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We’ve all been there – buying furniture, home appliances, or that new flat screen TV, when the taxing moment comes to schedule the delivery appointment for our purchase. Whether shopping at a store or online, more often than not, we’re presented with...
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Founded in 1988, Argosy International is a global market leader in the manufacture of high-quality aluminum honeycomb cores used in industries such as aerospace, rail transportation, electronics, construction, energy absorption, and shipbuilding.
WATERLOO, Ontario, April 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq: DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that White Plains, NY-based Capital Logistics, a full service...
Capital Logistics, a rapidly-growing third party logistics provider (3PL), implemented Descartes Aljex™ transportation management system (TMS), fully integrated with real-time freight visibility solution Descartes MacroPoint™, to drive its aggressive...
Real-Time Freight Visibility Is the Key to Customer Satisfaction A leading supplier of architecture, furniture and technology products and services, Steelcase implemented Descartes MacroPoint™ to enhance shipment visibility across its U.S...
Freight Broker TMS + Real-time Visibility Solution Drives Brokerage Growth Driven by a vision to bring a more agile and responsive logistics approach to customers’ diverse shipping needs, Direct Traffic Solutions implemented Descartes Aljex™ freight...
Lift Off Distribution, the third largest distributor of Red Bull energy drinks in the U.S., is attaining better levels of customer service and greater operational efficiencies after replacing manual practices with an automated solution for route...
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WATERLOO, Ontario, October 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that Merchants Foodservice, the 12th-largest foodservice...
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Aceitera el Real, a global producer of vegetable oils, fats and their derivatives, distributes products nationally across multiple channels in Nicaragua. With a customer-centric vision, the company replaced its manual routing system with Descartes’...
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Going Paperless with Descartes Heightens Delivery Performance for Customers As a wholesale distributor of building materials serving 12 states with 60 locations, Homer Glen, IL-based Richards Building Supply (RBS) invested in route planning and...
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For more than 65 years, Americans have relied on Ferrellgas for their residential, industrial/ commercial, and agricultural propane needs. Ferrellgas has grown from humble beginnings, as a family-owned propane supplier, to a publicly-traded, Fortune...
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Stewart Foodservice is a foodservice distribution company with 75 employees and over 450 customers. Its impressive roster of customers range from family owned restaurants and chains to institutional cafeterias. While Stewart Foodservice had a...
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Tony’s Fine Foods is the largest privately-owned distributor of deli, bakery, food service, specialty, and perishable products in Northern California. Tony’s Fine Foods’ fleet travels more than 130,000 miles each week, offering distribution services...
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New Zealand’s leading supplier of building materials and hardware, PlaceMakers differentiated its customer delivery experience by centralizing the distribution function for 63 stores nationwide using dynamic route planning. By optimizing same- and...
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The Vollrath Company is a global supplier of foodservice equipment, supplies and serving systems. With approximately 800 shipments/day (4,000/week; 206,000/year), the company implemented Descartes Transportation Manager™ (TM) to support growth and...
US LBM Holdings is a leading U.S. distributor of specialty building materials with more than 250 locations across the country, providing more than 60,000 SKUs of specialty products such as windows, doors, millwork, roofing, siding, cabinetry and...
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WATERLOO, Ontario, April 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that Nashville, TN-based BFC Solutions, the largest self-performing, preventive maintenance service provider for commercial HVAC systems in the U.S., is using Descartes’ dynamic route planning solution to meet new demands as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. By automating route planning and execution for its service operations, the cloud-based solution is helping BFC Solutions to be as responsive as possible to satisfy the needs of customers on a national level.
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Descartes’ Route Planning Solution Helps Postal Service Company Planning Bike Routes
Sophisticated Freight Broker TMS & Real-time Visibility Transforms Operations Atlanta-based broker Freight Scouts implemented the Descartes Aljex™ transportation management system (TMS), fully integrated with freight visibility solution Descartes...
Real-time Freight Visibility Drives Customer Satisfaction A leading producer of Idaho® potatoes shipping product to grocery and food processing customers nationwide, Sun-Glo of Idaho deployed the Descartes MacroPoint™ real-time freight visibility...
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