Solar Coca-Cola taps Descartes Systems Group route execution and fleet performance management solution

Descartes Systems Group reports that Solar Coca-Cola, the second largest manufacturer and distributor of Coca-Cola in Brazil, is using its route execution and fleet performance management solution to optimise the last mile delivery performance of 1,400+ drivers across 44 distribution centres 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,” says 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,” says 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.”

“We’re pleased our solution has helped Solar improve the customer experience for its complex distribution operations,” says 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.”

2024 RTIH INNOVATION AWARDS

Last mile delivery is a key focus area for the sixth edition of the RTIH Innovation Awards, which is now open for entries.

The awards, sponsored by CADS, 3D Cloud, Retail Technology Show 2025, and Business France, celebrate global tech innovation in a fast moving omnichannel world.

It’s free to enter and you can do so across multiple categories.

Key 2024 dates

Friday, 25th October: Award entry deadline 

Tuesday, 29th October: 2024 shortlist revealed

30th October-6th November: Judging days

Thursday, 21st November: Winners announced at the 2024 RTIH Innovation Awards ceremony, to be held at RIBA’s 66 Portland Place HQ in Central London.