Clear Shipping Volume and Carrier Mix Visibility with Pacejet 26.2
Clear Visibility into Shipping Volume, License Usage, Carrier Mix with Descartes Pacejet 26.2
Key takeaways
- Shipping volume visibility gets harder as parcel and freight operations grow, especially across multiple carriers and service levels.
- Pacejet 26.2 introduces standardized, reliable tracking of licensed versus actual shipping volume for both parcel and less-than-truckload (LTL).
- New dashboards make it easy to see carrier mix, utilization trends, and projected usage.
- Forward-looking projections help teams identify risk early and plan before hitting licensed limits.
- Clear KPI-level insights support better operational decisions, carrier strategy, and renewal conversations.
As businesses grow, shipping gets more complex.
What starts as straightforward parcel shipping quickly expands into a mix of parcel and freight, different service levels, diverse customer requirements, and products with unique handling or documentation needs. Volume increases, carrier usage shifts, and suddenly it’s harder to see how much you’re shipping, who you’re shipping with, and how fast things are changing.
Pacejet 26.2 is designed to bring clarity back to that complexity, giving teams a simple, visual way to understand shipping volume, carrier mix, and how actual usage compares to licensed limits.
What’s new in Descartes Pacejet 26.2
A reliable foundation for licensed volume data
At the core of this release is a standardized approach to shipping volume monitoring for both Parcel and LTL, including actual and predicted shipping volume, and transparent visibility to licensed use.
An updated License page provides a consistent source of truth for licensed volume, aligned with shared shipment mode logic across licensing, analytics, and dashboards. Parcel, LTL, 3PL, and document-only flows are calculated consistently. As a result, volume reporting accurately reflects how you ship across different products, customers, and fulfillment scenarios.
Visual dashboards display volume and carrier mix
New in-app dashboards make it easy to understand shipping activity at a glance. You can see exactly which carriers are driving that volume.
Customers and internal teams can now view:
- Licensed volume versus trailing 12-month actual shipments
- Utilization percentages with clear status indicators
- Shipment volume broken down by carrier
- Optional projections showing how usage is trending toward renewal
This carrier-level visibility helps teams quickly answer practical questions, such as:
- Which carriers handle most of our parcel and freight volume?
- Are certain carriers driving faster-than-expected growth?
- How has our carrier mix changed as our business evolved?
Dashboards include CSV export, allowing teams to download the exact view they’re seeing: filters, columns, and data, for deeper analysis or sharing.
Watch the video demo to see the new dashboards in action, including shipment volume by carrier, downloads, and licensed volume tracking:
Shipment volume trends and forward-looking projections
Understanding past shipping volume is useful, but understanding where it’s headed is what helps teams prepare.
Pacejet 26.2 adds new visualizations that show:
- Month-over-month shipment volume trends
- Period-to-date cumulative volume
- Actual and projected volume by carrier
- Projected utilization through a selected end date
Using average daily shipment rates, Pacejet calculates projected volume and highlights how close usage may come to licensed limits. Actual and predicted values are visually distinct, making it easier to identify risk early and plan proactively.
KPI-level insight for faster, clearer decisions
New KPI widgets summarize licensed, actual, predicted, and overage volume for both Parcel and LTL+3PL shipping.
With fixed trailing-12-month views and clear visual indicators, teams can quickly see:
- Where they stand today
- Whether they’re trending toward overage
- Which carriers are contributing most to overall utilization
No digging. No interpretation. Just clear, actionable insight.
How Pacejet 26.2 helps teams manage growth with confidence
As shipping supports more products, more customers, and more carrier options, visibility becomes critical.
Pacejet 26.2 turns shipping management into a proactive capability:
- Operations teams spot risk before it becomes a problem
- Carrier strategies are informed by real usage data
- Account managers have data-backed renewal conversations
- Businesses scale parcel and freight shipping without surprises
It’s another way Pacejet helps reduce friction, improve planning, and keep shipping aligned with business growth.
Shipping visibility that scales with your business
Shipping volume and carrier usage shouldn’t be a guessing game.
With Pacejet 26.2, teams gain clear insight into how much they ship, who they ship with, and where volume is headed next, all in one place.
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