A poorly performing fleet is a challenge for any company. Despite enforcement of new regulations, inappropriate time management software, poor visibility and ineffectual asset utilization are the factors that drive to escalated costs, and other impediments in fleet management industry. This occurred as fleet management executives failed to comprehend the dynamics behind the global fleet market pertaining to transportation planning and execution, visibility, tracking, and performance management.
Founded in 1981, Descartes (NASDAQ:DSGX) has over thirty years of experience in fleet management system, and has accelerated value for its customers by increasing operational efficiency, reducing complexity, decreasing costs, and ensuring a better customer service. As a renowned company that has an incredibly broad array of advanced capabilities to power the largest logistics operations in the world, Descartes ensures its modular solution can be implemented in weeks rather than months.
With visibility, tracking, and performance management as its key features in an effective supply chain strategy, Descartes enables companies to improve logistics efficiency with a single integrated view of shipments, inventory, cross boarder compliance status, and delivery performance. While the integration with the Descartes Global logistics Network enables users benefit from ready connections to carriers, its ability to track and analyze bestow customers with unparalleled delivery track records in fleet management industry. Leveraging Descartes Global logistics Network, enterprises are able to track and analyze shipment data in the form of electronic messages such as purchase orders acknowledgements, advanced shipment notices, border clearances, carrier status/proof of delivery and more. In addition, it also enables clients obtain a comprehensive view of the product delivery process from purchase order to warehouse receipt.
When enterprises take care of the visibility and performance management, however, they disregard the significance of transportation planning, and execution. In current scenario, transporataion planning and execution plays a pivotal role in fleet management, enabling fleet executives to optimize asset utilization, and real-time information sharing. Enlightening clients about the strategic importance of transportation optimization, Descartes arms its clients with fast and efficient planning algorithms that focus on keeping the warehouse picking and the freight moving.
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Whether you need a quick fix for a transportation issue or an end-to-end solution, the Descartes transportation management suite can help