In this recent Fleet Owner article, Descartes' Ken Wood explains how the ELD mandate, ecommerce and big data are impacting trucking.
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Ecommerce growth is causing an explosion in last mile deliveries. Highlighting the UPS announcement to deploy electric delivery trucks, Steve Banker discusses various advancements in last mile routing -- notably Descartes' dynamic routing solution --
WATERLOO, Ontario, Feb. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that MedSpeed, the market leading provider of healthcare intra-company logistics in the U.S., has selected Descartes to enhance its technology platform, help manage increasingly complex needs and enhance customer service levels even more. MedSpeed's national logistics network includes more than 100 distribution points in 29 states and more than 1,000 logistics service representatives (LSRs) delivering patient- and business-critical materials and supplies to healthcare organizations across the United States.
Electronic logging devices (ELDs) can save fleets money and pay for themselves. In this FleetOwner article, Descartes' Scott Pagan discusses how integrating ELD data with the freight transportation system helps transportation brokers, LSPs, and
MALMÖ, Sweden and REYKJAVÍK, Iceland, Nov. 14, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, and Iceland Post, the Icelandic national postal service, announced that Descartes' route planning solution is being deployed to manage delivery operations for Iceland Post as the company shifts its primary focus from mail to parcel delivery in support of the country's dramatic growth in ecommerce.
Watch this animation on YouTube . For building industry delivering customer orders has many challenges to contend with. The wide range of products have very different sizes, weights and volumes. In some situations, there’s the added difficulty that...
Ferrellgas is a premier provider of propane throughout the United States. Since 2001, Ferrellgas has used the Descartes Route Planner™ solution to centralize routing for the delivery of propane to its residential, agricultural, industrial, and...
WATERLOO, Ontario, Sept. 12, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. (NYSE:FGP), a premier provider of propane throughout the U.S., is expanding the Descartes Route Planner™ solution to its Blue Rhino division to fuel enhanced levels of customer service across its nationwide network for propane tank exchange. Ferrellgas has used the Descartes solution since 2001 to centralize routing for the delivery of propane to residential, agricultural, industrial, and commercial customers nationwide.
DC Velocity unpacks the big benefits Australian landscaping and building supplies distributor BC Sands realized by using route planning and scheduling software to tighten up its delivery operations.
While small, lightweight shipments dominated the early days of ecommerce, DC Velocity examines the proliferation of last-mile services designed to deliver goods of all shapes, weights, and sizes to consumers and businesses. Descartes’ Paul Johnson