How Descartes Aljex TMS works in the operation

Transportation Management Systems capabilities to compare with your workflows.

How Aljex supports brokerage and 3PL transportation execution.

Brokerage transportation management (native): Descartes identifies Aljex as a cloud-based transportation management system for freight brokers and 3PLs.
Condition: The reviewed current materials do not enumerate every mode, optimization constraint, or planning limit.
- Source: Descartes Aljex customer case
Detailed multimodal planning optimization (not verified): The reviewed sources do not provide enough detail to verify a specific multimodal optimizer, consolidation logic, or re-planning workflow; this is not a conclusion that the product lacks those capabilities.

Move a brokered load from order entry through carrier assignment and delivery, showing planning constraints and changes.
Show how truckload, LTL, intermodal, or other modes are configured and where separate modules or integrations apply.

How brokers connect loads with carriers and manage tender activity.

Carrier connectivity for brokerage execution (native): Descartes positions Aljex for freight-broker and 3PL workflows that connect transportation execution and carrier activity.
Condition: The reviewed public sources do not specify carrier qualification, rate-board coverage, tender sequencing, or fallback behavior in detail.
- Source: Descartes Transportation Management
Rate and tender governance (not verified): The reviewed sources do not provide enough detail to verify contract-rate versioning, bid events, acceptance windows, rejection handling, or tender fallback; this is not a conclusion that the product lacks them.

Run a load through carrier qualification, rate selection, tender, rejection, re-tender, and confirmation with an audit trail.
Show how carrier preferences, historical performance, contracts, spot rates, fuel, and accessorials affect selection.

How brokers monitor active freight and service exceptions.

Integrated real-time freight visibility (partner): Descartes documents Aljex integrated with MacroPoint real-time freight visibility in a broker customer deployment.
Condition: The cited visibility capability depends on MacroPoint or another connected provider, selected coverage, carrier participation, and commercial scope.
- Source: Descartes Aljex and MacroPoint customer case
Exception escalation and remediation (not verified): The reviewed sources do not provide enough detail to verify configurable exception ownership, escalation, or automated remediation; this is not a conclusion that the product lacks those capabilities.

Trace one load from tender through delivery using the connected visibility source and show event latency, ETA, and missing signals.
Create a late load and demonstrate alert routing, customer communication, escalation, re-planning, and history.

How brokerage shipment execution connects to financial workflows.

Freight audit and settlement (native): Descartes describes freight audit and settlement as part of its transportation-management capabilities, including invoice reconciliation.
Condition: The reviewed materials do not establish that every Descartes TMS financial function is included in every Aljex edition or specify tolerances and payment scope.
- Source: Descartes TMS
Broker customer order-to-cash (not verified): The reviewed Aljex sources do not provide enough detail to verify customer billing, receivables, collections, and cash application end to end; this is not a conclusion that the product lacks them.

Audit a carrier invoice against the rate and shipment facts, then show dispute, approval, settlement, and accounting handoff.
Demonstrate customer invoice creation, collections, receipts, carrier payables, margin, and reconciliation.

How Aljex connects broker operations with external systems and services.

Integration with freight-visibility services (partner): Descartes documents an integrated Aljex and MacroPoint solution for real-time freight visibility.
Condition: Provider subscription, carrier coverage, event availability, data rights, and implementation requirements must be confirmed.
- Source: Descartes Aljex and MacroPoint customer case
Detailed self-service workflow administration (not verified): The reviewed sources do not provide enough detail to verify no-code workflow administration, environments, approvals, versioning, testing, and rollback; this is not a conclusion that the product lacks those capabilities.

Connect Aljex to an ERP, accounting system, load board, and visibility service, showing mappings, retries, monitoring, and replay.
Change a carrier or exception rule and show permissions, testing, effective dating, audit history, and rollback.

Before you choose: Confirm which capabilities apply to your plan and setup, and ask about any listed conditions.

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