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What do you like best about Descartes Aljex?

The integration capabiities it has makes seamlessy connection with accounting and operatuons. for real life access to financial data and shipments.

As an accountant, the customizable reports Aljex has makes it very insightful for me to make analyzes department reports whether its for accounting or operations.

The user friendly interface layout is much easier to navigate amd it allows for others to quickly pickup and learn from it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Descartes Aljex?

Occasioal sync issues were a problem, some techical updates made some pre existing processess more complicated or we had to shift to a different system just for that feauture. (Aljex Classic)

If you're not an knowledge with excel, you might use aljex's internal reporting which can be a little complex and overwhelm with information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Descartes Aljex solving and how is that benefiting you?

As an accountant, it aids me in accounting duties when it comes to recordin, processsing, and billing both customers and carrires. It being excel friendly, I am able to create me own reports with excel to make assumptions or strategic analyzes for the company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Descartes Aljex Overview

What is Descartes Aljex?

Descartes Aljex™ is the premier SaaS-based transportation management platform for brokers and 3PLs. Descartes Aljex™ is a scalable cloud-based transportation management system (TMS) that hosts a sizable network of brokers, 3PLs, shippers, and intermodal users who seamlessly and automatically orchestrate millions of freight shipments every year.

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Aljex is cloud-based broker & logistics software; ready to use anywhere, any time. Our freight software can adapt to fit your needs, helping individual brokers to enterprise level organizations.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

1. Descartes Aljex has been a leading TMS in the market for 26 years

2. The system is EDI and API ready, broadening capabilities with numerous 3rd-party integrations

3. Tens of millions of shipments are moved through Descartes Aljex every year.

4. Secure and reliable enterprise solution running at 99.999% up-time, with backups every 5 minutes

5. Round-the-clock dedicated customer support


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Company Website
Year Founded
1981
HQ Location
Waterloo, Ontario
Twitter
@descartessg
3,197 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
1,575 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
NASDAQ:DSGX
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$486,000,000
Description

Descartes (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG) is the global leader in providing on-demand, software-as-a-service solutions focused on improving the productivity, security and sustainability of logistics-intensive businesses. Customers use our modular, software-as-a-service solutions to route, track and help improve the safety, performance and compliance of delivery resources; plan, allocate and execute shipments; rate, audit and pay transportation invoices; access global trade data; file customs and security documents for imports and exports; and complete numerous other logistics processes by participating in the world's largest, collaborative multimodal logistics community. Our headquarters are in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and we have offices and partners around the world.


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Descartes Aljex Media

Descartes Aljex Demo - Integrated Visibility
Utilize your APIs, integrations and network connectivity to help synthesize logistics processes and provide full visibility throughout the entire supply chain.
Descartes Aljex Demo - Active Shipments
Cover, dispatch and monitor shipments from a single user interface
Descartes Aljex Demo - Live Maps View
Access Maps views for a visually improved user experience
Descartes Aljex Demo - Role Creator
Administrators can customize user roles to restrict information and system access at varying levels
Descartes Aljex Demo - Load Builder
Simplify the load building process and automate shipment execution from a single screen
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DISPATCHER
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Descartes Aljex?

I love the platform, its simple, easy to use, and even if you do not know how to use it, you can learn super quick.

I use it all day, and it works perfectly, also the customer support is really good, in my experience I have never had issues or glitches while I am using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Descartes Aljex?

That sometimes you need to save your pro# a lot of times to make more changes to the same pro#, for example, if i am adding a leg, and adding the pick up time, i need to save the pick up time first or it will not let me add the leg, it just takes a couple seconds and you get used to it but it would be good if we would be able to update everything and save it once without any problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Descartes Aljex solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helos us bill, have track of all our containers and the status of each one, withouth aljex it would be very complicated to have track of everything. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JA
Capacity Support
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Descartes Aljex?

Aljexy is very complete, has all integrations needed specially with Macropoint, frendly user interface, accesible everywhere and the most important, relieable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Descartes Aljex?

I wish Aljex would have a phone directory for each carrier, so you just hit in contacts and the whole list with names and numbers that belong to the carrier (dispatch, drivers, etc) would expand and can be filled out in the field.

It would be nice if also you can open separated loads in separated tabs within Aljex not in the browser. Customer Support on weekends takes a bit longer, not sure if they have 24/7. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Descartes Aljex solving and how is that benefiting you?

After switiching from another TMS to Aljex it feels more easy to work, before you were not able to check the loads from your phone or ipad/tablet, now you have have a look while traveling, this is just an small benefit from a bunch that Aljex offers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lisa T.
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Freight Broker
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Descartes Aljex?

Its easy to use - tracks what needs tracking Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Descartes Aljex?

wish it forced completion of fields. We have some incomplete entries and when folks just keep recreating the loads - fields are blank that would be helpful for the users to have. This is not a software issue, more of a data entry one. If fields were mandatory it would take care of that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Descartes Aljex solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am new to this side of the industry - I found integrating into this role simple for the software use. Its very user friendly. Easy to see what loads I want to, filter it how I want to see it. I use multiple windows and it would be nice if I could have different views on the home screen for each monitor so I can filter one and see my stuff, and on another see all for this office. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shubham B.
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Logistics Associate
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Descartes Aljex?

