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Home » Retailer Plans Route to Success with Real-Time Visibility for Delivery Operations

Retailer Plans Route to Success with Real-Time Visibility for Delivery Operations

April 20, 2012

Solution: Descartes provided an ideal solution that allowed this retailer to optimize delivery route planning and gain real-time visibility into delivery operations, along with much needed reporting capabilities.

Results: On-time deliveries improved customer service and optimized routes reduced the number of delivery trucks needed, resulting in significant cost savings. Descartes On-Demand Routing and Visibility solution, an internet based software-as-a-service (Saas) model, also provided the retailer with anywhere access to delivery data.

About the Solution Provider: Descartes is the premier provider of Global Trade Compliance, Supply Chain Execution and Mobile Resource Management services. Descartes' Global Logistics Network (GLN) unites businesses and trading partners, allowing cost effective collaboration and maximized productivity and efficiency. Trading partners that connect to the GLN join Descartes' Federated Network, the world's most extensive multi-modal network with over 35,000 trading partners connected.

Web: www.descartes.com

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (800) 419-8495

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