Descartes in the News

Descartes Systems Group, the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that Virginia-based Fleetmaster Express has deployed Descartes MacroPointÔ to provides its customers with real-time shipment visibility

The days of dispatchers spending much of their time attempting to track down drivers are history. Electronic logging devices (ELDs) and other modern technologies have turned today's dispatchers more into data analysts. 

The retailer went with logistics vendor The Descartes Systems Group Inc. because it could provide a radio frequency (RF) gun that used “off-the-shelf” software with a few custom builds, Grant says.

As the company's leaders explain, today Coates Hire is delivering the right equipment, in the right place, at the right time—and in the safest, most efficient manner—to more customers than ever before, thanks to its new transportation management and

The adoption of supply chain management (SCM) software grew significantly in 2017, according to research firm Gartner, and the growth is reflected in the performance of the Top 20 vendors in the space. Gartner’s list follows its report that total

Traditionally, most merchants focus on fulfilling outbound sales during the holidays, letting returns pile up until after the rush, but this is a big mistake, according to Rafael Zimberoff of Descartes ShipRush.

To remain competitive in this changing environment, freight brokers and third-party logistics firms will need to adapt or risk being left in the dust, technology experts and logistics leaders said here at the Transportation Intermediaries Association

Here are seven tips for making return processing smarter, more efficient and cost-effective.

Companies like Descartes offer software solutions for regulations like ACAS and the ELD-mandate. Scott Sangster, vice president of Descartes’ global logistics network, weighed in on the biggest hurdles stakeholders have faced on the ACAS side.

As part of its Fall issue with a special focus on international parcel shipping and delivery, PARCEL Magazine features strategies from Descartes' Rafael Zimberoff for small businesses to capitalize on the enormous opportunity in international