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Supply Chain Dive highlights Descartes’ latest global shipping report, showing that March U.S. container import volumes increased 0.4% from February, but jumped 15.7% when compared to the same month last year, indicating exceptional growth when considering the impact of the Chinese Lunar New Year on the second half of March.

DC Velocity shares launch of Descartes MacroPoint™ FraudGuard - new capabilities to help freight brokers, 3PLs and shippers identify and prevent fraudulent activities related to carrier information, load tracking, and shipment status.

Logistics Business shares findings from Descartes’ labor shortage study showing that, for supply chain and logistics leaders, the top tech choices to help drive productivity gains for labor workers were delivery route optimization (54%) and driver mobile productivity (45%) solutions and, for knowledge workers, real-time shipment tracking (53%).

Chain Store Age spotlights a new study from Descartes showing that more than half of supply chain leaders are moving towards automation to combat continued workforce challenges, and that most have made changes to operational, technology, recruitment and retention strategies to help combat the issue.

World Ports Org shared that March U.S. container import volumes experienced a significant increase of 15.7%, compared with the same month last year, and marked an even larger increase of 20.6%, compared with pre-pandemic levels in March 2019, according to Descartes’ recent global shipping report.

WATERLOO, Ontario, May 2, 2024 -- Descartes Systems Group (TSX: DSG) (Nasdaq: DSGX), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, is scheduled to report its first quarter fiscal 2025 financial results after market close

Supply and Demand Chain Executive features new Descartes MacroPoint FraudGuard capabilities to help freight brokers, 3PLs and shippers identify and prevent fraudulent activities related to carrier information, load tracking, and shipment status.

LONDON, United Kingdom and ATLANTA, Georgia, April 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that global freight broker Gravitas Worldwide is more efficiently managing customs declarations for aerospace clients by using Descartes e-Customs™ to automate traditionally manual customs processes. “We ship anything from aircraft engines to rivets for our clients. Since many shipments take place overnight, it is critical that we can manage and execute our own customs entries,” said Stuart Pople, Operations Director – Time Critical and Aerospace, Gravitas Worldwide. “Without Descartes e-Customs, we would have had to hire three or four people to support our monthly shipment volumes. Using the solution, we now manage customs declarations within minutes, not hours, which means our existing team gains significant productive time to focus on providing more strategic insights and value to clients.”

Fleet Owner spotlights new Descartes MacroPoint FraudGuard technology used to help combat fraud in transportation and logistics by evaluating data points on freight location and status for accuracy.

DC Velocity shares how supply chain and logistics leaders are automating non-value-added and repetitive tasks to improve worker productivity in the face of persistent labor shortages, according to a new study from Descartes. The top tech choices to support laborers were identified as delivery route optimization (54%) and driver mobile productivity (45%) solutions.