Transportation Management and Shipment Management for Transportation Optimization, Parcel Shipping and Transportation Scheduling

With its modular approach to transportation management and shipment management, Descartes makes it easy to extend existing functionality as business needs evolve. Descartes Transportation Management software also offers unmatched scalability, providing geographically dispersed organizations with the ability to bring multiple sites – across the country or around the world – online, quickly and easily.

• Descartes Transportation Management software provides complete management of contract carriers.
• Manages contract carriers from shipment planning through execution and settlement. 
• Descartes Transportation Management software helps logistics managers, shippers and third parties simultaneously evaluate shipment alternatives to find the most efficient shipping method.
• Allows self-filing importers to easily and transparently collect and prepare data for customs.
• Helps shippers better manage their compliance enforcement processes. 
• It optimizes transportation purchases for both operational effectiveness and cost efficiency.
• Automates pick, pack and check processes, making it easy to sort orders by customer, carrier, weight, destination, number of line items and other variables. Carton contents are captured, and packing slips, bills of lading, shipping manifests and other essential documents are prepared.
• For small parcel deliveries, Descartes TM prints shipping labels that comply with the high standards established by the world’s leading couriers, ensuring they can be easily scanned and sorted in high speed environments.
• Provides real time visibility into shipment status, and automatically updates estimated times of arrival (ETAs) and sends alerts to customers. Visibility is also extended to shipment costs by product, lane, mode and carrier.

Key potential benefits and capabilities of Descartes Transportation Management and Shipment Management

• Freight rating and calculation, including accessorial and fuel surcharges
• TM automates time consuming manual data entry to bring costs down, minimize errors, drive efficiencies and provide greater control over the decision-making process
• Least-cost shipment rating and strategic core carrier selection with volume targets
• Optimized order and shipment consolidation
• Tendering (Integrated Descartes Global Logistics Network EDI, e-mail, FTP, manual)
• Freight bill audit and payment
• Carrier on-boarding program
• Save costs and gain control of customs filings
• Comply with government regulations