Automotive Parts & Service Distribution Resource Center
Automotive Parts & Service Distribution Supply Chain Resource Center
Provide a Differentiated Customer Experience While Reducing Costs and Growing Revenue
Automotive parts and service success starts during the buying process and ends after the goods are delivered. Descartes’ solution covers the end-to-end buyer journey. Offer customers significantly more delivery and value-added service options during the buying process but minimize delivery costs by steering customers to lower cost delivery options. The result is greater customer loyalty and profitability.
Descartes solution continues through the delivery process managing execution, proactively alerting exceptions and calculating ETA changes. The integrated real-time GPS-based mobile app electronically communicates between the driver and dispatcher to track delivery progress and make route changes. Proof-of-delivery and other critical stop-related data is electronically captured with the same app. A notifications engine uses data from delivery appointment through physical delivery to keep customers informed, help minimize failed deliveries and allow customers to rate their experience. Descartes helps to keep the promise which is critical to keeping the customer.
Descartes solution is unique because of:
- Comprehensive and deep functionality that addresses the entire delivery life-cycle, from delivery appointment scheduling, delivery route planning, execution, and dispatch, GPS-enabled real-time mobile tracking and POD, and delivery status notifications
- Advanced, same-day delivery appointment and route optimization technology integrated with real-time GPS tracking
- Enterprise-class, web-based architecture that can scale to solve the most complex and largest home delivery requirements and synchronizes all of the internal and external parties involved in the delivery process
Route Planning and Optimization
If your distribution operations operate in part or wholly on purchased transportation, reducing complexity and costs, and having greater visibility and control over the entire shipment process are important in meeting both your profitability and service objectives. Descartes’ Transportation Management solutions can address the end-to-end shipment and transportation life-cycle.
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Customer Success & Industry Resources
ACM Parts
Differentiating Themselves by Providing Same-day and Next-day Delivery Service Nationwide
read the case study about ACM Parts
Bosch
Optimizing Operations from Pick, Pack and Ship to Carrier Selection
Read the case study about Bosch
Canadian Tire
Automating Shipment Processes Enabling Quick Access to Import Data
read the press release about Canadian Tire
Ideal Supply
Real-time GPS Tracking and Driver Performance Monitoring to Lower Costs
read the case study about Ideal Supply
NSK Europe
Gained Significant Operational Efficiencies and Enhanced Supply Chain Performance
read the Press Release about NSK Europe
Ideal Supply
Advanced Route Optimization and Mobile POD for Automated Delivery Alerts
view the Video about Ideal Supply
Tyres on the Drive
Providing a differentiated customer experience while improving the productivity of their fleet
Read the Press Release about Tyres on the Drive
Halfords
Halfords Implements Descartes’ Last Mile Delivery Solution to Enable Dynamic Delivery Appointment Pricing
Read the Press Release about Halfords