Bobs Candies, World's Largest Producer of Candy Canes, Live with Descartes within 30 Days.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

BOSTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 2003

Confectioner Realizes Greater Overall Transportation Savings with

Roadshow Transport

Today, during the press briefing for the annual Descartes Directions(TM) event, The Descartes Systems Group Inc., (Nasdaq:DSGX), (TSX:DSG), a trusted provider of supply chain services, announced that Bobs Candies, the world's largest producer of candy canes, went live with Descartes' TMS solution (transportation management solution), Roadshow Transport(TM) within a 30-day implementation period. Using Roadshow Transport, Bobs Candies is realizing greater overall transportation savings through the better management of the end-to-end transportation selection process.

As an acknowledged leader in confections, Bobs Candies is world famous for its products. Considered the world's largest producer of candy canes, the company makes and ships more than 1 billion candy canes a year to more than 20 countries worldwide. Bobs Candies chose Roadshow Transport to handle the optimization of mode and rate combinations in the shipping of the company's product to customers. With Roadshow Transport, the confectioner can move the most candy canes and mints in the fewest number of trailers helping the company to reduce costs while maintaining customer service levels.

"Since we've started using Roadshow Transport we have been able to lower our cost per shipment and better utilize truck capacity for greater overall transportation savings," said Greg McCormack, president of Bobs Candies. "Within the first week alone, our use of Roadshow Transport has saved us more than the amount of the solution's monthly subscription cost."

Providing order visibility so that Bobs Candies can proactively plan the order fulfillment process and better manage its approach to transportation selection, Roadshow Transport enables Bobs Candies to consolidate shipments without sacrificing customer satisfaction.

Explained McCormack, "Although peppermint canes are still our most popular product, we also offer Sweet Stripe(TM) brand of soft mints as well as peppermint balls and candy sticks, lumps, and twists. The order visibility provided by Roadshow Transport enables us to consolidate shipments cost-effectively while still meeting customer requirements - whether we need to ship blueberry candy canes with 3-cent mint balls or lemon twists with peppermint sticks."

With an easy-to-use Web interface, Roadshow Transport is built on Descartes' Logistics Network Operating System and is an example of Descartes' supply chain execution (SCE) capabilities. Accommodating the end-to-end transportation management business process, the solution supports order management through consolidation, financial settlement, and auditing. Roadshow Transport automates carrier selection, manages freight rates and carrier contracts, generates necessary shipping documents, electronically communicates transportation needs to carriers and provides real-time, exception-based visibility of shipment status to partners and customers.

"Roadshow Transport enables Bobs Candies to combine orders and change a plan on the go," said Bruce Gordon, Descartes' senior vice president of Product Services and Support. "We are pleased that the solution's ease-of-use and fast time-to-value have added up to a great investment for Bobs Candies."

Winship Logistics, an Atlanta-based transportation and logistics consulting company, assisted Descartes in the sale to and implementation of Roadshow Transport for Bobs Candies.

Bobs Candies Featured at Descartes Directions(TM)

Bobs Candies is one of several featured Descartes customers at Descartes Directions, sharing insight on how real-time communications technologies can be embraced in the supply chain. At the event, Bobs Candies will discuss plans to use Roadshow Transport -- integrated with instant messaging capabilities using the Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2003 -- to communicate with carriers in real-time for enhanced operational efficiency.

Designed to bring together members of the media, industry analyst and financial communities, Descartes Directions provides attendees with an opportunity to interact with Descartes customers and partners, and gain a deeper understanding of how Descartes helps distribution-sensitive companies optimize and gain real-time control of their inventory and assets. Running December 9, 2003 in Boston, MA the event is also available via audio Web cast at www.descartes.com.

About Descartes

The Descartes Systems Group Inc. (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG) is a trusted provider of supply chain services. Helping companies reduce costs, save time, and enhance customer satisfaction, Descartes' integrated suite of services provide connectivity and document exchange, route planning and wireless dispatch, inventory and asset visibility, transportation management, and warehouse optimization. Enabling distribution-sensitive companies in industries such as retail, consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, transportation, third-party logistics, and distribution to optimize and gain real-time control of their inventory and assets, Descartes services are used by more than 2,500 customers in over 60 countries. For more information, visit www.descartes.com.

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