Swissport has announced it plans this year to rig its cargo warehouses with Bluetooth readers supplied by Descartes and Unilode to improve tracking for digitally tagged unit load devices (ULDs).
Swissport, the world's leading provider of airport ground services and air cargo handling, plans to equip all of its warehouses with Descartes and Unilode Bluetooth technology by the end of the year. The readers in the 115 warehouses will track and monitor digitally-tagged unit load devices (ULD) to increase transparency for customers.
Descartes announced the acquisition of UK-based Peoplevox for $24.5 million, complementing the company’s previous investment in ecommerce fulfillment solutions, including its 2017 purchase of ShipRush and its 2015 purchase of Oz Development.ihu
Ground service provider Swissport is deploying Descartes Core Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) readers at its 115 air cargo warehouses. Deploying the readers will expand the network used to provide airlines with real-time tracking of international mail, parcel, and cargo shipments via the Descartes Core Unit Load Device (ULD) tracking solution.
Descartes announces that Switzerland’s Swissport International, the largest airport ground services and air cargo handling agent worldwide, is deploying Descartes Core Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)™ readers at all 115 of its cargo warehouses.
Descartes has acquired Peoplevox, a provider in the cloud-based ecommerce warehouse management solutions (eWMS) space, in a deal worth $25.2 million. Based in the U.K., Peoplevox provides web-based eWMS and ecommerce fulfillment solutions to direct-to-consumer (DTC) customers around the world.
Industry insiders -- including Descartes Senior VP of Industry Strategy Brian Hodgson -- look to the future and offer insights and strategies that may help your organization successfully navigate the year ahead.
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Americold acquires PortFresh to boost trade at the Port of Savannah, one of the fastest-growing ports in the country according to the U.S. Ports Report from Descartes Datamyne.
Highly-fluid sanctions landscape, tightening restrictions on trade partners, and the frequency of denied party screening updates have left many in need of new strategies, technologies, and processes to mitigate business risk.
FORWARDER comments on the need for companies to consider the trends influencing the ecommerce industry and the technologies that will help address them.
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In its review of big deals in the supply chain sector, Inside Logistics reports on Air New Zealand's adoption of the Descartes Core Unit Load Device (ULD) Tracking solution to automatically monitor the real-time location of international mail, parcel, and cargo shipments while they are in the air and on the ground.
UPS is bringing dynamic routing to its on-road integrated optimization and navigation (ORION) platform, as the package delivery giant looks to reduce the number of miles traveled, fuel consumed, and CO2 emitted.
In 24/7 Customs Broker News, Descartes' Chris Jones compares decentralized vs. centralized transportation management operations and explains how one approach produces better operating results today and in the future.
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While Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) fulfillment eliminates the need for external selling parties, retailers face significant logistical hurdles to deliver items quickly, conveniently, and effectively. Johannes Panzer, Head of Industry Solutions for Ecommerce at Descartes, outlines three things companies often get wrong in D2C fulfillment.
As ecommerce evolves, customer expectations to get what they want — when, where, and how they want it — will continue to intensify and further challenge organizations in 2020. Johannes Panzer, head of Industry Solutions, Ecommerce at Descartes outlines the top five trends that retailers should keep front of mind to remain competitive.
Containerized exports to the U.S. from 10 major countries and regions in Asia plunged 16.3% from a year earlier to a total of 1,302,275 TEUs in December 2019, according to statistics unveiled by U.S. research company Descartes Datamyne. In the full calendar year, they diminished 2.6% to 16,416,921 TEUs.
With a tumultuous global economy and trade uncertainties, the most important consideration is value. Can they provide global visibility to your supply chain? Can they help you effectively navigate the ever-changing regulatory landscape?
