WATERLOO, Ontario, April 7, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (TSX:DSG) (Nasdaq:DSGX), a federated global logistics network, announced that McLeod Software, a leading software provider for the trucking industry, has joined Descartes' United by Design program to offer broader services to its truck carrier brokerage and shipper community throughout North America.
McLeod provides an integrated array of transportation software tools that satisfy fleet management needs for trucking companies, freight brokerage firms, 3PL's and shippers. Combined with Descartes' federated Global Logistics Network and value-added applications for the trucking and freight brokerage industry, McLeod can now offer additional solutions to its customers to reduce costs and improve operational efficiency, including electronic data interchange (EDI) messaging, customs filing and compliance solutions.
In addition, the combined logistics community formed by McLeod and Descartes' user base can now work together to automate and standardize multi-party business processes for the transportation industry and share critical information to accelerate productivity improvements and cost savings. The combination accelerates implementation times, the rate of cost savings and productivity improvements for end users.
"By joining the Descartes United by Design program, we can now extend to our customers additional pre-integrated solutions enhancing the value McLeod provides, saving our mutual customers additional operational costs," said Tom McLeod , President and CEO of McLeod Software. "Descartes offers a state-of-the-art network and logistics technology with an eye on the future of logistics and the ability to provide these valuable services quickly."
"The objective of our United by Design program is to bring together partners serving logistics-intensive organizations and make it easier for our customers to implement and take advantage of these offerings," said Art Mesher, CEO of Descartes. "The relationship between Descartes and McLeod Software is a prime example of how Descartes is growing its ecosystem of strategic alliances to provide pre-integrated solutions to our communities and improve time-to-value– enabling them to save money now."
Descartes' federated network combines the power of the Descartes Global Logistics Network (GLN), a community of over 22,000 companies in over 165 countries exchanging logistics information, and value-added applications working together to standardize and streamline multi-party business processes.
To learn more about Descartes working together with McLeod or Descartes' logistics solutions, you can meet up with company representatives at the Transportation Intermediaries Association annual event in Orlando Florida this week or visit Descartes in booth 521 at the 2010 National Private Truck Council (NPTC) Annual Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio from April 18-20. Descartes is exhibiting at booth 521.
About McLeod Software
McLeod Software is a leading provider of transportation dispatch, accounting, operations and brokerage, freight procurement and load execution management software, and document management systems. Specifically developed for the transportation industry, McLeod's advanced management solutions and services enable trucking companies, freight brokers and shippers to increase their efficiencies while reducing costs. McLeod Software's integrated, best-in-class software products include LoadMaster® IX, PowerBroker™ II, DocumentPower™ Enterprise, HirePower™ and the newly acquired iLENS™ product line. Founded in 1985 and headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, the company serves primarily truckload carriers, freight brokers and shippers throughout North America. For more information, contact McLeod Software toll free at 877-362-5363 or visit www.McLeodSoftware.com.
About Descartes
Descartes (TSX:DSG) (Nasdaq:DSGX) is making the world a better place by enabling global organizations with logistics-intensive businesses to save money by improving the productivity and performance of their operations. Underlying Descartes' offerings is the Descartes Global Logistics Network (GLN), one of the world's most extensive multi-modal business applications network. Descartes' logistics management solutions provide messaging services between logistics trading partners, shipment management services to help manage third party carriers, global customs filing and compliance services to meet regulatory requirements and private fleet management services for organizations of all sizes. Descartes' solutions and services deliver results by enabling organizations around the world to reduce administrative costs, billing cycles, fleet size, contract carrier costs, and mileage driven; improve pickup and delivery reliability; and optimize working capital through fleet visibility. Descartes' 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 90 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 more than 400 employees and is based in Waterloo, Ontario, with operations in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Copenhagen, Eindhoven, Gent, Heverlee, Lier, Namestovo, Pittsburgh, Ottawa, Montreal, Miami, Washington DC, Derby, London, Silver Spring, Stockholm, Suzhou, Shanghai, Tokyo, Toronto, and Zilina. For more information, visit www.descartes.com.
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