Coupa Supply Chain Design & Planning vs. Descartes Transportation Management Suite

Coupa Supply Chain Design & Planning

Descartes Transportation Management Suite

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Coupa Supply Chain Design & Planning	Score 8.4 out of 10	N/A	Coupa Supply Chain Design & Planning, powered by Llamasoft (acquired by Coupa in November, 2020) enables users to run a resilient and agile supply chain with the help of a comprehensive data model and AI. Helps users to democratize the power of intelligent supply chain decisions across the enterprise.	N/A
Descartes Transportation Management Suite	Score 7.0 out of 10	N/A	Descartes Systems Group in Ontario offers their suite of Transportation Management applications.	N/A

Pricing

Coupa Supply Chain Design & Planning

Descartes Transportation Management Suite

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Coupa Supply Chain Design & Planning	Descartes Transportation Management Suite
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Coupa Supply Chain Design & Planning	Descartes Transportation Management Suite
Top Pros	Pro Import and export Pro Export data Pro Easy to learn	Pro Good reporting Pro Good customer Pro Customer service
Top Cons	Minus Need to include	No answers on this topic

Features

Coupa Supply Chain Design & Planning

Descartes Transportation Management Suite

Supply Chain Planning

Comparison of Supply Chain Planning features of Product A and Product B
	Coupa Supply Chain Design & Planning 6.8 1 Ratings 7% below category average	Descartes Transportation Management Suite - Ratings
Scenario-based planning	8.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Resource optimization	6.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Supply forecasting	5.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Capacity estimation	7.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Supply network coordination	8.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

Procurement Management

Comparison of Procurement Management features of Product A and Product B
	Coupa Supply Chain Design & Planning 7.0 1 Ratings 5% below category average	Descartes Transportation Management Suite - Ratings
Raw material sourcing	7.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Cost analysis	7.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

Logistics and Transportation Management

Comparison of Logistics and Transportation Management features of Product A and Product B
	Coupa Supply Chain Design & Planning 8.0 1 Ratings 9% above category average	Descartes Transportation Management Suite - Ratings
Route optimization	8.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

Warehouse & Inventory Management

Comparison of Warehouse & Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
	Coupa Supply Chain Design & Planning 6.7 1 Ratings 16% below category average	Descartes Transportation Management Suite - Ratings
Stock monitoring	7.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Warehouse asset management	6.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Inventory and price forecasting	7.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

Demand Management

Comparison of Demand Management features of Product A and Product B
	Coupa Supply Chain Design & Planning 6.8 1 Ratings 7% below category average	Descartes Transportation Management Suite - Ratings
Demand signal sensing	7.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Demand forecasting	6.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Inventory stock optimization	8.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Sales and operations planning	6.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Coupa Supply Chain Design & Planning	Descartes Transportation Management Suite
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Enterprises	Anaplan Score 8.7 out of 10	No answers on this topic
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User Ratings
	Coupa Supply Chain Design & Planning	Descartes Transportation Management Suite
Likelihood to Recommend	7.0 (2 ratings)	7.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Coupa Supply Chain Design & Planning	Descartes Transportation Management Suite
Likelihood to Recommend	Coupa Software Coupa is well-suited for stable demand patterns. Time phased Safety Stock Optimization seems like it could use improvement. It is well-suited for making business decisions related to tradeoffs between inventory, lead time, etc. Incentivized CK Casey Koopmans Principal Data Scienctist Read full review	Descartes Systems Group Well suited for private wholesale fleets making deliveries to their retail customers. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Coupa Software Easy to learn. The help menu is self-explanatory. Very easy to import and export data and has multiple ways of modeling. Nice visualizations. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Descartes Systems Group Easy for drivers to use Good reporting Good customer service Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Coupa Software Community user group Free, accessible training Simulation to solve the problem...not just to test the optimized solution against Incentivized CK Casey Koopmans Principal Data Scienctist Read full review	Descartes Systems Group Interaction with other programs such as Geotab. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Coupa Software Initially used IBM LogicNet. Switched to SCG because of the extra features and also because Llamasoft bought IBM LogicTools Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Descartes Systems Group Descartes is significantly more complex and provides much greater features than Peoplenet. Their customer service is also markedly better. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Coupa Software Service level up Inventory down Sensing issues with our supply chain in near real-time Incentivized CK Casey Koopmans Principal Data Scienctist Read full review	Descartes Systems Group Improved overall service to customers. Improved accuracy of delivery to customers. Improved efficiency of drivers. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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