Descartes Systems Group, the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, is showcasing its latest technology innovations focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced automation at Manifest 2026 from February 9–11 in Las Vegas. Descartes’ solutions leverage its Global Logistics Network to help organizations of all sizes operate more intelligently, securely and resiliently in complex supply chain and logistics environments where execution, compliance, and risk mitigation matter.

“AI and data-driven automation are becoming essential to managing modern businesses and logistics leaders are under pressure to operate smarter, safer and faster across increasingly intricate supply chains,” said Ken Wood, Executive Vice President, Product Management at Descartes. “Supply chain participants need access to clean, formatted, real-time, inter-enterprise data from a trusted source. At Manifest, we’re showcasing how our global trade intelligence, forwarder and customs broker, transportation management, and fleet and last mile solutions can leverage the data on our Global Logistics Network to support high-stakes logistics operations with greater confidence, control and competitive advantage.”

Technology innovations and enhancements being showcased at Manifest 2026 include:

AI-driven Global Trade Intelligence to Manage Regulatory, Tariff and Compliance Risk
AI-driven denied party screening that, in collaboration with human oversight, reduces false positives to just fractions of a percent creating significant efficiencies, especially for organizations with large screening volumes.
AI-enabled classification to accelerate product lookups and enhance the accuracy and consistency of import/export classification decisions.
Agentic AI to help quickly identify trade patterns, trends and anomalies across large datasets using natural language queries, making complex global trade data more accessible and actionable.
AI Enhancements to Forwarder/Broker Enterprise Systems for Complex Regulated Operations
AI-driven automation to convert structured and unstructured trade documents into accurate, digitized customs and security filings, reducing manual effort, improving data quality and accelerating processing.
Advanced compliance capabilities to support security filings and customs requirements, facilitating legitimate trade and mitigating compliance risk.
Advanced tracking and expanded ecosystem integrations improve shipment visibility, streamline workflows, and help logistics service providers scale while maintaining control and customer service.
AI Innovation in Transportation Management & Real-time Visibility to Increase Accuracy and Responsiveness
Agentic AI to automate driver engagement, tracking continuity, arrival/departure confirmation and POD collection, allowing operations teams to focus on higher-value work.
Agentic AI to help achieve customer-mandated visibility KPIs through exception-based automated outreach, recovery, confirmation, and documentation capture.
AI-enabled Fleet and Last Mile Capabilities to Execute Reliably and Profitably
AI-enabled safety technologies to monitor driving behavior and proactively address risk.
AI-driven service time predictions that are continuously refined based on real-time conditions such as traffic, weather and delivery constraints.
AI-driven analytics proactively identify and mitigate delivery risks, helping customers maintain service reliability at scale.
Source: Descartes Systems Group