truck.”

Reduced cost of distribution
Increased delivery capacity
Reduced number of returned loads
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“The Descartes solution provides the advanced capabilities we need to transform our logistics processes and, in doing so, improve the responsiveness of our delivery operations and reach higher standards of customer service.”

Optimised delivery routes
Electronic proof-of-delivery
On the fly adjustments to deliveries
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“Since implementing the Descartes Route Planner™ solution, the time taken to route deliveries has reduced from approximately four hours a day to a matter of minutes, while the number of vehicles sent out each day has reduced by roughly 15 per cent.”

Payback of the solution achieved within Months
Route planning reduced from hours to Minutes
Vehicles dispatched reduced by 15%
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“Descartes route optimisation software was designed to be deployed in an operational capacity to manage collection & distribution rounds. We have now adopted it to respond to calls for tenders and support our regional business units by undertaking centralised optimisation studies”

New tenders won
Centrailised optimisation
Easy to accomodate unique customer requirements
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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,”

On-time delivery has improved
Real time visibility of deliveries
Great delivery capacity
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“We now have a system which we can optimise the automation of the routes thanks to Descartes... We have improved service levels expected by our customer in full compliance with the time-windows.”

Customer Service levels improved
Employee shift scheduling has been simplified
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“Our objective was two fold, to improve our customer service and to continue to drive our operational leverage...both of which we have seen significant improvements in. But one thing we have realised is technology isn't the answer to everything, that people and process play a big part of that.”

Transport costs saved $3 million
Number of deliveries utilising POD 600,000
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“The transactional feedback data is worth its weight in gold. It solves the challenge of trying to be precise and recognise after each repair whether the customer is happy.”

YoY Reduction in carded appointments 20-40%
Customer satisfaction rating 4.6/5
Mobile operative downtime Reduced
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“Since the introduction of technician tracking, “Where’s my technician?” query calls for wastewater appointments have decreased by 50 percent.  ”

Decrease in 50%
Outbound calls to collect feedback Reduced
Customer response to digital updates Positive
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“It’s been simple. To anyone considering using the solution, I’d say absolutely go for it!”

Inbound calls Reduced
Feedback response Increased
Driver downtime Reduced
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“What’s great about the solution is that customers can see their appointment details, see where the engineer is and provide feedback all in the same place.”

Missed appointments Reduced
Feedback response rate 1 in 4
Customer experience Improved
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“To anyone considering the solution, I would say go for it. It’s really good value and there are so many extra benefits in addition to reducing no-access. Customer expectations are high because of services like Amazon: they don’t want to wait in long call queues or be given five-hour ETA windows. The solution really modernises how we work.”

Decrease in no-access rate 26%
Follow-up phone calls Reduced
Feedback response Increased
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“If you’re looking to improve the customer experience, there’s no reason not to use the solution. We chose the platform to improve the customer experience and saw additional benefits such as a reduction in missed appointments and increased response to feedback.”

Reduction in failed appointments 37%
Customer feedback response rate Increased
Customer satisfaction star rating 4.5
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