Supply Chain Execution

In developing its supply chain execution suite of products, Descartes has focused on building high value collaborative solutions that can be delivered at an affordable cost, regardless of the size of the operation. Users can choose from various levels/types of connectivity depending on their technology capabilities and/or trading partner requirements.

Descartes’ supply chain execution (SCE) solutions provide a connection to a global trading community through one of the world’s largest federated networks.  Helping to manage end-to-end shipment management processes, Descartes’ SCE solutions offer visibility to shipment status updates to monitor and respond to potential delays, compliance with global regulatory and security requirements and analytics to measure supply chain performance and identify improvement opportunities.

Descartes' SCE solutions help manage shipments from their point of origin to their point of destination, as well the tools to connect providers and relevant parties without having to set up and manage individual connections, including:

• Trading partner connectivity – provides seamless integration with one of the largest networks of connected transportation, logistics services providers and their customers, including 90+ air, 30+ ocean, 1,400+ truck carriers and regulatory agencies.
• International transportation management – manages the multimodal end-to-end shipment of goods from order management to order fulfillment, and regulatory compliance at each border crossing location.
• Rate management – enables logistics service providers to make better pricing decisions, process quotes faster to close more business and improve customer satisfaction through enhanced contract management processes.
• Freight audit – by creating a centralized database of transportation contracts, logistics services providers can integrate with the Global Logistics Network messaging services to automate freight audit and payment processes to ensure financial savings.
• Forwarding management – streamlines the planning and execution of import and export shipment for multiple modes of domestic and international transportation.
• Brokerage management – enables customs house brokers and importers to easily and efficiently collect and prepare data for electronic filings.
• Global customs compliance – prepares trading partners to meet global trade compliance mandates published today, and anticipate future compliance requirements.

Descartes Supply Chain Execution features
and benefits include:

• Faster availability of logistics information;
• Streamlined document preparation and submissions;
• Increased accuracy of documentation while reducing costs;
• Increased visibility into the movement of goods;
• Improved alerts to exceptions to adjust delivery plans as required;
• Compliance with global regulatory and security requirements;
• Improved financial supply chain processes;
• Superior cost and price visibility;
• Optimized container shipments;
• Strengthened negotiating power; and,
• Analytics to measure performance and identify improvement opportunities.