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This research unveils the secrets of retailers who run profitable home delivery services Retailers have spent decades learning how to optimize the in-store experience. With the increase of consumers making purchasing decisions based on more than just...
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Jumbo Supermarkten, a leading grocery retailer in the Netherlands, has expanded its outsourcing relationship with Descartes for its entire order-to-cash messaging process by incorporating Descartes' cloud-based Messaging Gateway. This service will...
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A comprehensive MRM solution meets the needs of manufacturers, retailers, distributors and their logistics services providers by managing the entire delivery process, and enabling them to optimize and gain real-time control over their logistics...
Learn how you can optimize your delivery operations, improve customer service, and increase your bottom line.
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To win market share and remain profitable in a growing competitive environment, efficiently managing driver performance and customer service demands is paramount. Here are 5 ways to help ensure you improve performance.
What if you could give your customers the ideal home delivery experience and do so without increasing your costs? Break through the noise about same-day, next-day, time windows, value-added services at the point of sale, and more. Download this web...
Descartes Validation Service allows EDI messages to be validated both syntactically and as content. Upon receipt, EDI messages are checked against the GS1 standards, the most widely used supply chain standards system in the world, and the parameters...
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How Trade Integration Can Help Turn the 80/20 Rule Upside Down Across Your Trading Partner Community
Businesses are rushing to comply with one of the more substantial changes to Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations in recent history. Companies must identify and closely monitor Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) within financial transactions...
Java is a food distributor and wholesale dealer that distributes about 39,000 tons of food every year to private and public kitchens in Belgium. Java is number 2 in the foodservice industry in Belgium and manages a product line of 10, 000 customers...
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Routing and Scheduling Software (Formerly Roadshow Routing Software) that Optimizes Fleet Utilization while Reducing Costs And Fuel Consumption Descartes Route Planner™ RS helps improve operational efficiency through better route planning. Leveraging...
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Descartes Order Notification™ service enhances call center effectiveness while improving customer service. Your customers can automatically be notified of scheduled or adjusted delivery times via e-mail, phone call, or voice message. This direct...
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Chris Jones, Executive Vice President, Marketing and Services with Descartes, describes the three core components of the Descartes business model, placing Customer Success at the forefront, and explains the technology behind the Logistics Technology...
What retailers want from their inbound supply chain is simple. They want the greatest product availability with the lowest inventory. Or put another way, they want the right goods at the right and shortest time possible with the correct labeling and...
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Logistics is different. If logistics is your business or a critical element to its success, you know this. You have to manage inventory, resources and documents that are all concurrently in motion with business processes that extend to the edge of...
Descartes Yard Management™ is specifically designed to help operators more effectively manage the movement of trailers. This service is an add-on to Descartes Dock Appointment Scheduling™, a collaborative solution that enables shippers, carriers and...
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Descartes Visibility & Event Management™ software helps improve logistics efficiency by enabling companies to collaborate internally and externally and foresee order failures before they happen. Line item-level visibility across multiple modes of...
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Descartes Transportation Manager™ makes sure the planning and execution of freight with contract carriers is done correctly. Descartes helps logistics professionals quickly evaluate money-saving transportation options, and then execute those...
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Descartes Reporting Services™ is a standard reporting tool that works with any Descartes solution as well as any non-Descartes solution that is an open database-compliant (OBDC) system. Descartes Reporting Services helps companies to rapidly build...
Descartes Denied Parties Screening™ checks the parties on your export or import transaction against denied parties' lists maintained by U.S. governmental agencies and law enforcement and commerce control agencies of other governments. This check can...
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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...
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