Pioneer Landscape Centers Optimizes Commercial and Residential Distribution Operations with Descartes Routing Solution
November 08 2021 - 6:45AM
Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq: DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader
in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced
that Denver-based Pioneer Landscape Centers, a leading distributor
of landscape and hardscape materials in Colorado and Arizona, is
improving the efficiency of its distribution operations for
commercial and residential customers using Descartes’ route
planning solution.
“At Pioneer, providing an industry-leading customer experience
isn’t just about truck efficiency and on-time delivery. It’s also
about creating a fast, frictionless experience from the moment an
order is placed until the moment it is delivered,” said Paul Tudor,
President of Pioneer. “By integrating the Descartes solution with
our new, homegrown point-of-sales system and dispatch system, known
as Pioneer OS, we’re able to provide dispatchers a unified view of
all restock and customer delivery requests, dramatically reduce
dispatching time, and efficiently route our fleet using Descartes’
world class route planning solution.”
“Essentially, when sales staff process a customer order using
our new point-of-sale system, that order is automatically and
intelligently scheduled for delivery without any dispatcher input.
Scheduling a customer delivery used to take up to 30 minutes.
Today, that process takes less than 30 seconds and, thanks to
Descartes, customer orders are fulfilled from the quarry or retail
center closest to them. With hundreds of drivers on the road each
day, plus 35 retail centers and 20 quarries and production
facilities, it’s a significant innovation that has improved the
customer experience, delivered an essential foundation for
real-time ecommerce, and unlocked latent capacity across our
fleet,” added Tudor.
Descartes’ routing solution helps distribution-intensive
companies improve operational efficiency and the customer
experience. It supports dynamic delivery requirements, including
same-day delivery, by offering flexible, efficient and
cost-effective time windows and delivery options. Using advanced
continuous optimization technology, the solution takes committed
delivery times and improves how routes are planned and executed,
which generates additional delivery capacity and reduces costs.
With an integrated GPS-based mobile application, the solution
coordinates drivers, dispatchers and call centers to ensure that
routes are executed according to plan and exceptions are handled
efficiently.
“We’re pleased to help Pioneer fundamentally change its
responsiveness to customers while improving fleet utilization,”
said James Wee, Vice President at Descartes. “The combination of
continuous optimization and robotic process automation-based route
planning helps distribution companies redefine how they interact to
be more dynamic and accurate with delivery promises and be able to
plan across the enterprise to best leverage resources for improved
productivity and customer service.”
About Pioneer Landscape Centers
Pioneer Landscape Centers is the leading landscape and hardscape
materials distributor in the United States. In serving our
customers for over 50 years, we have become a destination including
35 retail distribution centers, plus 20 quarries and production
facilities. Pioneer continues to grow, not just to better serve
homeowners, but to provide additional value to contractors,
builders, municipalities and businesses across the country through
our professional commercial, wholesale and industrial divisions.
For more information, visit www.pioneersand.com.
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, performance and security of
logistics-intensive businesses. Customers use our modular,
software-as-a-service solutions to route, schedule, track and
measure 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
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Global Media Contact Cara StrohackTel: +1(800)
419-8495 ext. 202025cstrohack@descartes.com
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