Descartes in the News

Forbes contributor Jon Markman emphasizes the importance of logistics software to any modern mobility business and notes Descartes’ prominence and track record of success in the industry.

Louisiana’s largest daily newspaper The Advocate charts the course of container cargo imports at the Port of New Orleans using the recently released Descartes Datamyne™ Annual U.S. Port Report. The 2016 report, developed with Port Technology International (PTI), analyzes the top 20 U.S. ocean ports ranked by import TEUs.

In a SupplyChainDive feature article titled What Retailers can do to Make the Last Mile More Efficient, Barry Hochfelder examines why last mile delivery can be complicated and expensive and looks at what retailers and logistics providers are doing to perfect the process.

In Descartes' and AfA's 2017 Forwarder & Broker Benchmark Survey, the gap between the top-performing airfreight forwarders and those at the bottom, in terms of profit margins, appears to be growing wider and the major differentiator is technology. Read more on SupplyChainBrain.

For retailers, e-commerce—and its impact on supply chain management—is no longer a roll of the dice; it's a sure thing. Inbound Logistics magazine examines how successful retailers, like Lionel Racing, use technology to digitize their supply chains.

Glenn Palanacki's article, published earlier this month in Parcel Magazine, discusses the mandatory requirements of eManifest for freight forwarders, including key dates regarding penalties for non-compliance.

The CBSA has introduced major initiatives that could reshape how trade is handled between the US and Canada. Descartes is adapting its software to better serve customers affected by these the changes.

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This guest post by Descartes' Cindy Yamamoto focuses on Canada's eManifest for freight forwarders, which went into effect January 11 and requires forwarders to electronically submit the who, what, when and where of a shipment to the Canada Border Security Agency (CBSA) for validation within a specific pre-arrival time frame.

Descartes CEO Ed Ryan, in an interview by American Shipper's Eric Johnson as part of the Adam Smith Project, discusses the inevitable impact of many of the world's governments protectionist views on free trade agreements, tariffs, quotas, and possibly more specific regulatory areas like rules of origin. All of this will put an increased emphasis on two areas: shippers’ reliance on logistics service providers and customs brokers, and those LSPs’ reliance on technology.

Those in international trade experience the challenges of constant change and lack of a common language. What is the solution for keeping all trade partners on the same linguistics page?

Read more from Ben Ames on DC Velocity's website.