Businesses today face two competing drivers. The “Amazon Effect” has instilled customers with a need-it-now attitude and a demand for an order-to-delivery expectation of one or two days.
DC Velocity discusses how the recent acquisition of TMS provider, Aljex, extends Descartes' reach into brokerage by connecting Aljex with Macropoint's truck visibility tools.
A recent SupplyChainBrain video outlines the necessity of real-time supply chain visibility for shippers. Dave Halsema, VP North American Alliances at MacroPoint, explains how shippers can attain supply chain visibility to improve service performance
Descartes’ 2nd annual Forwarder/Broker Benchmark Survey has been included in a supply chain research round-up by Inbound Logistics for its September edition. See pp. 133.