I have been using this software from past 1 year and never face any big issue.

As a beginner it is user friendly interface, Automation of data.

It easy to learn and understand as a new user who don't have any experience or just started using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Descartes Aljex?

One thing that I don't like is the interface design is outdated like it very old fashion. Also for small scale business price might be high and there are limited advanced features so if you are starting please check it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Descartes Aljex solving and how is that benefiting you?

It help on managing all the data at one place so you don't have to use multiple softwares. Also real time tracking is there, Multiple tools play with data so you don't waste much time finding client all the time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Milo B.
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Logistics Coordinator
Commercial Real Estate
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What do you like best about Descartes Aljex?

It is easy to use with so simple UI but at the same time, we have every option we need at our fingertips. It makes my tasks so much less time consuming. Further tracking is available on the load page only. BOLs and RCs are just a click away. I use it daily to make loads, keep a track on them, Customer CRM, etc. It's really easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Descartes Aljex?

Speed of opening multiple loads could be better. Instead, if there would be a multi window option for opening 2 loads simultaneously. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Descartes Aljex solving and how is that benefiting you?

Making pick and drops, maintaning customer data, Customer CRM, revenue count. All these things are easier on Aljex. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Logistics Associate
Logistics and Supply Chain
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What do you like best about Descartes Aljex?

This is a best cloud based transport management system, I came across before we were using a different system which was complex. What I would suggest feature wise is,

One Automated system is there

Other one is simple carrier management system user can opt for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Descartes Aljex?

That I would say when it comes to customize the things on your own way there is no such option for that which can make it more complex.

Also cost perspective is there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Descartes Aljex solving and how is that benefiting you?

Mostly managing the client data and transportation data and management of it. As it is complex to keep track of data when shippment are going to happen it solves all those problems by keeping data at one place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

LS
Manager, Office Administration
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Descartes Aljex?

I'm in accounting and I like the factor profiles and ability to assign a factor to a carrier. That function streamlined out carrier payments from what we previously had. I also like the customer support. I find them to be knowlegeable and prompt. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Descartes Aljex?

Even though I can appreciate the data integrity reasons behind it, I dislike that there is not a function to unrealse a load once it's released. I think people with certain permissions (like accounting or managers) should be able to unrelease a load. The biggest problem for me with this is that if a carrier sends in a valid receipt or accessorial charge request and we've already released the load to accounting, there is no way to update a rate con. I have to have an Adobe subscription so I can manually edit/update the rate con. It's important for cash flow that we keep loads flowing through to be invoiced so this happens every couple days at least. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Descartes Aljex solving and how is that benefiting you?

We brought Descartes on so we could scale - it allows us to manage more transactions with the same amount of staff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Descartes Aljex?

Aljex does make the booking and tracking truck process easier. The colors are easy to tell the difference in statuses and it is easy to use. Because we use this software everyday, it has become an easier process overall.

Additionally, we have worked closely with the customer support team on any issues we have and they seem to handle changes well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Descartes Aljex?

While the process is easier, this seems like a work in progress. We have had multiple issues with overall slowness with the product, and while customer support has helped us, there are still some things that remain overall not what we want. We still don't have the rate confirmation changes we asked for, we still struggle with overall slowness, and we thought these are things we would have solved after over a year of implementation. Upon getting this software, we were told there are things that we should be able to utilize, but the split screen option still doesn't work well, multiple shipments mix up money, and there are just too many outages when updates come out. Every update seems to slow down Aljex, to a point where one morning we had to use the beta version, which worked well as a placeholder, but is something that shouldn't happen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Descartes Aljex solving and how is that benefiting you?

Aljex solved the problem of an updated TMS. We had an older system that worked but desperately needed updating, and that is what Aljex offered. It brings our TMS into the future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Olga Y.
OY
General Manager
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Descartes Aljex?

Aljex is very convenient giving you opportunity to perform lots of operations in a moment, with very big functionality for all departments, starting from the order entry team to billing. It will take you a moment to get information on what's going on today, or how your company performed yesterday, last week, month, etc. The connection to the boards is highly useful - you can only post all your loads momentarily but also get all analytics from there. Highly recommend it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Descartes Aljex?

I can't find any unnecessary functionality - probably there are some functions, but I simply do not use it in my work, it doesn't mean others do not use it. I love Aljex. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Descartes Aljex solving and how is that benefiting you?

A lot of them. Fopr example, when we are providing our bids to our cisutomers, we use Aljex lane pricing, as well as it's easy to look through the ratse we've been covering the lanes for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kevin R.
KR
ACCOUNT MANAGER
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Descartes Aljex?

Aljex is one of the most user-friendly TMS on the market. From load construction and being able to easily save shippers and receivers to CRM integration and customer database, Aljex covers it all in an easy-to-use fashion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Descartes Aljex?

I don't use it much so it is kind of confusing, but the extra buttons in PU and CONS sections "Pick Up Weather, Pick Up Traffic, Radius Search, Map Location" seems a little extra. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Descartes Aljex solving and how is that benefiting you?

Aljex keeps all of our transportation information in a clear and concise format that is easy to share amongst peers. I have never had more success with a TMS than I have with Aljex. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.