Real-time visibility & Carrier connectivity


Seamless automated communication and visibility is key to navigate supply chain disruptions and challenges

Data exchange with carriers is a crucial part of the transport management process. Under pressure from rapidly changing market conditions, limited capacity and strong growth of e-commerce activities, flexibility and speed are essential to collaborate efficiently with different carriers. With the seamless automated communication solution digital carrier connectivity, shippers can accelerate the onboarding process for carriers and dramatically shorten their time-to-value.

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Visibility and control, at every step of the supply chain


Improve control & deliver exceptional service with real-time tracking and ETAs across transportation modes and borders. For manufacturers, retailers and distributors, the Descartes Macropoint solution can provide a comprehensive visibility and a control tower view across supply chain operations from purchase order to proof of delivery.

Descartes MacroPoint has 3000+ customers and high scores compared with any other visibility provider.


Keeping in touch with carriers yourself is complex and time-consuming, and you have to take into account different transport modes, systems and rules. Our carrier connect solution gives you access to the largest global multimodal network of carriers via the GLN.

From the GLN you can make connections with hundreds of thousands of companies in logistics and transport, production, distribution, retail, government and e-commerce in more than 160 countries. All your communication with carriers runs through a single integration point, saving you a lot on implementation time and costs.

Your benefits

Efficiency
Digitize and accelerate manual processes, improve data accuracy and work paperless through automated digital data exchange of booking, invoices, track & trace and more.
Integration
Fast and easy integration with your TMS and transportation partners via the Descartes Standard Message Format (SMF).
Insights
Carrier connectivity provides more insight into the shipping process and the performance of your transport partners.
Multimodal
Global connectivity via the Descartes Global Logistics Network, the largest multimodal carrier network
Onboarding
Fast onboarding through a global network of carriers, a standardized process and teams with knowledge of road, sea, air, express, parcel and rail transport.
Flexibility
Switch carriers faster and easier thanks to our global network and standards-based integrations.