Top 10: Transport Analytics Tools

In today's supply chain complexity, there are mass amounts of data in every step. To cut through the noise in order to simplify logistics, transport analytics tools help collect, process and visualise data surrounding the movement of people and goods.

They are particularly useful to transport operators and logistics companies, especially those looking to improve service efficiency, optimise routes and cut fuel costs. 

Using real-time and historical data, these tools are critical for transforming how transport routes are managed.

Supply Chain Digital has ranked 10 of the top transport analytics tools helping logistics companies with their operations. 

10. Microsoft Power BI

CEO: Satya Nadella
Founded: 1975
Headquarters: ​​​​​​​Washington, US

Microsoft Power BI integrates fleet GPS, routing and scheduling data into interactive dashboards in order to deliver transport analytics. With connected governed data and metrics in one layer, teams can make more confident decisions at a faster pace.

It allows for greater demand forecasting, route optimisation and real-time tracking, allowing fleet operators to monitor driver safety and vehicle maintenance costs. Through this platform, leaders can also spot traffic bottlenecks and visualise shipping journeys. 

9. Verizon Connect

SVP: Peter Mitchell
Founded: 2018
Headquarters: New York City, US

Verizon Connect offers near-real-time tracking and visibility in order to explore vehicle maintenance costs, total idle times, wasted fuels and more. This tool also helps measure the safety of the drivers, creating a safety score.

The platform helps maintain asset tracking, with geofencing capabilities, ensuring drivers remain compliant throughout their entire journey. Dashboards on Verizon Connect can be customised, meaning that logistics fleet owners can prioritise what is important to them, without having to wade through significant amounts of data points.

8. Descartes MacroPoint

CEO: Edward Ryan
Founded: 1981
Headquarters: Ontario, Canada

Through its MacroPoint solutions, Descartes aims to drive smarter decision-making for shippers, 3PLs, freight brokers and carriers. It covers every step of the supply chain in order to provide leaders with visibility and control, resulting in reliable connectivity, reduced costs and greater real-time collaboration.

Businesses have seen simplified operations and increased trust within their organisations and partnerships, due to the tracking capabilities and thorough visibility. Through its live updates, it helps organisations predict outcomes and eliminate manual processes.

7. FourKites

CEO: Mathew Elenjickal
Founded: 2014
Headquarters: Illinois, US

FourKites has a series of AI-driven supply chain and transportation analytics tools, working to process more than three million shipments every day through its machine learning models.

Through this, it delivers on automated workflows, precise ETAs and multi-dimensional historical analytics that aim to help prevent stock-outs, minimise dwell times and optimise operations. 

Using GPS and telematics hardware which is located on the truck, trailer or container, it tracks operations as soon as the shipment leaves the facility, offering real-time visibility. 

6. Geotab

CEO: Neil Cawse
Founded: 2000
Headquarters: Ontario, Canada

With a selection of cloud-based telematics and data analytics tools, Geotab works to enhance safety, optimise fleet operations, ensure compliance and reduce fuel costs. It relies on millions of global data points every day in order to convert information into actionable business intelligence.

The 'My Geotab Platform' provides live tracking, automated reporting and interactive maps which offer asset visibility, driver insights and a full picture of costs. Its AI fleet management software helps improve performance across the organisation.

5. Samsara

CEO: Sanjit Biswas
Founded: 2015
Headquarters: California, US

Samsara's AI-powered, unified platform helps turn fleet and transport data into actionable analytics. It features more than 30 automated reports and tools which work to help logistics operators track safety events, optimise fuel consumption and ensure compliance.

Its platform uses accurate AI in order to create smarter decisions and unified experiences for drivers. Through this, there is greater safety and training opportunities, with AI analysis videos helping to spot driver risk. It also offers real-time fleet tracking across light- and heavy-duty vehicles.

4. project44

CEO: Jett McCandless
Founded: 2014
Headquarters: Illinois, US

project44 has a series of transport analytics tools which are helping cut freight costs, improve data quality, optimise inventory and accelerate cash flow. Its suite of tools help transform supply chain fragmentation into a unified and streamlined workflow, using actionable intelligence.

Through the combination of predictive analytics and context-fuelled AI, it is helping logistics teams reduce freight spend, automate ETAs and optimise carrier selection, all of which help mitigate transport risks and increase efficiency.

3. E2open

CEO: Andrew Appel
Founded: 2000
Headquarters: Texas, US

Through its platform, E2open connects execution, forecasting and network planning. Its purpose-built analytics tools help transform supply chain data into predictive insights. Through this, it cuts costs and improves delivery performance for its clients.

It offers logistics visibility, tracking vehicles in real-time across all modes, using historical and network data in order to generate accurate ETAs. It also relies on sales data and seasonal trends in order to forecast transportation needs in advance of market shifts. 

2. Oracle Transportation Management

Co-CEOs: Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia
Founded: 1977
Headquarters: Tennessee, US

Using native, AI-powered analytics tools, Oracle transforms raw supply chain data into actionable insights. This helps organisations reduce freight costs, empty miles and manage vendor compliance. It acts as a comprehensive logistics and supply chain platform, optimising operations across the globe.

With transportation intelligence and data visualisation, it translates historical data into useful metrics, such as carrier performance projected late orders and cost savings. Through this, it can analyse predicted risks and change supply chain strategy. 

Its AI transportation analytics are integrated into the OTM platform, with built-in agents and machine learning. It helps bulk plan logs and turn them into actionable summaries, as well as provide planners with real-time access to shipping costs. 

1. Blue Yonder

CEO: Duncan Angove
Founded: 1985
Headquarters: Arizona, US

Blue Yonder has helped cut transportation costs by 7% and increase on time delivery by 90% for clients using its transport analytics. Its suite of transportation analytics and optimisation tools aim to move logistics from reactive tracking to predictive, data-driven planning. 

Through AI and machine learning capabilities, it processes real-time data, which allows shippers to balance sustainability goals, service and cost. The company transforms raw logistics data to strategic performance insights, helping logistics teams understand why the disruptions occur in order to prevent future incidents. 

From modelling to last-mile, Blue Yonder helps manage global, end-to-end transportation processes in order to transform logistics operations.