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    Descartes Global Logistics Network

    Score5 out of 10
    N/AThe Logistics Technology Platform is a supply chain management offering from Descartes Systems Group headquartered in Ontario.N/A

    Precisely Spectrum Spatial Insights

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASpectrum Spatial Insights by Precisely (based on the former GeoInsight by Pitney Bowes) helps users to test strategies, taking into consideration key market and competitive drivers. Detailed forecasts and financial impact assessments can be created for every scenario, to provide an actionable, defensible plan of action. Ultimately, this enables users to know a projected Internal Rate of Return (IRR) before making capital decisions.N/A
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Descartes Systems Group
    Descartes Logistics Technology Platform has a control tower view which we have used a lot. It permits us to check on [the] real-time status of every truck, also has the features and option to communicate with the trucks' ELD, which gives us the most liable information about his current location and status.
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    Precisely
    As previously mentioned, as long as the web platform works, the software is quite useful. However in places or areas where the platform operates with low standards (poor reception signal), the versatility and usefulness of the program decreases considerably. This type of problem in developed countries probably does not occur, or if it occurs it does very infrequently. But in non-developed countries, the frequency of occurrence can be a factor to take into consideration when choosing an program based exclusively on a web platform.
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    Pros
    Descartes Systems Group
    • An easy and free of hassle mobile application
    • Precise location of a truck in a map view
    • Identify possible delays to stops
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    Precisely
    • It allows us to visualize data with extreme ease, through maps and graphs, patterns and tendencies.
    • This visualization allows, in turn, to make decisions more quickly and with a greater amount of information than what a good part of software of the same nature allows.
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    Cons
    Descartes Systems Group
    • Intelligence, it gets stuck in some areas of the country
    • Integration with [other] apps, we would appreciate a collaboration with [other] tracking apps that can share the same information if they are being installed [on] the same device
    • A better and clean dashboard, its face needs a renewal, a fresh look, adapted to the current trends
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    Precisely
    • Being a web-based platform can, in some cases, be counterproductive, especially in areas where internet and satellite coverage are of low quality or are not available, such as jungle areas.
    • The results obtained, in most cases, need to be interpolated, in order to completely characterize the study area.
    • The interpolation functions are those that are typically used in commercial software used in this area of study, and have the same limitations. When using it I have not found any novelty regarding this.
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    Descartes Systems Group
    It is a powered tool that can be used by any of the current logistics (and why not?, non-logistics companies), that need a reliable, accurate, and well-based amount of information of the fleet, with ease. Using the [latest] technologies, integrating a wide view of transportation, inventory, [and] custom status on a single but not simple platform.
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    Precisely
    In comparing GeoInsight to other products, I will not be of much help since this software is, as far as I know, almost exclusively used in activities related to the financial world, rather than geographical. That is why it is usually included in software of the AML (Anti-Money-Laundering) type. My interest in the program was to see its capacity for data storage and practical utility to facilitate decisions, compared to other software but more linked to geographic information (GIS software).
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    Return on Investment
    Descartes Systems Group
    • Positive, we can do our things faster than ever with using the information shown in the platform, avoiding unnecessary calls and interactions
    • Increasing the liability of the gathered information about trucks' actual/real location
    • A solution to improving our overall shipment visibility
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    Precisely
    • The use of the software allowed the minimization of activities associated with logistical support to field staff. That reduced the time associated with these activities by about 15% of the initially estimated time.
    • The aforementioned reduction translated into decreases in expenditures in the order of $ 2000 / day.
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