# Descartes Transportation Manager for Shippers

## Automate and optimize your supply chain with our end-to-end TMS solution

Unify operations and easily manage transportation partners to deliver cost efficient, high impact results for your customers and bottom line.

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## End-to-end transportation management made easy

Descartes offers a comprehensive, multimodal TMS for medium and high volume shippers in North America and Europe to book, track, report, automate and optimize shipments across their network.

### PO & Shipment Processing

Automate, process & manage shipments by purchase order

### Carrier Contracts & Routing Guides​

Manage & utilize carrier contracts for ideal rates

### Rating & Mode Optimization

Automate ideal carrier selection, including private fleet

### Load Planning & Optimization

Effectively utilize resources to improve productivity

### Visibility & Exception Management​

Access insights & statuses to focus on what's important.

### Dynamic Dock Scheduling​

Automate & improve visibility for dock door scheduling

### Yard & Asset Management

Assign & manage the flow of assets across facilities

### Freight Audit & Settlement​

Automate & simplify the invoice reconciliation process

### Reporting, Analytics, CO2 Monitoring​

Robust dashboards & reporting to maximize results

## Have questions? We're here to answer them.

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### Boost collaboration & visibility while lowering costs for a more connected supply chain

Timely communication is critical. Simplify and accelerate the speed of information with capabilities such as:

- Carrier Connectivity & Onboarding
- API Connectivity & EDI Messaging
- Automated Carrier Selection
- Modular Integration Network
- Digital Document Management

### Reliable uptime and security across every mode.

The greatest capability is often availability, so we make sure our customers can keep their supply chains in motion with:

- Industry leading uptime
- Best-in-class security protocols
- Dedicated customer support
- Mode coverage for TL, LTL, ocean, air, intermodal, and parcel
- Support international, multi-leg, and multimodal shipments

## Our customers deliver results

**_"We work with 8-10 contract LTL carriers and do a lot of pooling or cross-docks. With optimized carrier selection, consolidation, and a real-time view of rates, we can offer more reliable service and keep costs in check. It’s been a total game changer for us—and for our bottom line._**_**

**JENIFER WESTERGAARD**  
Transportation Manager, The Vollrath Co.

**[READ THE SUCCESS STORY](/content/resources/knowledge-center/descartes-transportation-management-system-enables-vollrath-to-cost-effectively-meet-delivery-requirements/index.html)**

**Rapid Time to Value**

Descartes' Shipper TMS can be implemented in a fraction of the time when compared to enterprise alternatives. Flexible implementation provides the standard capabilities you need, and an incredibly broad array of modular advanced capabilities to drive supply chain agility and competitive advantage.

[Learn more](https://staging.descartes.com/solutions/transportation-management/tms#form)

**Trusted by our user community**

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, so we’re proud to have been named "Leader in Transportation Management Systems" by G2. These results were driven by better collaboration with carriers, higher levels of customer satisfaction, & improved transportation execution.

[Read G2 user reviews](https://www.g2.com/products/descartes-shipper-tms/reviews)

### Interested in supply chain sustainability?

Check out the Descartes 2024 Environmental Impact Guide to learn how we can help.

[Read the Impact Guide](/content/who-we-are/environmental-social-and-governance-esg/environmental-impact/index.html)

**Descartes has been named the top provider of cloud-based TMS solutions** and top fleet management provider in ARC Advisory Group’s 2025 Transportation Management Global Report.

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