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Managing fluctuating delivery cycles, constantly changing routes and a demanding customer base that insists upon timely delivery of goods, is an ongoing challenge for rental product delivery organizations. It is critical to ensure that deliveries and...

Descartes offers a strategic solution for the Propane Gas industry that streamlines the process of planning fixed and dynamic routes and managing fleets in the field. With the Descartes route planning and scheduling solution, operators can optimize...

The ocean carrier market is an asset-heavy industry that requires huge financial investments to cover the cost of operations, from ocean liners to containers and fuel. It is also a highly competitive market largely driven by supply and demand in Asia...

Descartes has been delivering a variety of solutions to LTL carriers for more than a decade – from basic messaging services to complete inbound planning and optimization capabilities. Customers rely on Descartes as their single source provider of...

Working with leading retailers around the globe, Descartes has developed the latest version of it real-time integrated route planning and mobile solutions to enable retailers to grow revenue, increase margins and provide differentiated customer...

Descartes delivers industry leading freight management solutions including freight auditing software for coordination, compliance, and visibility.

Descartes provides on-demand supply chain management solutions that are offered on a pay-as-you-go basis. The Descartes solutions use real-time data to provide visibility into delivery cycles to help you with route planning and scheduling, route...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...