Sep 24, 2018
Every year, over 3000 industry experts gather for CSCMP’s annual conference to share best practices and learn new trends that are impacting the industry. Participants come from a diverse group industry practitioners, executives, and universities in a...
Sep 21, 2018
Every quarter, Descartes’ Employee Excellence and Innovation award is presented to a deserving Descartes employee. Based on peer nominations, the award recognizes Descartes employees for their contributions in helping to make Descartes’ customers...
Sep 13, 2018
In 2005, A.G. Lafley Chairman, President & CEO of Procter & Gamble coined two "Moments of Truth". First moment of truth: When a customer is first confronted with the product. It occurs within the first 3-7 seconds of a consumer encountering the...
Sep 12, 2018
Louisiana-based Dupré Logistics is a privately held, asset-based provider of transportation and logistics services that include energy and chemical transport, dedicated truck transportation, site logistics, and freight brokerage. Dupré specializes in...
Sep 12, 2018
There has been a lot of buzz around the capacity crunch and how we got to this point. Simply put, higher freight demand, driver shortages and ELD mandates have severely limited capacity on the road. The increased volume can be tied to economic growth...
Sep 12, 2018
Trade policy is on the move. Tariff discourse is evolving into action, non-tariff measures are spiking, and the number of trade agreements has risen to record levels. In this environment of change, it can be challenging to pinpoint trends and assess...
Sep 11, 2018
Carriers are continuing to require digital data instead of paper in the air cargo supply chain. One recent highlight is Lufthansa’s introduction of a per paper air waybill fee for applicable tradelanes. Starting at €1 and increasing to €12 beginning...
Aug 09, 2018
eBay Open 2018 is a premiere ecommerce event that underscores the need to streamline order management and keep shipping rates low. Descartes ShipRush for eBay can help drive down costs by leveraging discounted postage rates, compare carrier rates and...
Jul 30, 2018
Visibility has long been a priority for supply chains, but the challenge has been to translate visibility initiatives into tangible business benefits that go beyond the transportation team. Based on Descartes’ experience with thousands of customers...
Jul 27, 2018
MNX Global Logistics is a premium global provider of specialized, expedited transportation and logistics services to customers in the life sciences, medical device, aviation and technology sectors. MNX is using the cloud-based Descartes Air Cargo...