Descartes MacroPoint Features

Track products to determine when they are shipped, in transit, or delivered.

Manage multiple delivery modes such as truckload, less than truckload, rail, parcel, and ocean.

Identify the financial impact of deliveries based on costs and revenues.

Provide performance metrics such as delivery performance, on-time arrival performance, and compliance.

Use supply chain data to identify trends and their impact on performance.

Manage details about carriers such as the types of services they offer and pricing.

Provide criteria to evaluate carriers such as on-time delivery or quality of service.

Monitor carrier performance using historical data.

Define multiple types of freight such as air, road, or sea.

Finding the most optimal routes for drivers based on various factors and constraints

Deliver an online portal where customers can monitor shipments.

Create and manage personalized quotes for freight services.

Provide customers with transportation documents required for shipping.

Ability to track components across the supply chain to identify the causes of non-compliance.

Provide a search engine to find items and where they are in the supply chain.

Ability to identify and document exceptions for perishable goods and temperature-controlled environments.

Ability to track inbound products to determine when they are shipped, in transit, or delivered.

Ability to track and search for the location of shipments by PO or SKU

Ability to use historical tracking data and machine learning in order to accurately predict ETAs

Ability to establish geofences to determine precise and accurate arrivals

Ability to request a bid from multiple carriers and directly book shipments

Ability to utilize paperless documents to automate reconciliation process including bills of lading, proofs of delivery, and weight certificates

Ability to access full coverage of required geographies

Ability to efficiently onboard new carriers during network implementation

Ability to access data enrichment, sources, & normalization to serve up actionable and clean data

Provide support for multiple languages

Provide rule-based notifications to empower real-time collaboration at key milestones and quickly resolve issues.

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Improves performance based on feedback and experience

Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Freight forwarder/forwarding agent that transports cargo domestically with specialized knowledge of local logistics services

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

Transfer of data from one computer system to another

Generate or print labels that contain shipping information for packages

Track/optimize rates in relation to usage

Store, manage, and track all electronic documents in a centralized location

Captures invoice data and maintains comprehensive records for auditing and reporting purposes

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Official shipping document that identifies origin and destination of the shipment, weight, freight, and other details of goods

Trucks that do not reach full load and can be shared

Intended to be used by freight brokers and logistics companies

Use AI to generate content in the form of text, images, videos, etc.

Track item deliveries through dispatch notifications, status and location tracking, and ETA updates

Track and manage inventory levels to maintain proper supply

Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases

Manage and track orders being shipped to customers

Built-in accounting to manage ledger, accounts payable/receivable, financial reports, etc.

Freight forwarder/forwarding agent that transports cargo internationally with knowledge of customs, and international boundaries, etc.

Manage and track operations and inventory within warehouses

The software will assign a tracking number associated to the order number to track the physical progress of the package in delivery.

Outsource and manage third party logistics

Manage sending personnel and resources to a site as needed

Organize and track the physical movement of goods from one location to another

Management of commercial motor vehicles for work-related purposes

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

A virtual assistant that uses AI to pursue goals and complete tasks on behalf of users

Notifications that are delivered to users as soon as an event occurs

Track and manage transportation of large cargo that fills an entire trailer/truck

Plan availability and assign specific time slots for tasks and resources

Store and organize information about customers and previous interactions

Management of inbound and outbound shipments in the context of international trade

Generate quotes or estimates for customers

Manage and track customer orders for goods, investments, or any other purchases