Routing, Mobile & Telematics

Supply Chain Dive shares how packaged ice manufacturer, Arctic Glacier, improved its distribution network efficiency, its fleet performance, and the customer experience using Descartes’ strategic route planning solution.

Materials Handling & Logistics explores the findings from the recent Descartes study of the U.S. labor shortage and its impact on supply chain operations, revealing 37% of supply chain leaders rate the shortage as high to extreme.

Supply Chain 24/7 reports on the labor shortage impacting supply chain and logistics operations, especially transportation and warehouse areas. A Descartes study found that 76% of today’s supply chain operations are experiencing shortages, with manager and analyst positions the hardest to fill.

SupplyChainBrain shares insights from Descartes’ Richard McNish on the imperative for ecommerce businesses to minimize the risk of parcel delivery problems and consistently meet customer expectations at a time when last mile issues are a significant threat to return on investment and customer retention.

Style Mag shares findings from Descartes’ labor study, including that the areas suffering the most from resource shortages in supply chain and logistics are transportation operations (61%) and warehouse operations (56%).