Descartes Systems Group

What is Descartes?

Descartes Systems Group is a logistics and supply chain software company that provides transportation management, customs and trade compliance, B2B connectivity and fleet tools. These run on a global logistics network of connected participants.

Key features of Descartes

• Transportation management: multimodal TMS, visibility, dock scheduling and carrier onboarding.
• B2B connectivity: EDI, web EDI, global e-invoicing and Peppol.
• Customs and compliance: customs declarations, security filings and foreign trade zone management.
• Global trade intelligence: trade data, product classification, denied party screening and export license management.
• Fleet performance: route planning, dispatch, tracking and driver safety.
• Ecommerce operations: inventory, order and warehouse management and shipping software.
• Forwarder systems: shipment management, accounting and billing for brokers and forwarders.

How Descartes works

Customers use Descartes applications for planning and execution while data flows across its network, which the vendor says handles billions of transactions per year. Carriers, shippers and brokers exchange messages and filings through the same network.

Who uses Descartes?

Descartes serves shippers, carriers, freight forwarders, customs brokers, retailers and fleets that need compliance and connectivity across borders.

Descartes pricing

Descartes does not publish pricing; products are quoted by the vendor.

Descartes integrations

The vendor names SAP GTS and Oracle GTM content, Oracle NetSuite, Amazon seller tools, Peppol, MacroPoint, Datamyne and Visual Compliance.

Descartes alternatives

MercuryGate is a transportation management system for shippers and 3PLs. Manhattan Associates sells warehouse and supply chain execution software. Flexport combines a platform with freight forwarding services.