Descartes MacroPoint is a real-time multimodal freight visibility platform.
Descartes MacroPoint runs a connected network of over 100,000 carriers and millions of assets and drivers through integrations with:
- on-board electronic logging devices (ELDs)
- GPS telematics devices
- carrier transportation management systems (TMS)
- GPS-enabled smart phone applications
- location-based mobile phone triangulation
Leveraging this network platform, Descartes MacroPoint’s Shipper and Logistics Services Provider (LSP) customers use the solution to:
- visualize and map in-transit freight in real-time
- estimate time of arrival (ETA) through predictive analytics
- proactively identify off-schedule shipments to “Manage by Exception”
- report carrier on-time delivery performance
Customers can interact with the product two ways:
- via the Descartes MacroPoint web-based portal
- via direct integration to their transportation management system (TMS)
Descartes MacroPoint eliminates manual track and trace operations, increases on-time delivery performance and improves customer satisfaction.
Key features
- Real-time control-tower view of all in-transit freight/shipments
- Track multimodal shipments across road (TL, LTL), parcel, rail, and ocean (coming soon)
- Predictive ETAs based on location, traffic, weather, and routing
- Off-schedule load Dashboard for Exception Management
- Customizable Geo-fencing automates Pre-Arrival, Arrival & Departure monitoring
- High Risk / High Value Tracking using Corridor Geo-fencing to reduce theft risk
- Configurable Event-based Alerting and Notifications
- Document Imaging for Bill of Lading/Proof of Delivery
- User Defined Search fields for unique customer-specific or shipment characteristics
- Business Intelligence Reporting
- Single, Universal Integration for major TMS, ELD and GPS technologies
- Temperature Monitoring (coming soon)
- Descartes MacroPoint Driver App — enable shipment forms and easily tracks drivers via phone GPS
- - Enterprise Class Cloud Infrastructure
- - Simple and rapid Carrier Activation
Key benefits
Cost Benefits:
- Eliminate the need for manual track and trace operations between your customers, carriers and drivers
- Reduce detention and avoid delivery performance penalties
- Optimize inventory, stock outs and reduce associated carrying costs
Operational Benefits:
- Tight integration with your TMS or ERP to enable further supply chain orchestration and synchronize information between departments
- Optimize, plan and proactively manage shipments to reduce supply chain disruptions
- Highly customized reporting to align with your carrier scorecard requirements
- Automate off-schedule notification and alerts
Customer Service Benefits:
- Achieve real-time shipment SKU-level visibility across multiple parties and modes of transportation
- Use predictive ETAs to truly “Manage by Exception”
- Quickly and easily notify customer of shipment updates via email notifications
Technology Benefits:
- Access 3,000,000+ connections to ELD/GPS assets and drivers across a network of 100,000+ carriers
- Hardware-free Solution — Descartes MacroPoint is compatible with the equipment you already use
- API-based integration eliminates the need to set up costly and outdated EDI connections
