FreightWaves’ What the Truck?!? podcast takes a deep dive into the latest Descartes Transportation Management Benchmark Study with Descartes’ Michael Hane, discussing AI adoption, how Descartes MyCarrierPortal and Descartes MacroPoint FraudGuard are helping companies combat cargo theft, and how 81% of respondents now see transportation as a competitive weapon and a key customer service differentiator.
Manufacturing & Logistics IT magazine shares how Switzerland’s ESPAS and Germany’s Steinehelden are using Descartes’ ecommerce WMS to boost productivity by 500%, reduce error rates, and increase customer satisfaction, while integrating persons with and without disabilities into the workforce.
Cargo theft is becoming increasingly sophisticated and costly. Global Trade Magazine speaks with Descartes’ Danielle Spinelli about the evolving tactics behind modern rail theft, why organized crime is exploiting systemic gaps, and how better visibility, collaboration, and technology can help protect cargo.
Entrepreneur shares advice from Descartes’ Johannes Panzer about how to ensure your fulfillment process doesn’t drain your profits as sales channels and order volumes grow. Tip #1: effective utilization of technology like shipping software, IMS and WMS at appropriate growth stages prevents overhead bloat and maintains operational clarity.
Commercial Carrier Journal Commercial Carrier Journal shares insights from Descartes' Danielle Spinelli on the sophisticated digital tactics of criminal networks and the new FMCSA initiatives helping to tackle escalating freight fraud.
Supply Chain Brain shares insights from Descartes’ Filipe Santos about the increasing role of agentic AI in supply chain and logistics. In the face of growing industry and economic volatility, the rise of agentic AI offers a valuable opportunity to shift from reactive problem-solving to proactive autonomous action at scale.
Cargo theft is escalating across North America. Freight Waves shares insights from Descartes’ Danielle Spinelli into how bad actors are using AI, social engineering, and marketplace reselling to fuel a digitally-enabled crime wave in the freight industry.
Trucking Dive speaks to Descartes’ Danielle Spinelli about the three primary cargo theft risks carriers, shippers, drivers, and warehouse operators face — and why establishing clearer guidelines through industry collaboration is key to addressing freight fraud.
Prosper Pathway speaks to Descartes’ Mikel Richardson about the state of the North American ecommerce industry and how technology solutions for shipping, inventory, and order and warehouse management are solving sellers’ real-world problems, including marketplace compliance, under/overselling, and curtailing fulfillment costs.
Assessing 2025’s biggest storylines and what’s coming in 2026, Descartes’ Jackson Wood shares that risk and compliance wasn’t defined by a single enforcement action or a headline-grabbing policy change but by companies’ realization that the underlying structure of risk itself had changed—and that compliance programs built for yesterday’s linear supply chains simply will not get the job done in an era of more diffuse and broadly-networked risk.