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gCaptain shares global shipping insights from Descartes’ April report, showing U.S. container import volumes increased 0.4% from February and 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.
Global Trade Magazine shares how Wren Kitchens implemented Descartes’ dynamic appointment scheduling and route optimization tool to efficiently manage appointment booking for surveyor visits to customers, saving the company £2 million annually.
American Journal of Transportation covers Bahr Transportation’s use of Descartes Aljex combined with Descartes MacroPoint to streamline transportation workflows, cover more loads of temperature-sensitive, perishable goods for customers and reduce the time spent manually tracking loads by 30+%.
Retail Wit features how Wren Kitchens is using Descartes’ dynamic appointment scheduling, route planning and optimization solution to improve surveyor productivity, completing 56% more customer appointments and reducing its overall ‘cost per appointment’, saving the kitchen retailer £2 million annually.