White Papers & eBooks

From Monitoring to Mastery: Preparing for 2026 Temperature Tracking Requirements Retailers are redefining freshness. Starting November 1, 2025, major retailers will require continuous temperature monitoring for perishable shipments. For produce and floral suppliers, this shift redefines freshness as a measurable, verifiable standard. This best practices guide explores how to prepare your supply chain for the […]

How to Use Visibility Data to Detect and Defend Against Carrier Fraud Freight fraud is on the rise—and it’s costing brokers, 3PLs, and shippers millions. This free playbook breaks down how industry leaders are using real-time visibility and AI to expose fraud schemes before they impact operations. From onboarding to final delivery, learn how to […]

Learn how Descartes MacroPoint continues to set the standard in transportation visibility, achieving notable recognition in the G2 Summer 2024 Grid Report.

In this white paper, we’ll go over the basics of ELDs and how using this technology helps provide the highest levels of tracking compliance, fulfills requirements for carriers, benefits customers, and follows government regulations.

The value of visibility is so much more than just knowing the location of your freight. It includes gaining real-time insights to in-transit shipments (on time or late), being able to offer predictive ETAs, and continuous monitoring to mitigate at-risk shipments in their supply chain.

To get a sense of how the industry is faring and to better understand how to navigate these issues, FreightWaves and Descartes partnered for this white paper to share the importance of capacity matching and automation tools to enable your resources to do more with their time.

Learn how freight brokers and 3PL’s can benefit from transforming to a digital freight brokerage. Automate and streamline business operations to improve ROI.

Read this white paper to learn the potentially disastrous consequences of late loads and how real-time visibility combined with predictive analytics can help you manage this risk in your supply chain.

Read this white paper to learn why retailers are tightening delivery windows, what you stand to win or lose from these changes and how you can use supply chain visibility software to improve OTIF performance.

Global supply chain visibility is a hot topic in today’s challenging business climate. Effective visibility tools are crucial to meet evolving customer expectations as competitors continue to raise the bar on service and performance. Thanks to emerging technologies, companies now have the ability to get much more granular visibility data. However, they are searching for […]

Securing capacity can be tough in today’s environment with rapidly changing volumes, shifting distribution models and a driver shortage. Brokers with fast-growing organizations often find it challenging to find the right strategic carriers for new customers, lanes, modes, and geographies. That’s because finding capacity the old way — using phone calls, tribal knowledge, carrier portals, […]

What You’ll Learn To realize the maximum value from your transportation management investment, download this eBook to learn about the 6 best practices for implementing a real-time freight visibility solution. A classic “Golden Triangle” approach that uses People, Process and Technology variables is one effective way to evaluate visibility tool implementation. In this eBook, we’ll […]