In June 2012 Descartes acquired Integrated Export Systems, Ltd. and IES Asia Limited (collectively referred to as "IES") a leading provider of provides Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions that help freight forwarders, Non-Vessel Operating Common Carriers (NVOCCs) and customs brokers manage their business and improve profitability.
About IES
IES was a leader in regulatory compliance and provided its customers with integrated and collaborative shipment, customs entry and security filing solutions with robust accounting with options for forwarder warehouse management and purchase order management. The company offered its solutions as both a SaaS and as a deployed model to help customers manage their business and improve profitability. IES delivered its solutions to more than 600 customers with users in over 70 countries worldwide.
Portfolio
The acquisition has strengthened the Descartes Customs and Regulatory Compliance and Broker and Forwarder Enterprise Systems platforms with additional functionality and supplemented our application footprint to include a fully-integrated accounting, forwarder and customs broker enterprise system.
Product Offerings
The Descartes OneView™ solutions include:
Descartes OneView Customs House Broker™ (Descartes OneView CHB™) to improve the speed and accuracy of submitting customs entry and security filing data to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Descartes OneView™ Forwarder Enterprise to help freight forwarders, NVOCCs and third-party logistics service providers (3PLs) effectively coordinate air and ocean import/export shipments within a dashboard-driven framework
Descartes OneView™ Purchase Order Direct to dynamically react to changes in market demand by reallocating ocean freight orders on the water, including options for Distribution Center (DC) Bypass and more
Descartes OneView™ Warehouse Management System (Descartes OneView™ WMS) to help forwarders and 3PLs provide value-added warehousing services from an intuitive platform
Additional products include:
Descartes eCellerate™ to manage purchase orders and submit security filings collaboratively with templates, checks, balances and verifications to help increase accuracy and speed processes
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