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The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions against targeted countries, organizations, and individuals. For businesses, complying with OFAC regulations is essential to avoid transacting with...
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Transforming Fleet Logistics with Artificial Intelligence Let's Talk Learn More Sometimes, managing a fleet feels like juggling bowling pins with your eyes closed. You’ve got routes, drivers, time windows, and traffic all swirling around at once...
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Fleet Fuel Savings & Carbon Emissions ROI Calculator Let's Talk Learn More Are You Experiencing These Fleet Challenges? As a fleet operator, you’re facing many challenges that are impacting your profitability and making it harder to stay competitive...
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Integrated EDI can reduce order processing times by 75%, enhance business operations, and minimize errors associated with manual data entry. To understand Integrated EDI, we need to first understand the meaning of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
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Driving Continuous Improvement in Route Execution: Insights from Industry Leaders Let's Talk Learn More Descartes customers Matt Fannon of Silver Eagle Distributors and Will Woodall of Mitchell Distributing share powerful strategies and best...
In an increasingly interconnected global economy, businesses face mounting challenges due to recent U.S. moves to raise import tariffs on goods from various countries. These changes in trade tariffs significantly affect supply chains, operational...
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6 Tips to Reduce Claims & Disputes in Construction and Building Material Distribution Let's Talk Learn More Key Takeaways: Reducing damage claims protects margins – Minimizing material damage and disputes helps building material distributors control...
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Safeguarding Your Freight in a Hyper-Connected World A growing number of cybersecurity incidents in trucking have shown that hacking doesn’t just hurt carriers—it can derail shippers and brokers, too. The reason is simple: You rely on carriers to not...
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Fraud is a growing concern in the freight industry, where sophisticated schemes—from classic cargo theft to stealing identities and double-brokering—can quickly transform what should be a routine shipment into a costly disaster. To combat these...
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Team Behind the Tech: Tim Reinert Let's Talk Learn More Meet the Experts Helping Customers Excel with Descartes’ Routing, Mobile & Telematics Solutions At Descartes, we believe that the last mile isn’t just the final step in delivery—it’s where...
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Video: Richards Building Supply Reduces Claims and Improves Customer Experience with Mobile Solutions Let's Talk Learn More Discover how Richards Building Supply, a leader in the building materials industry, leverages Descartes solutions to enhance...
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Driving Last-Mile Gourmet Food Distribution Efficiency with Descartes Let's Talk Learn More Explore how Doug Epperly, Supply Chain Consultant, guided a gourmet food distributor to utilize Descartes’ route planning (Descartes Route Planner™ On-demand)...
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Video: Dairy Farmers of America Enhances Driver Performance with Route Planning and Execution Let's Talk Learn More Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) is a farmer-owned cooperative managing a vast distribution network for daily dairy deliveries across...
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Building Materials Industry Challenges & How to Overcome Last-Mile Delivery Issues Let's Talk Learn More Key Takeaways: Building materials industry challenges—including delivery delays, product damage, and workforce shortages—hurt efficiency and...
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Selecting the right denied party screening software is critical to protecting your business from sanctions risks and ensuring compliance with evolving trade and export regulations. But not all vendors deliver the reliability and accuracy you need.
Discover how New Castle Building Products, a leader in exterior building materials, transformed fleet operations and enhanced efficiency with Descartes route planning and proof-of-delivery solutions.
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As a new Amazon seller, you need to understand the best way to work with Amazon and meet your business objectives. This includes how to get listed (and avoid getting de-listed), stay compliant, and turn Amazon into a successful sales channel for your...
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Video: American Tire Distributors Makes Data-Driven Routing Decisions with Integrated Planning and Execution Let's Talk Learn More American Tire Distributors (ATD) is the largest tire distributor in the U.S., supplying over 90,000 products through a...
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Descartes RFID technology plays a pivotal role for the air industry to track of key assets throughout logistics operations, enhance inventory management, and ensure compliance with Life-limited Part (LLP) industry standards. Our solutions are...
Helping the Air Industry Elevate Real-Time Tracking, Operations, and Compliance with Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) & Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology
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