We’re driven by your success
Turn enormous challenges into incredible opportunities
We’re driven by your success.
We don’t need to tell you times are challenging. Costs keep rising, drivers are in short supply and customers have demanding expectations. You’re under pressure to do more with less – and tick all the sustainable boxes along the way.
But it’s also true that the opportunities for extraordinary transformation have never been greater.
But what if you could go beyond overcoming these challenges to revolutionise your business and secure your bottom line and long-term future? What if you could streamline operations, increase operational efficiency, increase capacity, improve service, and unlock transformative potential?
Turn Industry Challenges into Incredible Opportunities
You see enormous challenges. We see incredible opportunities. Descartes routing solutions software is already at work across the UK and globally.
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Take a look at the results we’re already delivering.
John Lewis
Increased capacity by 35% and reduced fuel costs by £1 million.
Halfords
Increased gross profits by 5% and reduced miles per delivery by 13%.
SIG
Increased delivery volume by 25% and OTIF deliveries by 15%.
What can we do for you?
Overcome Common Challenges
- Overcome driver shortage issues
- Improve customer service
- Improve the customer experience
- Optimise operational efficiency
- Reduce CO2 emissions
Implement Solutions
- Improve Fleet Optimisation
- Increase OTIF Deliveries
- Improve Proof of Delivery
- Increase Fleet Efficiency
- Reduce Your Emissions
Descartes' Research
- Managing Driver Shortages
- The Home Delivery Experience
- Ecommerce Consumer Sentiment Report
- Sustainability is Not a Challenge, It’s An Opportunity
- Future Proof Your Deliveries for a Carbon-Free World
Without our industry leading software, you’ll have hard choices to make.
Accurate ETA's and delivery times
Improved customer satisfaction with on-time deliveries and a reduced office workload as the number of phone calls enquiring after deliveries diminishes.
Continuous background optimisation
Achieve more efficient route plans for your fleet than traditional batch-based optimisation techniques and provide costed delivery options at the point of sale in seconds.
Continuous optimisation of routes
Subsequent orders with delivery addresses geographically close to previous orders may be brought forward and combined, improving delivery times and customer satisfaction, and providing the most efficient route for the final mile.
Plan Multiple Drop Delivery Routes
Plan optimised delivery routes for multiple deliveries on each vehicle quickly and easily.
Use Devices You Already Own
Compatible with most smartphones and tablets, reducing hardware costs and enabling fast, flexible deployment.
Contactless Proof of Delivery
If a signature is not to be collected as proof of receipt, alternative methods for proof of delivery such as capturing an image can be easily configured.
Internet based Software as a Service with role-based password protection
Access to the data, reports and analysis any time and any place you have an internet connection. Data is safe, secure and always available when you need it.
Automatic vehicle location / GPS tracking
Track actual against plan with exception alerts automatically triggered, enabling more accurate prediction of delivery windows to be passed on to the customer.
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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
“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. ”
Edward Corbett - Head of Programme
Delivery capacity increased 25%
OTIF deliveries increased 15%
Fleet size 500+