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The last few years in the air freight industry has seen initiatives such as e-freight and C2K continue to make slow progress, while information and communication technologies and channels have been evolving rapidly throughout business and society. In...
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Having recently returned from a Descartes hosted-session in Toronto on the eManifest initiative, I can confirm that the trade is keenly interested in the third-phase of Canada’s ACI (Advanced Commercial Information) program. The Q&A at the end of the...
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Descartes has been busy working with the Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidation System (NACCS) to prepare ocean carriers and forwarders for the upcoming Japan Advance Filing Requirement (AFR) by hosting a number of educational sessions around...
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Implementation of Descartes’ Transportation Management System (TMS) shows improvements over a five year period Ken Wood is Senior Vice President, Product Strategy at Descartes We recently had the opportunity to sit down with our customer, Bavaria, to...
Descartes’ Quarterly Employee Excellence & Innovation Award recognizes one employee each quarter for their contributions in helping make our customers and partners successful. To be eligible for nomination, the employee must have demonstrated...
Natural Selection in a New “Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide” World This piece is dedicated to Verna Miller, mother of my beloved wife of 22 years, who passed away December 28, 2012. I find myself today at the Eagle’s Nest. For those of you who don’t...
Com-mu-ni-ty (noun) a unified body of individuals - a body of persons of common and especially professional interests scattered through a larger society. Merriam Webster Dictionary Few words better describe logistics than community. To be successful...
Tuesday through Thursday, November 13 - 15, Descartes customers and partners from around the globe attended our busiest and most productive user conference yet. Held at the W Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, our Evolution 2012 Global User and Partner...
Descartes has been testing with the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) since Sept 2010 in preparation for the enforcement of the Canadian Highway eManifest program, the third phase of the Advance Commercial Information (ACI) initiative. As per...
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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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Phase three of the CBSA’s Advance Commercial Information (ACI) program, called eManifest, becomes mandatory on November 1, 2012. As a resource to help importers meet the new requirements of ACI eManifest, Descartes has put together an ACI eManifest...
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On September 7, we announced that Cabela’s, a leading specialty retailer and the world's largest direct marketer of hunting, fishing, camping and related outdoor merchandise, is improving productivity and customer service with Descartes’ Dock...
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...
In our ongoing effort to recognize our employees for their contributions in helping to make our customers successful, we would like to honor and profile the FY13Q1 winner of Descartes’ Quarterly Employee Excellence & Innovation Award – Justin...
Recently, we announced the successful completion of an integrated fleet and small package transportation management project for Canadian Blood Services. From our experience at Canadian Blood Services and with other customers, we see that many...
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In our ongoing effort to recognize our employees for their contributions in helping make our customers and partners successful, we introduced the Descartes Quarterly Employee Excellence & Innovation Award and honored our first winner earlier this...
We recently announced that F.H. Kaysing Company (FHK) is successfully using Descartes' certified Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) solution to participate in the U.S. Customs & Border Protection's (CBP) Simplified Entry Pilot. As one of nine...
he team at Descartes is excited to announce the launch of our redesigned website! The redesign is meant to provide an enhanced user experience for our visitors and customers. It is built upon a completely new navigation structure developed to reduce...
As many of you know, we hold a User Group conference each year to showcase our latest technology as well as provide an opportunity for customers and partners to network. Over the last several years, we have given out our Excellence and Innovation...
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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