Case Study: AMP reduces distribution costs with Descartes route planning

AMP Uses Descartes' Route Planning Solution to Support Strategic Decisions

AMP, Belgium’s largest press distributor, faced growing competition and needed to maximize service quality while reducing distribution costs across more than 6,000 delivery points. To handle narrow delivery windows, dispersed depot locations, and fluctuating volumes, AMP chose Descartes’ route planning solution to support strategic planning and transport simulations.

Descartes implemented an optimization-based routing solution that helped AMP model delivery scenarios, group orders, respect time and weight constraints, and better plan for depot changes and promotional volume spikes. As a result, AMP reduced distribution costs by approximately 5% while improving delivery efficiency and supporting its ecological goals by lowering vehicle use and kilometers driven.

AMP

Steven Roels

Consultant