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T ransportation Management System (TMS) Buyers Guide Unlock the potential of your supply chain with the TMS Buyers Guide Explore the comprehensive buyers guide to select the ideal Transportation Management System for enterprise shippers. This...
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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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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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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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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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Once you have a firm grip on your data, you can use it to make sense of the business. This will be useful when making important decisions that drive performance in your supply chain. A data control tower is the central hub or brain of your analytics...
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ATLANTA, Georgia, April 17, 2023 -- Descartes Systems Group, the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that FreightWaves Trusted Rate Assessment Consortium (TRAC) spot rate data is now available in the...
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ATLANTA, Georgia and LONDON, United Kingdom, March 8, 2023 -- Descartes Systems Group, the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced the top carriers worldwide using its Descartes MacroPoint™ real-time freight...
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When you are looking for a TMS, the main and obvious question will rise: ‘What does a TMS cost?’. A difficult question to answer, simply because one easily gets lost comparing prices of different providers. But why not turn the table and focus on the...
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The logistic environment is demanding and new challenges keep on rising to the surface. Therefore, many businesses are looking for a stable and intuitive transportation management system (TMS) that optimizes the logistic process and supports in...
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Given the long tail of truckload carriers, factoring in a mobile app for drivers is a must to ensure visibility across your carrier network. Drivers, however, are bombarded with app requests, and also leverage a multitude of applications for their...
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Learn How ZUP Optimized Fulfillment with Multichannel Connectivity and Discounted Shipping Rates Invented in a garage in 2012, the easy-to-use ZUP tow and paddleboards received tremendous exposure and an increase in business after being featured on...
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Author: Chris Jones - Article for DC Velocity Blog This past week, I was talking to my friend, Jan-Terje, about one of his customers and the value they were getting through using their TMS for freight auditing. I will get to his story shortly, but...
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Descartes Local Haulage™ helps third-party logistics providers (3PLs), freight forwarders, ocean carriers and intermodal marketing corporations (IMCs) manage their dray haulers and cartage agents more efficiently. It provides companies with a supply...
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Chris Jones, Executive Vice President, Marketing and Services with Descartes, describes the three core components of the Descartes business model, placing Customer Success at the forefront, and explains the technology behind the Logistics Technology...
What retailers want from their inbound supply chain is simple. They want the greatest product availability with the lowest inventory. Or put another way, they want the right goods at the right and shortest time possible with the correct labeling and...
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