Fleet Planning & Scheduling Software

Automated Route Planning Software

Real-time planning: Assesses orders and delivery capacity the moment they're received.
Optimised slots: Calculates the most efficient delivery windows - fast.
Customer control: Lets shoppers choose their ideal delivery time at checkout.
Hands-free efficiency: Automatically selects the best slot when speed matters.

Improve your productivity with Descartes route planning software

Say goodbye to the daily challenge of planning delivery routes and hello to automated and optimised route planning.

Unlock the full potential of your delivery operations with Descartes' proven route planning software.

Route Planning Software Features and Benefits

Effortless Optimisation

Descartes route planning software works continuously in the background and takes the guesswork out of route planning and scheduling deliveries.

Increased Efficiency

Eliminate manual planning; route planning software saves valuable time in planning deliveries.

It considers factors such as traffic conditions, distance, and vehicle capacity to create the most efficient routes for drivers, every time.

Improved Customer Satisfaction

As well as enabling customers to select their preferred delivery slots, Descartes route planning software will help ensure that deliveries arrive at the expected time.

Reduced Fuel Costs

Optimised delivery routes result in fewer miles per delivery and reduced costs.

Improved Productivity

Providing drivers with clear and efficient delivery schedules reduces stress, improves delivery times, and increases efficiency.

Understand Descartes route planning software

Watch a brief overview of Descartes’ route planning and scheduling software. Discover more about customer self-selection of delivery slots.

Fleet Successes

“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.”
Nathan Sanders, President and CEO
OTIF deliveries up from 91% to 97%
Delivery enquiry calls decreased 50%
Number of distribution sites 12
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“Working with Descartes, we’ve saved 13% on annual fuel costs, which equates to approximately 354,000 fewer miles driven.”
Lee Holmes, Transport and Logistics Director
Annual Fuel bill reduced 13%
Productivity improved 56%
Annual savings £2 million
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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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“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.”
Simon Macdonald, National Transport Manager
Avg distance driven/delivery reduced 2%
Manual processes Replaced
Nationwide stores 300+
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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.”
Andrew Gay - Systems Manager
Fulfilment costs reduced £1.8m
Increased delivery productivity 35%
Delivery windows provided at POS
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Route Planning Software Solutions

Dynamic Route Planning

Dynamic route planning software offers the potential to adapt to changing customer demand, lower operational expenses, and enhance fleet efficiency
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Hybrid Route Planning

Hybrid route planning enables you to reduce costs and improve service to your customers by combining fixed deliveries for your top customers with dynamic deliveries for other customers.
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Strategic Route Planning

Incorporate strategic route planning to maximize efficiency, respond to changing customer demand, meet new business objectives, and identify optimal entry points into new markets.
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Delivery Reservations

Automated delivery scheduling, the ability to allow customers to choose their own delivery slots, determined by resources available will improve customer satisfaction.
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Route Optimisation

Use clever mathematical algorithms and artificial intelligence to dynamically optimise delivery routes from the latest road network data in real time.
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Delivery Route Scheduling

The concept of delivery route scheduling is to determine which delivery vehicle an order should be transported on and the best order in which a delivery vehicle should make its deliveries.
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Multiple Drop Route Planner

Plan and optimises multiple drop delivery routes, including address verification and the ability to track a vehicle's progress in real-time against the planned route.
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Last Mile Delivery

Improving customer satisfaction with your deliveries, from delivery slot selection to customer tracking apps and digital proof of delivery with our last mile delivery services.
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