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Welcome to the Customer Facing Supply Chain Let's Talk Learn More It’s amazing how many companies are turning to their supply chain for competitive differentiation. You know that this is true when you start seeing commercials and sales pitches...
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With the Descartes Express Shipment module you can select the right carrier and the right service and print the carrier specific shipping label, all from the same browser application. This module is part of Descartes Transport Management System...
View Practical Solutions, Techniques, Worksheets, Diagrams and More To Help You Succeed We would like to announce our latest white paper, Automated Commercial Environment (ACE): Pathways for Success. This interactive document is unique in the...
Benefits of Transportation Management Systems, commonly known as TMS. TMS software automates such functions as carrier selection, routing and rating; in the process, it helps users reduce their shipping and labor costs.
The Largest eAWB Carrier by Volume to Charge for Paper Air Waybills Jim Alemany is Director, Rate Management Solutions at Descartes Cathay Pacific Cargo has announced that beginning on December 1 it will begin assessing a $25 surcharge on paper...
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Filers Seeking the Best Export Manifest Software Solutions in Parallel to CBP Pilots CBP recently hosted a webinar that touched on the new export manifest functionality coming to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). They highlighted the fact...
Most companies leave lots of money on the table when they deploy them. Getting the most from them requires that companies spend time thinking about how they are going to be applied, how they will measure the results and the definition of success. The...
Detailresult Group streamlines their critical electronic communication to increase productivity and reduce costs Detailresult Group, a leading retail conglomerate in the Netherlands, has outsourced its B2B messaging and archiving operations to...
This past week, I had a chance to spend a few hours with the folks at a large global food manufacturer discussing the evolution of their mobile strategy. The company has been using GPS-enabled mobile technology with its thousands of sales and...
Retailers and distributors are turning to drop shipping (sending goods directly from the supplier to the customer) to increase the number of products they offer, minimize the inventory they carry, and reduce order cycle times. Drop shipping is an...
Talking Logistics's Adrian Gonzalez interviews Ron Lackey, VP of Content Business with Descartes (formerly CustomsInfo): Accelerating supply chain speed and efficiency with global trade data.
Mike Lombardi, Lean Operations Manager with US LBM, discusses US LBM's quest to find an automated routing and scheduling solution that is able to accommodate a highly variable environment and that required great operational discipline and...
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Aetna Forwarding, Inc. is streamlining shipment management and US customs entry submission with Descartes' OneView™ Forwarder Enterprise and Customs House Brokerage (CHB) solution. The solution helps coordinate global air and ocean import/export...
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James Kagawa from Kintetsu World Express (KWE), a leading Global Freight Forwarder, shares the improvements their organization has seen with the implementation of Descartes' Global Trades Compliance solution.
Len James, Chief Financial Officer at John S. James Company, details how the international freight forwarder has realized increases in efficiency and enhanced customer service through the application of Descartes OneView™ Forwarder Enterprise and...
Recognized for her exemplary performance and attention to detail in her support of Descartes’ sales and marketing teams Descartes Excellence & Innovation Award, presented to one deserving employee each quarter, is a peer-driven program which...
Descartes NetFreight™ is a web-based solution that helps LSPs effectively coordinate and control global multimodal operations to realise a higher level of operational efficiency and accuracy. This advanced solution has options to combine end-to-end...
Submitted 5/2014 Descartes Transportation Manager™ Descartes OneView™ WMS
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Joe Zanette, Solution Manager, at Ferguson Enterprises, explains how the company has successfully deployed Descartes Route Planner™ and Descartes Mobile™ to over 800 trucks and is expanding that number to cover nearly 2,200 additional vehicles...
Keeping pace with the latest regulations is critical to speed the movement of goods across borders. Descartes’ ACE-enabled solutions solutions are unique in that our customers can benefit from the added functionality of ACE compliance while achieving...
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