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Consolidating Ocean Carrier Updates to Deliver Exceptional Customer Service Challenge: Accessing Multiple Ocean Carrier Portals Accelerated Global Logistics is a growing company that is expanding into new shipment specializations. While the freight...
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Hellman Worldwide Logistics Challenge: Manual Processes Impeded Efficiency Hellman Worldwide Logistics is a growing logistics service provider (LSP) that is expanding into new regions and service offerings. An increasing volume of customers are...
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Descartes recently sponsored a Web Seminar, hosted by American Shipper, titled "3PL Evolution - Purchase Order Management Tools Reshape the Intermediary's Role." As international trade and transportation has become more complex, traditional...
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Descartes’ extensive customs and logistics domain expertise is embodied in a comprehensive technology platform designed to help brokers and forwarders more efficiently run complex international operations. On-demand solutions enable large and small...
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Descartes’ Customs & Regulatory Compliance solutions keep goods moving across borders, whether by air, land or sea. It helps to bridge the information gap between trading partners and regulatory authorities to enable efficient cargo security...
Chris Jones, Executive Vice President, Marketing and Services with Descartes, describes the three core components of the Descartes business model, placing Customer Success at the forefront, and explains the technology behind the Logistics Technology...
Logistics is different. If logistics is your business or a critical element to its success, you know this. You have to manage inventory, resources and documents that are all concurrently in motion with business processes that extend to the edge of...
Descartes delivers industry leading freight management solutions including freight auditing software for coordination, compliance, and visibility.
The dynamics of global trade changed dramatically in the aftermath of 9/11. Since this tragic event, the United States federal government has passed regulations designed to protect its borders and ensure the safety of its citizens. Among the...
Jim Alemany is Director, Rate Management Solutions at Descartes Time is money. When it comes to responding to large shipper Requests for Proposals (RFPs), whether a few hundred or even thousands of lane requests, it can be quite daunting for Non...
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How does a modern seaport retain and attract new customers? How do these, ever so important, logistic hubs remain competitive? The challenge for seaports, and the port communities, is to economically extend their Port Community System (PCS) to meet...
Jim Alemany is Director, Rate Management Solutions at Descartes Increasing cost and complexity One of the biggest line items in logistics spend is the cost of moving goods over the ocean. This is true for several reasons, not the least of which is...
Jim Alemany is Director, Rate Management Solutions at Descartes When navigating the rough waters of ocean freight transportation, one of the most difficult daily activities for non vessel operating common carriers (NVOCC) and freight forwarders is...
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