Knowledge Center
Gain better insight into Descartes solutions and the logistics and supply chain best practices that produce meaningful results.
Content Types
Solutions
Industries
Chips Go Here
Working with leading retailers around the globe, Descartes has developed real-time integrated route planning and mobility solutions to enable retailers to grow revenue, increase margins and provide differentiated customer service. These home delivery...
Optimizing the Ecommerce Supply Chain Today’s ecommerce supply chains are complex. As businesses grow, multiple points of connectivity, internal procedures, diverse sales channels and more can lead to disorganization and lost revenue. Ecommerce...
Using resources and technology already in place, ANCLA has been able to partner with online retail customers to offer warehousing, order processing, and Amazon Prime shipping over their own internal fulfillment network at the speed and service levels...
Industries
Solutions
A couple of updates from the last couple of weeks. There has been some surprise at the UK Government decision not to seek to be members of the EU’s “safety and security zone” as part of the ongoing trade negotiations. Many trade bodies are pushing...
Following the EU’s announcement of its mandate, the UK has in turn published its negotiating stance for a comprehensive free trade agreement with the EU. As the Descartes’ corporate Headquarters are in Canada it’s nice to see that the UK Government...
The UK and the EU have both now agreed their negotiating mandates in readiness to start Trade Talks.While we wait for the UK to publish its position, the publication of the EU’s starting position once again reminds us that there will be Customs...
Vestiaire Collective, the leading community-driven platform for luxury pre-owned fashion worldwide, serves a community of nearly 9 million members across Europe, the United States, Asia, and Australia. Looking to expand its ecommerce catalogue...
Descartes announced the launch of its sophisticated new “out-of-the-box” analytics tool designed to help customers better understand the data captured and created by their Descartes solutions. Leveraging Microsoft Power BI’s analytics and reporting...
Partnered with over 10,000 schools across Europe, Calcuso is Germany’s largest online distributor of educational and office supplies. Faced with back-to-school spikes in shipment volumes and tight fulfillment windows, Calcuso is using the Descartes...
Solutions
Descartes ShipRush™ is now the only cloud-based ecommerce shipping platform to offer both parcel and less-than-truckload (LTL) freight in a single solution. The multi-carrier shipping solution helps ecommerce SMBs and omnichannel retailers streamline...
Industries
MASKWORLD is Germany’s leading online retailer of costumes and disguises. To meet the demands of surging shipment volumes during seasonal peaks, the omnichannel distributor implemented the scalable, automated Descartes pixi* Warehouse Management...
Solutions
Redcat Racing, a premier provider of remote-controlled gas, nitro and electric cars, grew over 650% with the help of a joint omnichannel retail fulfilment and shipping solution from Descartes and NetSuite. Descartes OzLink™ for NetSuite is an...
Industries
McCombs Supply, a retail company providing repair replacement parts to supply contractors, service technicians, housing developments, institutions, and do-it-yourselfers, has grown ecommerce shipping volumes by 600% and reduced order fulfilment times...
Industries
Telesuper, a leading and fast growing ecommerce grocery retailer in the Netherlands that delivers primarily fresh products, is using Descartes Route Planner™ On-demand to automate and optimize its vehicle routing process. The cloud-based solution...
Solutions
As the premier national distributor of home automation systems, Home Controls depends on speedy, reliable shipping to create an exceptional, frictionless customer experience. Integrated with Oracle NetSuite and carrier platforms, Descartes ShipRush...
Industries
Solutions
Driving Growth with Descartes Ecommerce WMS PackAngels, the ecommerce fulfillment unit of German logistics service provider ANCLA Logistik GmbH, manages logistics for small and medium online businesses. In support of its exponential growth and the...
Industries
Solutions
Download a white paper to learn how to automate ecommerce customs entries including Section 321 Type 86 filings.
There is no doubt that the last six months have fundamentally altered the way organizations of all types think about the future, including how they set up and manage their export compliance programs and processes. Businesses across industries – from...
The world of international trade is constantly on the move. Just like New York, London, Tokyo and other world cities of the same stature, it does not sleep. By association, the same can be said of global trade compliance. There is a continuous 24...
Danny Griffiths, Central Planning Manager, discusses John Lewis Partnership’s success using Descartes Reservations™ to improve route planning of their in-house fleet, while reducing delivery miles and transportation costs and significantly impacting...
Featured Resources

Food & Beverage Industry - Supply Chain Resource Center

Fuel & Labor Cost Savings through Next Generation Fleet Management System Best Practices

Logistics Management: Integrating Real-Time Planning and Wireless Mobile Technology

Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) Resource Center

Logistics: Best Practices For Optimizing The Last Mile

Building Material Supply, Electrical, HVAC and Plumbing Supply and Service Resource Center