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Unit Load Device (ULD) Tracking for the Air Freight Industry Unit Load Devices (ULDs) are valuable assets in any air carrier’s widebody operation. Containers and pallets must be available in the right place at the right time to meet today’s global...
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Those who want to automate business processes cannot ignore EDI and API. Discussions about whether it is better to use one or the other are flawed, however, as both technologies have their own strengths and complement each other well. A golden duo...
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Servier Suisse looked for an EDI solution that allowed its wholesalers’ systems to communicate directly with the company’s own ERP without having to worry about different order formats or communication protocols. By collaborating with an EDI service...
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As a supplier, you want to exchange EDI messages, but implementation procedures or an integrated solution are either undesirable or not feasible for your organization. In that case, Descartes Go-webEDI provides the ideal means to get started with EDI...
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The Descartes eBookings™ solution covers the full end-to-end ocean shipment management process and operates on the Descartes Global Logistics Network™ (Descartes GLN™), which brings multiple parties and processes together from the contract to booking...
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The Descartes eCellerate™ collaborative suite is powered by the Descartes Global Logistics Network™ (Descartes GLN™), the world’s largest logistics network enabling leading transportation providers to connect to their trading partners. The Descartes...
Marco Steijger with Bavaria Breweries describes the improvements his company has seen since implementing a Descartes transportation management solution for supply chain optimization. In five years as a Descartes customer, Bavaria has experienced...
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A list of logistics and supply chain management acronyms.
Ken Wood is Senior Vice President, Product Strategy at Descartes Transportation management solutions have been offered to the public for several decades. The first generation of TMS solutions had to be implemented on premise, was extremely complex to...
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...
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...
Last week, Descartes announced an alliance with INTTRA to enhance international ocean shipping processes and capabilities available to the global user community. This new United by Design alliance provides a global network capable of managing the...
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To address challenges associated with managing the flow of goods for retailers and their supply chain partners, logistics intensive organizations are turning toward cloud-based solutions to assist in managing the retail post-purchase order process...
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There is no doubt about it – in the modern world, paper invoices will become a thing of the past. Their electronic equivalents are miles more efficient and cost-effective. Many companies are already exchanging electronic invoices, and, with a legal...
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A better way for Non-Vessel Operating Common Carriers to store ocean freight contracts, manage surcharges, simplify price management, provide global visibility, distribute the management of contracts across the organization and create, book and audit...
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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...
In a recent press release, we announced that Southwest Airlines successfully deployed Descartes' cloud-based Air Messaging Service to its cargo customers. We were very pleased to work with the award-winning cargo division, of Southwest Airlines, to...
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Dear Global Logistics Community Member, We wanted to inform you of an important announcement we made today regarding SAP certification of Descartes’ Global Logistics Network. One of the goals of our company is to standardize and streamline the...
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Descartes Validation Service allows EDI messages to be validated both syntactically and as content. Upon receipt, EDI messages are checked against the GS1 standards, the most widely used supply chain standards system in the world, and the parameters...
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We are excited to let you know that DC Velocity, the industry leader in information for logistics managers and executives, has extended Chris Jones, Executive Vice President of Marketing & Services, the opportunity to blog on supply chain and...
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