**Fleet Performance Management**

# Last-Mile Software for  Beverage Distribution

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A single platform built for beverage distributors with private fleets - combining route planning, mobile dispatch, and real-time driver and merchandiser tracking to tighten routes and boost delivery team performance.

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Beverage delivery is facing tighter windows, fewer drivers, rising costs, and fluctuating demand. Has your route planning and optimization technology kept up?

### More Cases Per Hour, One Last-Mile Solution

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Distributors use Descartes’ last-mile delivery solutions to increase efficiency, without adding complexity to operations.

- Cut costs by reducing miles and time.
- Hit every stop on time, in full.
- Provide full visibility to customers.

### Total Last-Mile Visibility

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Descartes helps beverage distributors spot route delays, long stop times, and underperforming territories—then fix them fast.

- Keep track of stops, drivers and merchandisers.
- Learn from data to create realistic route plans.
- Quickly spot deviations from the plan.

**Reduce miles by**  
## 10
%

**Reduce planning time by**  
## 75
%

**Reduce merchandiser hours by**  
## 10
%

## End-to-End Optimization for Beverage Distribution

Plan and Optimize  
Execute and Engage  
Train and Protect

### Plan and Optimize

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Navigate tight delivery windows and high-frequency schedules. Adjust for volume spikes, delivery constraints, and evolving service requirements on the fly. Know when to make strategic changes, like opening or closing a depot.

### **Strategic Planning**

Make long-term decisions on routes and fleets.
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### **Daily Planning**

Optimize routes to reduce miles, time, and cost.
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### Execute and Engage

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Gain real-time visibility from the moment a truck leaves the yard to when the order is complete. Track routes, monitor driver performance, and keep dispatch, drivers, and merchandisers connected. Reduce inbound calls and improve the customer experience with real-time delivery updates on everyday devices.

### **Route Execution**

Centralized view to track and improve.
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### **Mobile Apps**

Proof of Delivery, tracking and driver workflows.
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### **Customer Engagement**

Real-time ETAs, tracking and feedback.
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### **Fleet Analytics and AI**

Use data to improve planning and execution.
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### Train and Protect

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Establish a strong safety culture and maximize driver and vehicle performance. Keep Compliant compliant with integrated driver safety training, telematics, vehicle inspection, and regulatory reporting, including electronic logging device (ELD), hours of service, (HOS), International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA), driver vehicle inspection report (DVIR) and EU Working Time Directive.

### **Fleet Driver Safety**

One platform for training, telematics, and compliance.
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## Trusted by the Best in Beverage Distribution

_“Getting all those data points ... tells you about how you can run your business better, how you can build better plans, how you can have the right equipment in the right places.