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At the heart of Descartes’ comprehensive offering is the Descartes Global Logistics Network™ (Descartes GLN™), one of the world’s largest multimodal networks of transportation providers and their clients. The Descartes GLN facilitates the interchange...
The dynamics of global trade changed dramatically in the aftermath of 9/11. Since this tragic event, the United States federal government has passed regulations designed to protect its borders and ensure the safety of its citizens. Among the...
Scenario: Top line growth is hard to achieve in the tough and highly mature consumer packaged goods market. A leading consumer packaged goods (CPG) company recognized that one of its most important assets for revenue growth was its extensive...
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The air freight industry is faced with escalating freight costs, increasing supply chain complexity and the increased demands of globalization. Adding to those challenges is the need to address more complex cargo security issues; more government and...
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Companies that supply bulk or cylinder propane gas must balance the pressure to reduce costs with accurate and efficient service delivery to ensure residential and commercial customers always have an available gas supply. An added challenge is that...
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Transportation management solutions (TMS) should be about rapid time-to-value. However, the market is saturated with costly, complex, slow to implement and tough to maintain transportation solutions that serve far too few companies. Descartes TMS...
On Wednesday, U.S. President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Harper released a joint declaration and action plan entitled “Beyond the Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness”. I thought the following excerpt...
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Descartes Re-Seller – Bestrane, implemented Descartes Dock Appointment Scheduling™ together with the Bestranes MobileDock™ solution. The solution armed Westfield Sydney with the ability to provide its tenants with an efficient inbound supply chain...
Since 1953, Federated Customs Brokers has been providing clients around the globe with a complete range of customs and logistics services. These include international and transborder freight forwarding, Canadian and U.S. customs brokerage, expert...
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With optimized route planning, real-time visibility and enhanced reporting capabilities, Crate and Barrel’s driver compliance with their delivery schedules now runs around 98%. They were also able to cut their delivery time windows in half - from 4...
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DR Power Equipment / Country Home Products Inc. manufactures and markets high-end outdoor power equipment and home and garden accessories under the global DR Power and Neuton brands. Its outbound less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping volumes range from...
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Dear Global Logistics Community Member, We wanted to inform you of an important announcement we made today regarding SAP certification of Descartes’ Global Logistics Network. One of the goals of our company is to standardize and streamline the...
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In a recent press release, we announced that Southwest Airlines successfully deployed Descartes' cloud-based Air Messaging Service to its cargo customers. We were very pleased to work with the award-winning cargo division, of Southwest Airlines, to...
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Jim Alemany is Director, Rate Management Solutions at Descartes Time is money. When it comes to responding to large shipper Requests for Proposals (RFPs), whether a few hundred or even thousands of lane requests, it can be quite daunting for Non...
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How does a modern seaport retain and attract new customers? How do these, ever so important, logistic hubs remain competitive? The challenge for seaports, and the port communities, is to economically extend their Port Community System (PCS) to meet...
It’s the same old story over and over again. Carriers, suppliers and distribution centers are always pointing fingers at each other for missing pickups or deliveries. Inventory is not available for shipment. Overtime is being paid to employees, who...
How does a business grow from being a one-person operation to one of the top 25 carriers in the industry? By constantly increasing efficiency and improving their customer service, that’s how. How do businesses continue to grow with fuel costs soaring...
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Back in March of 2010, at the IATA World Cargo Symposium, it was announced that Descartes had successfully filed its first Import Control System (ICS) test messages with the EU Customs Union. In March of this year, we announced that bmi Cargo...
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I had just booked my travel for another business trip and, within minutes, I had my ticket … an e-ticket that is. I couldn’t help remembering how, not so long ago, you would have to get your ticket at the airport or have it delivered to your place of...
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