# Descartes Transportation Manager™

## Transportation Management Software (TM Software) is built to accommodate the end-to-end supply chain management process

Descartes Transportation Manager™ - [transportation management software](/content/solutions/transportation-management/index.html) helps logistics professionals quickly evaluate money-saving transportation and shipping options, and then execute those shipments with contract carriers. Built to accommodate the end-to-end supply chain management process, the Descartes Transportation Management System (TMS) also supports order management through consolidation, financial settlement and auditing.

### Descartes TM Software Benefits Include:

- Alleviate headaches associated with managing trading partner data quality and inconsistency
- Curtail “maverick” transportation spending
- Deliver quick time-to-value for customers
- Facilitate compliance with regulatory environments by sharing information in the correct format
- Integrate readily with other Descartes supply chain management solutions for additional efficiency opportunities
- Provide ability to centrally control transportation spending and data
- Reduce drain on internal IT resources because of web-based architecture and upgrades
- Support enterprise, private/public exchange, and 3PL transportation models

## Features of Descartes Transportation Manager™

### Automated Carrier Selection

Quickly assesses a range of user-established decision criteria, such as contractual obligations, shipping lanes, shipment priority, cost and carrier past performance. Evaluates how to best convey a shipment and identifies the best choice.

### Business Process Functionality

Supports and optimizes the entire business process of purchasing transportation, including automated carrier selection; management of freight rates and carrier contracts; shipment document generation; electronic communication of transportation needs to carriers; and real-time, exception-based visibility of shipment status to partners and customers.

### Fast, Flexible Implementation

Lets companies self-host or have Descartes host the solution, and integrates with most legacy, warehouse and ERP applications.

### Secure and Reliable

Offers a secure logistics computing environment.

### Web-Native Architecture

Uses a Web-native architecture that is flexible and scalable. Can grow as business needs grow. Includes an XML interface that can speed integration with other systems, and enable connection to the [Descartes GLN](/content/solutions/b2b-connectivity-and-messaging/index.html)

## Compliment Your Transportation Management Software

|     |     |
| --- | --- |
| [Descartes Yard Management™](/content/resources/download-center/descartes-yard-managementtm/index.html) | [Descartes Dock Appointment Scheduling™](/content/resources/download-center/descartes-dock-appointment-schedulingtm/index.html) |
| Specifically designed to help operators more effectively manage the movement of trailers. | Enables shippers, carriers and consignees to schedule dock door appointments and optimize receiving operations for inbound shipments to a distribution center (DC) or warehouse. |

## Transportation Management Articles

#### [Shipping and Freight Service Planning and Consolidation: 4 Approaches To Consider](/content/resources/knowledge-center/transportation-planning-software-shipping-and-freight-service-planning "Knowledge Center: Shipping and Freight Service Planning"/index.html)

For many companies the ability to optimize transportation planning and consolidation for shipments is a key part of an efficient logistics operation.

#### [Bringing Together Private Fleet & For-Hire Transportation Yields Improved Operational Result](/content/resources/knowledge-center/transportation-planning-software-shipping-and-freight-service-planning "Knowledge Center: Bringing Together Private Fleet"/index.html)

The details of how to plan and execute across private fleet and for-hire operations is complex and requires the combined capabilities of a fully-featured route planning and dispatch solution and a transportation management system.

#### [PC*MILER|Worldwide 24.1 Certified for Use With Descartes Transportation Manager](/content/resources/news/pcmilerworldwide-241-certified-use-descartes-transportation-manager "Knowledge Center: PC*Miler - Transportation Manager"/index.html)

"PC*MILER|Worldwide provides the industry's most accurate truck-specific distances and transit times for use in network optimization, freight payment, rating and carrier selection applications.

[pi_transportation_manager.pdf](/content/sites/default/files/documents/pi_transportation_manager_0.pdf)