Kardinal Transport
Ecommerce & Retail
For retailers and pure players, logistics plays a major role in the customer experience, as it is often the last element in a shopping experience and the one that has the most impact, whether positive or negative.
This is why players have sought to push the limits of service quality, putting their logistics under increasing pressure.
Case study
Vente-unique improves its NPS by 20 points with Kardinal.
Use cases
Use cases for ecommerce and retail
Smart delivery slots
Get available delivery timeslots for new orders, based on planned orders and resources. Display the cost and CO₂ emissions impact of each timeslot when customers choose their delivery on your ecommerce website.
Real-time locker allocation
In case of absence, the driver can be sent to the nearest available locker to deliver the package, optimally integrating it into the current route.
Continuous route optimization
Optimize routes continuously from first order to last delivery, allocating resources in real time while meeting customer expectations.
ETA monitoring
Get a real-time update of the driver's arrival time based on current traffic conditions.
Operational constraints
Handle the constraints specific to ecommerce and retail last-mile delivery.
From the expected baseline to the signature rules almost no one can model, pick a level to see what the optimization accounts for.
Subcontractor priority
Subcontractors called on in the preference order you set.
Pre-opening windows
Store deliveries completed before the shop opens, for chains that need it.
Route balancing
Working time evenly spread across routes, no one stuck with the long one.
Key management
Locker and airlock keys assigned to a single driver, chosen by the solver.
Vehicle radius
A cap on how far each vehicle ranges, de-siloing multi-depot territories.
Local-knowledge service times
Off a driver's home turf, jobs take longer, and the plan knows it.
Mixed costs
Subcontractors paid a flat rate plus a variable part, in-house drivers paid by the kilometer, all in one blended cost.
Privileged access windows
Drivers holding the keys can deliver during extended hours others can't.
Benchmark
Compare our coverage to the competition.
Our benchmark pits 149 real business constraints against 10 competing routing APIs, sector by sector. Retail and ecommerce delivery gets its own breakdown, and every result is verifiable at the source.