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ATLANTA, Georgia, April 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq: DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that Eastern Propane & Oil, one of the largest family-owned and operated energy providers in New England, has selected Descartes’ last mile delivery solution to supply propane to over 100,000 residential and commercial customers throughout New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont.
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prove fleet efficiency, the company switched out time-consuming manual processes for the Descartes Suite. The solutions were deployed quickly and with the training tools needed for maximum results. Challenge: Lack of Visibility and Inefficient Manual...
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Nathan Sanders, CEO of Brook Furniture Rental, discusses the company’s investment in Descartes’ routing technologies to transform distribution operations and significantly improve service standards for its B2C and B2B customers.
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Running an efficient, profitable distribution operation is no small feat. In recent years, it’s become even more difficult thanks to rising fuel costs, increased customer demands, and a changing order mix. Traditional strategic route planning can’t...
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Brook Furniture Rental is satisfying customers’ needs after switching to automated last mile delivery solutions from Descartes. Learn about the transformation.
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Adrian Gonzalez with Talking Logistics speaks to Descartes’ Chris Jones, EVP Industry & Services, for insights into labor shortages in the U.S. and globally, what this means in the short- and long-term for shippers, logistics service providers and...
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Driver Shortage? Use Route Optimization to Get the Most from Your Existing Drivers The driver shortage is not new news, it is big news and a global problem. Macroeconomic factors such as the accelerated growth of ecommerce and increased consumer...
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The Damage Delivery Failures Can Cause and Getting Them Back on Track Between the pandemic and rampant driver shortage, the quality of delivery service has significantly degraded over the last 18 months. While most retailers are challenged...
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AI-based Configuration: The Future of Optimized Last Mile Delivery There’s always been tension surrounding the optimization technologies used for planning last mile delivery routes. The solutions that solve the toughest and most unique problems and...
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Robotic Process Automation Improves Last Mile Delivery Performance Most logistics organizations still see a wide discrepancy in the results produced by their planners for their last mile delivery operations despite advances in route planning...
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6 Ways Machine Learning Can Improve Fleet Performance Machine learning (ML) has become a pervasive topic in supply chain technology circles. Machine learning can help fleet operators maximize the fleet performance improving the accuracy of data used...
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The 5 Key Components of a Digital Twin for Fleet Operations What is a Digital Twin? The digital twin is a powerful approach to better understand how operations work today or could work in the future. Through the creation of a virtual, but dynamic...
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How Understanding Delivery Personas Will Change Your Home Delivery Top- and Bottom-Line Performance In home delivery there is an “arms race” when it comes to delivery speed. One company, however, is incentivizing customers to slow down their delivery...
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Whether your operations require first, middle or last mile delivery there are key capabilities that can make a difference to performance and impact to the business. The technology now available is helping companies implement strategies that improve...
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Descartes WinRoute™ uses advanced planning and optimization technologies to provide strategic route plans such as master routes and daily dynamic planning to help distribution and services businesses maximize the productivity of their fleets and...
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Descartes Route Planner™ software was designed to address the most complex route planning problems and provide fleet operators with capabilities that transform their performance. The solution combines a number of innovations to model and dynamically...
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Descartes Route Planner™ software was designed to address the most complex route planning problems and provide fleet operators with capabilities that transform their performance. The solution combines a number of innovations to model and dynamically...
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Descartes Route Planner™ On-demand provides an easy and affordable way to optimize delivery performance. Plan, dispatch routes and track progress in real time and capture critical proof-of-delivery (POD) information. This cloud-based fleet management...
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What is Cloud Elasticity? In cloud computing, elasticity is defined as "the degree to which a system is able to adapt to workload changes by provisioning and de-provisioning resources in an autonomic manner, such that at each point in time the...
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Definition of Same-Day Optimization Same-day optimization is the dynamic delivery appointment booking and execution of intra-day ad-hoc orders through intelligent automated selection of the most cost-effective resource while using time-definite...
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