Beverage Distributor Handles Holiday Rush With Ease

Monarch Beverage, Indianapolis, Indiana

Monarch Beverage, one of the largest one-building beer and wine distributors in the United States, started to use ArcLogistics, replacing an existing vehicle routing system, to handle its typical day.

The Indianapolis-based company operates:

• More than 11 million cases each year
• More than 60 vehicles each day
• More than 800 deliveries each day

Before implementing ArcLogistics, it took three to four hours for Monarch to route their dozens of vehicles. With ArcLogistics, the same dispatcher needs less than two hours to complete the routing.

This increased efficiency has allowed Monarch to reduce their amount of overtime by half while allowing their vehicles to process more orders. Before using ArcLogistics, Monarch would not be able to meet their obligations during holidays or during high volume events such as the Indianapolis 500. With ArcLogistics, Monarch was able to make all of their scheduled deliveries on time.