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Nov 12, 2019

The Key Role Driver Mobile Applications Play in Real-time Freight Visibility

The ability to provide real-time freight visibility has grown significantly in the last few years, as have the customer demands and use cases that drive value. As shippers and 3PLs look to strengthen customer service, they are using visibility to...

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Capital Logistics: Real-time Freight Visibility + Advanced TMS Propels High-growth Trajectory

Capital Logistics, a rapidly-growing third party logistics provider (3PL), implemented Descartes Aljex™ transportation management system (TMS), fully integrated with real-time freight visibility solution Descartes MacroPoint™, to drive its aggressive...

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Oct 09, 2019

5 Critical Questions About Real-time Freight Visibility and more

With changes in customer demands and increased volatility in logistics, there continues to be strong interest, investment and results from implementing real-time freight visibility solutions. Our customers are leveraging Descartes MacroPoint™ to...

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Sep 03, 2019

Dock appointment scheduling the smart way

Whether managing the complexity of fresh food or meeting customer promises for rapid delivery, the efficiency with which retailers and suppliers manage the inbound and outbound processes within the Distribution Centre (DC) or warehouse is critical...

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Aug 20, 2019

Descartes Acquires BestTransport

WATERLOO, Ontario, Aug. 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (TSX:DSG) (Nasdaq:DSGX), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that it has acquired BestTransport.com, Inc. (BestTransport), a cloud-based transportation management system (TMS) provider focused on flatbed-intensive manufacturers and distributors.

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Aug 13, 2019

Expanding 3PL Opportunities with Managed Transportation Services

As the transportation landscape continues to change, it is creating expanded opportunities for 3PLs to grow their transportation business, provide a better customer experience, and create innovative new services. To capitalize on these opportunities...

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Descartes is the cloud native platform shippers, freight brokers, and 3PLs trust to synchronize transportation processes and optimize the flow of goods with multimodal TMS, real-time visibility, dock scheduling, and carrier connectivity solutions.

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Jul 16, 2019

Freight Waves: Transplace Makes end-to-end Real-time Visibility a Standard Offering

Transplace announced on July 14 that a partnership with Descartes MacroPoint would allow it to offer end-to-end real-time visibility as a standard feature to its managed transportation and transportation management system (TMS) customers

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Jul 09, 2019

If you want to achieve mediocre logistics performance do this…

I was on social media the other day and saw a post that talked about the right metrics for leading logistics performance. I wanted to scream. What I saw was the same thinking that has kept many logistics organizations from reaching their true...

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Jul 01, 2019

Benzinga: Standing out as a shipper of choice; underestimate Walmart at your own risk

The "shipper of choice" designation is gaining cache. That's a good thing because it means shippers are grasping the importance of working fairly and intelligently with their providers. But as Chris Jones, executive vice president at logistics

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