PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 23, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- CSCMP Annual Conference -- Descartes Systems Group (TSX:DSG)(Nasdaq:DSGX), a global on-demand software-as-a-service (SaaS) logistics solutions provider, announced that its Descartes Global Logistics Network (GLN) continues to capture the attention of many logistics-intensive organizations around the world. As announced earlier today, Kuehne + Nagel and Polar Air Cargo are among the major brands that have selected the GLN for the value it delivers by standardizing business processes, connecting them to a community of logistics service provides as well as extending their enterprise systems.
With over 5,000 connected transportation and logistics service providers and interdependent trading partners, the Descartes' GLN is a definitive electronic communication service for logistics and supply chain trading partners. Logistics processes are executed more efficiently and effectively between retailers, their suppliers and logistics services providers through the value-added applications that run across Descartes' extensive multimodal network.
"Our commitment to expanding and enhancing our logistics technology solutions continues to position us well to be a preferred choice for logistics services providers, and manufacturers, retailers and distribution enterprises," said Arthur Mesher, CEO at Descartes. "Using the Global Logistics Network our community of customers can easily interact with their trading partners and suppliers to reduce transportation, compliance and inventory costs, while simultaneously improving service across their supply chains."
The Descartes GLN automates, manages and streamlines the end-to-end shipment process from source to consumer with ongoing real-time visibility including:
* Booking and Reservations: Descartes' centralized booking
portal provides visibility into rates, contracts, and
shipment details from global locations to enable more
informed decision-making and contract development. More than
56 distinct air carriers currently use this service.
* Activations & Messaging: With 100+ air, 30+ ocean, 1400+
truck and regulatory agencies (Federal Maritime Commission
and Customs Agencies), this service connects this large
community of transportation and logistics services providers.
* Local Haulage/Interline: Servicing over 450 intermediaries
on the GLN, Descartes Local Haulage solution helps third-party
logistics providers (3PLs), freight forwarders, ocean carriers
and intermodal marketing corporations (IMCs) manage their dray
haulers and cartage agents more efficiently.
* Contract & Rate Management: With over 3000 ocean users, this
application helps companies more easily manage their global
rate-making processes and provides companies with the ability
to use their own data in their own format to effectively create
and manage quoting and contracting procedures.
* Customs Filing & Compliance - Cross-Border: Growing from under
300 to over 800 trucking carriers in North America in the
last ninety days, Descartes compliance services help
companies meet regulatory requirements for international
shipments for both international customs agencies and security
initiatives.
* Multimodal Track & Trace: provides a lower cost, easy-to-deploy
shipment/order status service that leverages Descartes'
extensive network of transportation and logistics services
providers.
* AVL and Fleet Management: With over 4500 vehicles managed
over the network, Descartes' Intelligent AVL service offers
a wide array of on-demand transportation management services
for private and dedicated fleets.
* Shipment Management/Transportation Management: allows
transportation and logistics services providers to offer
house-branded, value-added supply chain event management
services to their manufacturing and retail customers.
About Descartes
Descartes (TSX:DSG)(Nasdaq:DSGX), a leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) logistics solutions, is delivering results across the globe today for organizations that operate logistics-intensive businesses. Descartes' logistics management solutions combine a multi-modal network, the Descartes Global Logistics Network, with component-based 'nano' sized applications to provide messaging services between logistics trading partners, shipment management services to help manage third party carriers and private fleet management services for organizations of all sizes. These solutions and services help Descartes' customers reduce administrative costs, billing cycles, fleet size, contract carrier costs, and mileage driven and improve pick up and delivery reliability. Our hosted, transactional and packaged solutions deliver repeatable, measurable results and fast time-to-value. Descartes customers include an estimated 1,600 ground carriers and more than 100 airlines, 30 ocean carriers, 900 freight forwarders and third-party providers of logistics services, and hundreds of manufacturers, retailers, distributors, private fleet owners and regulatory agencies. The company has almost 300 employees and is based in Waterloo, Ontario, with operations in Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Ottawa, Washington DC, Derby, London, Stockholm, Shanghai, Singapore and Melbourne. For more information, visit www.descartes.com.
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