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Bahr Transportation Advanced TMS + Real-time Visibility Transform Reefer Operations Bahr Transportation, a freight brokerage specializing in transporting food products and perishable goods, implemented the cloud-based Descartes Aljex™ transportation...
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Transportation One leverages Descartes MacroPoint for real-time freight visibility and API integration, enhancing customer experience and carrier relationships with their custom TMS.
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Explore the intricacies of shipper Transportation Management Systems (TMS) recurring costs, pricing models, and key features. Learn about transaction-based pricing, alternative transaction models, and considerations for carrier connectivity.
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Mastering Ocean Freight Tracking In the world of ocean freight, where 80% of the global goods are transported, shipping companies encounter common challenges in managing their international inbound supply chain operations. Coordinating container...
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A TMS takes you from data to visibility. A well organised supply chain, where logistics applications help collect data and create 'visibility', is the basis of successful operations. Especially when shipments flow across multiple legs (or segments)...
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Explore the world of real-time visibility in logistics and supply chain management. Understand the challenges and benefits of continuous updates, Learn why real-time visibility is crucial for shippers and forwarders, and how it contributes to...
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Lead time in the supply chain is the total time from when a customer order, or purchase order, is placed and when the goods are received
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ATLANTA, Georgia, October 2, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that Austin-based Arrive Logistics, a leading multimodal transportation and technology company, is using Descartes MacroPoint™ to provide shipper customers with real-time visibility into freight moving across its nationwide network.
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A Shipper TMS is the ideal place to determine the carbon emissions by collecting and analyzing data of all the transportation activities of an organization and applying the same logic across the different forwarders/carriers.
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A TMS should provide full visibility into all of your shipments. It needs to be properly integrated with your other systems (ERP) and carriers.
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A transportation management system plays a central role in the total supply chain. It is a powerful tool that enables businesses to automate activities like carrier selection or invoice audit, gain control over costs, a better visibility on their...
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Learn how Lipsey Logistics transformed their freight operations using Descartes MacroPoint’s freight visibility platform and increased carrier compliance by 20%.
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Wouldn’t it be more effective to intelligently combine different types of in-transit shipment data to create clear insights and highlight where you should take action to avoid disruptions where necessary?
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Real-time transportation visibility and estimated time of arrival (ETA) play a crucial role in optimizing supply chain operations and can indeed contribute to increased revenues and a higher Net Promoter Score (NPS) for shippers. Advanced logistics...
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The impact of investing in a Transport Management System goes further than the immediate benefits such as cost savings, improved efficiency, and enhanced visibility. A TMS's power also lies in its intangible benefits to organizations. Strengthened...
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A transportation management system (TMS) is a software platform that supports businesses to plan, execute and optimize the physical movements of goods, both incoming and outgoing.
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How a TMS helps you make more sustainable transport choices
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Although it has long been said that we need flexibility to respond to change, the past years this repeatedly became a reality. Retailers were forced to be creative, set up pick-up points, sell (more) online, and move quickly whenever the rules...
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Is your company ready for the next steps in digital transformation? Then it might be worth your while to check out Transportation Management Software (TMS). This software solution helps manage your transport in the best possible way, but it goes...
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In this video episode, Adrian Gonzalez with Talking Logistics speaks to Descartes’ Chris Jones about how a company’s financial performance, as well as senior management’s perspectives on transportation management influences strategy, tactics and...
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