Solar Coca-Cola Enhances Distribution Performance with Descartes' Routing Solution
27 August 2024 - 12:45PM
Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader
in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced
that Solar Coca-Cola, the second largest manufacturer and
distributor of Coca-Cola in Brazil, is using Descartes’ route
execution and fleet performance management solution to optimize the
last mile delivery performance of 1,400+ drivers across 44
distribution centers and 13 production facilities serving an area
that represents 70% of the country.
“We’ve been on a journey to improve the company’s logistics
processes through automation,” said Gabriel Montefusco, Logistics
Data Analyst at Solar Coca-Cola. “With Descartes’ solution, we now
have one mobile-based platform used by drivers and their
supervisors to manage day-to-day route execution. After trucks
leave on their routes, the solution continually resequences routes
based on real-time traffic information, delivery windows and
weather conditions, allowing drivers to perform better and giving
supervisors greater visibility into distribution operations.”
“Without the solution, this process would be manual, extremely
time-consuming and not scalable,” said Luis Rafael Sousa Fernandes,
Logistics Planning and Projects at Solar Coca-Cola. “Drivers can
also use the same app to capture any customer information at the
point of delivery and supervisors use it to easily track driver
progress and status updates throughout the day. It’s provided
significant value in our high-service environment.”
Part of Descartes’ routing, mobile and telematics solution
suite, the Descartes route execution and fleet performance
management solution helps retail food and beverage distribution
companies, like Solar Coca-Cola, manage route execution for optimal
efficiency and minimize the impact of unforeseen events on customer
service levels, mileage and costs. By continually re-optimizing
route plans based on real-time traffic data and other variables,
the solution enhances customer service by improving on time
delivery performance, lowers mileage by guiding drivers through
shorter route paths, and decreases total route time and costs by
helping drivers navigate through heavy traffic with alternate
routes and stop sequences.
“We’re pleased our solution has helped Solar improve the
customer experience for its complex distribution operations,” said
Douglas Alves, Sales Executive at Descartes. “We have a broad set
of routing capabilities to help our customers in food and beverage
distribution and other industries solve their last
mile challenges. Our mobile applications are used by drivers
around the world to improve productivity and help companies achieve
higher standards of delivery performance for their customers.”
Learn more about Descartes’ route execution and fleet
performance management solutions and its Routing, Mobile and
Telematics solution suite.
About Solar Coca-Cola
Solar Coca-Cola is the second largest manufacturer and
distributor of the Coca-Cola System in Brazil, one of the 13
largest manufacturers of the Coca-Cola System in the world, one of
the twenty largest companies in Northeast Brazil and one of the
largest consumer goods companies in the country. With the capacity
to produce more than three billion liters of drinks/year to serve
approximately 400,000 points of sale, Solar has approximately
17,000 employees distributed across our 13 factories and 44
distribution centers, in a territorial area that represents 70% of
Brazil, operating in the entire North, Northeast and State of Mato
Grosso regions and part of Goiás and Tocantins. For more
information visit https://solarcocacola.gupy.io/.
About Descartes
Descartes (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG) is the global leader in
providing on-demand, software-as-a-service solutions focused on
improving the productivity, security and sustainability of
logistics-intensive businesses. Customers use our modular,
software-as-a-service solutions to route, track and help improve
the safety, performance and compliance of delivery resources; plan,
allocate and execute shipments; rate, audit and pay transportation
invoices; access global trade data; file customs and security
documents for imports and exports; and complete numerous other
logistics processes by participating in the world’s largest,
collaborative multimodal logistics community. Our headquarters are
in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and we have offices and partners
around the world. Learn more at www.descartes.com, and connect
with us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Global Media Contact Cara
Strohack
Tel: +1(800) 419-8495 ext.
202025
cstrohack@descartes.com
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