CINCINNATI, April 19, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- National Private Truck Council (NPTC) 2010 Education Management Conference & Exhibition -- Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), a federated global logistics network, announced that BSM Wireless, a leading provider of fleet tracking, fleet maintenance, and automated vehicle security systems, has joined Descartes' 'United by Design' program to extend fleet management services to Descartes and BSM Wireless customers.
As part of the Descartes United by Design alliance program, Descartes and BSM Wireless have entered into a strategic relationship to provide comprehensive and innovative fleet and field management solutions to the retail, manufacturing, distribution and field service industries that help reduce costs, increase profitability and enhance customer satisfaction. Through Descartes' United by Design program, Descartes and BSM are creating and extending a comprehensive ecosystem that provides even greater opportunities for global supply chain participants to connect and deliver value for organizations with logistics-intensive operations.
Descartes' On-demand fleet management and tracking solutions, combined with BSM Wireless' fleet management, maintenance, and automated vehicle security solutions, provide a logical and affordable way to route plan, optimize, dispatch, track and monitor delivery fleets and field workers in real-time. By providing fleet managers with visibility and control over their entire fleet operations, the combined solutions help large and small companies maximize asset utilization, reduce fuel costs and miles travelled, maximize field workers and service times, and improve customer service.
"Organizations with fleets and field service teams are under more pressure than ever from increasing transportation costs and more stringent customer delivery requirements. To be successful, they must have the right tools and fleet management practices in place to optimally manage deliveries while maintaining the high level of customer service required to attract and retain customers," said Aly Rahemtulla, CEO at BSM Wireless. "Our combined, pre-integrated and tested solutions provide a fast and easy way for our customers to get up and running and realize value quickly."
"The goal of our United by Design program is to give our customers access to pre-integrated and pre-tested solutions that extend our services and enhance the value our logistics-intensive customers can realize," said Art Mesher, CEO of Descartes. "By uniting Descartes and BSM Wireless solutions, we not only accelerate time-to-value for our customers but also grow our logistics network of strategic alliances and logistics community participants."
To learn more about Descartes and BSM Wireless, Descartes' customers and Descartes' logistics and transportation management solutions, visit booth 521 at the National Private Truck Council (NPTC) 2010 Education Management Conference & Exhibition in Cincinnati, Ohio from April 18-20.
About BSM Wireless
BSM Wireless is the leading provider of fleet management, fleet diagnostics and automated vehicle security systems providing real-time, web-based management and tracking of enterprise fleet assets. BSM Wireless provides solutions for commercial, government, and law enforcement organizations who manage and operate large fleets and who seek to enhance customer service, improve the security of their drivers and vehicles, and lower business costs. BSM Wireless is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BSM Technologies Incorporated, a public company listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange (TSX-V:GPS). For more information visit www.bsmwireless.com
About Descartes
Descartes (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), 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. As a federated platform, the Descartes GLN combines 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. 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 450 employees and is based in Waterloo, Ontario, with operations in Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Ottawa, Montreal, Miami, Minneapolis, Washington DC, Derby, London, Stockholm, Shanghai, and Toronto. For more information, visit www.descartes.com.
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