Name: Descartes Route Planner
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)

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Updated 13th October 2025

What is Descartes Route Planner?

Descartes Route Planner is a software designed to support businesses in planning, optimizing, and executing delivery routes for fleets. The software offers features such as dynamic route optimization, real-time dispatch, GPS tracking, mobile capabilities, and analytics tools. It aims to help organizations reduce transportation costs, improve resource utilization, and enhance service reliability by generating efficient routing schedules. Descartes Route Planner integrates with other logistics and supply chain management systems, allowing businesses to adapt to changing customer demands and operational requirements while maintaining visibility and control over their delivery processes.

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SENIOR DIRECTOR, TRANSPORTATION

250M - 500M USD, Consumer Goods

FAVORABLE

“Descartes is a best-in-class solution. ”

4.0

Aug 23, 2023

Descartes Route Planner is a great tool for optimizing last-mile freight deliveries and has few industry peers.

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About Company

Company Description

Descartes is a company focusing on on-demand, software-as-a-service solutions to refine the productivity and security of businesses with heavy logistics. The company's modular software solutions enable the tracking and optimization of delivery resources, and facilitate shipping execution and tracking. The software also provides for the processing of transportation invoices and accessing global trade data. In addition, it allows filing customs and security documents for import-export processes among many other logistics operations. Headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Descartes also has global presence via numerous offices and associates worldwide.

Company Details

Company type

Public

Year Founded

1981

Head office location

Waterloo, Canada

Number of employees

1001 - 5000

Website

http://www.descartes.com

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