Descartes Logistics Technology Platform vs. SAP Transportation Management

Descartes Logistics Technology Platform has a control tower view which we have used a lot. It permits us to check on [the] real-time status of every truck, also has the features and option to communicate with the trucks' ELD, which gives us the most liable information about his current location and status.

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Haven't worked with alternatives so I can't tell you where something else would be better suited

Incentivized

• An easy and free of hassle mobile application
• Precise location of a truck in a map view
• Identify possible delays to stops

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• Maintaining an overview of developments moving into production
• Transports and transports of copies enable refinement to work in progress
• The configuration within SAP Transportation Management allow us to tailor the transport procedures to the needs of our business

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• Intelligence, it gets stuck in some areas of the country
• Integration with [other] apps, we would appreciate a collaboration with [other] tracking apps that can share the same information if they are being installed [on] the same device
• A better and clean dashboard, its face needs a renewal, a fresh look, adapted to the current trends

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• Planning and execution area for carriers is not covered fully. It has scenarious covered, but its mainly manual and not suited for high volumes and loads
• Intermodal transportation management - absent or inefficient
• Trailer swap functionality is like 10 steps process, which is highly manually consuming and is not efficient for company operating >5000 trucks and trailers

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I think it does a great job being a full platform that has many different features while maintaining an easy to use UI.

Incentivized

It is a powered tool that can be used by any of the current logistics (and why not?, non-logistics companies), that need a reliable, accurate, and well-based amount of information of the fleet, with ease. Using the [latest] technologies, integrating a wide view of transportation, inventory, [and] custom status on a single but not simple platform.

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It allows to integrate an e2e flow from business process to finance and people management, which in logistic business are the resources for logistic execution. Analytics are obviously allows us to analyze the metrics and make data driven decisions.

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• Positive, we can do our things faster than ever with using the information shown in the platform, avoiding unnecessary calls and interactions
• Increasing the liability of the gathered information about trucks' actual/real location
• A solution to improving our overall shipment visibility

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• We are continuously supporting our business needs without any interpretation

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