Conor Baker – Senior Accountant Executive for Builders Merchants cbaker@descartes.com
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About Us
Descartes is driven by delivering business success for leading manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and logistics service providers. Descartes’ comprehensive range of fleet optimisation software solutions includes routing and scheduling, mobile resource management, electronic Proof of Delivery, telematics, and compliance management. Descartes helps businesses save time and money, improving operational efficiency and delivering a better customer experience.
Software Solutions
Descartes’ range of software has been specifically created for road transport and delivery operations that are looking to deliver a great customer experience, whilst maximising operational efficiency.
Tangible Benefits
- Reduced Vehicle Maintenance
- Delivery Capacity increased by up to 35%
- 30% increase in On-Time Deliveries
- Reduced Compliance Infringement Levels
- Improved customer experience
Road Transport Operations
Software guaranteed to help companies get more from their existing fleet and drivers whilst ensuring compliance with drivers’ hours regulations.
Route Planning and Scheduling
Achieve more deliveries in fewer miles, reduce your fuel costs, servicing costs, and maintenance costs by building optimised routes and schedules with instantly costed delivery results.
Mobile Applications for Delivery Routing
Mobile applications that synchronise field-based information, directions, messages, proof of delivery, tracking, and vehicle safety checks to improve safety, visibility, communications, and customer satisfaction.
Vehicle Telematics
Smart Compliance Road Transport Compliance
Where road transport compliance is concerned Descartes SmartCompliance software is the way forward, thousands of transport operators of all sizes use our tried and trusted.
SmartCompliance software for tachograph analysis and reporting, driving licence verification with DVLA, and vehicle safety checks.
A key case study for us in this market
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BLOGs
Beyond Load Building: The First Steps to Better Routes for Builders’ Merchants
For builders’ merchants, delivery route planning is rarely straightforward. Stackability challenges, custom-made items and incomplete data get in the way. Yet routes are still needed for deliveries to go out every morning.
From Branch to Browser – Enabling the Builders Merchant of the Future
Modern ecommerce has reset expectations for speed, visibility and convenience. Builders’ merchants now face a stark choice. Update a historically branch led, relationship driven model to a transparent, on demand online experience, or risk losing ground.
