Descartes Licenses Energy Supply Chain Suite To Dr Pepper/Seven Up Inc.; Transaction Worth in Excess of $2.2 Million.WATERLOO, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 1998--The Descartes Systems Group Inc. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :DSG DSG Direct Shift Gearbox (Audi) DSG Dosage DSG Deputy Secretary General DSG Dressing DSG Designate DSG Desmoglein DSG Duke Student Government (Duke University) .), a leading provider of supply chain execution software for delivery sensitive organizations, today announced that Dr Pepper/Seven Up Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Incorporated was a Plano-based soft-drink manufacturing company created by the merger of Dr Pepper, Incorporated and The Seven Up Company on May 19, 1986. Inc. has selected Descartes' Energy(TM) supply chain execution suite for its Fountain and Foodservice Division. The contract for software and services is worth in excess of $2.2 million. Dr Pepper/Seven Up Inc.'s Fountain and Foodservice Division sells beverage concentrate to beverage distributors and bottlers throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Under the agreement, Descartes' Energy v.6 suite will be implemented in the division's worldwide headquarters located in Plano, Texas Plano (IPA: /ˈpleɪnoʊ/) is a wealthy suburb of Dallas, Texas, located to the north, mainly within Collin County, but also extending into Denton County. According to the 2000 U.S. , where it will be integrated with the company's new enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ) solution, SAP R/3. "We needed a system that could accommodate the complexities of order and sales management that are inherent to the beverage industry," said Art Fino, senior vice president, information technology, Dr Pepper/Seven Up Inc. "Additionally, we wanted a solution that could be implemented as an integrated extension to our ERP system. Descartes' Energy Suite offered the business functionality and the systems architecture that we were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ." Dr Pepper/Seven Up has licensed all of the Energy supply chain execution suite components including order processing and fulfillment; customer service management; pricing and promotions management; distributed inventory management; shipment optimization and load balancing; delivery reconciliation; and electronic commerce. "We're extremely pleased that Dr Pepper/Seven Up has chosen Energy as its supply chain execution solution," said Peter Schwartz, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Descartes. "Our partnership with Dr Pepper will leverage our industry expertise and our advanced supply chain architecture." About Descartes The Descartes Systems Group Inc. (http://www.descartes.com) is a leading provider of supply chain execution software. With more than 1,000 customers in 45 countries worldwide, Descartes' solutions are particularly well suited to delivery-sensitive organizations. These companies are forced to respond to changes in demand, often day-to-day or even minute-to-minute, along with the complexities of short product shelf life, price and promotions volatility, high order volumes, and real-time vehicle routing. Descartes addresses these needs by providing a functionally rich suite of applications based on a three-tier, object-oriented foundation that supports heterogeneous platforms and industry standards. Descartes' Energy suite allows world-class integration of processes throughout the supply chain while exploiting the robust benefits of mobile computing solutions. All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. All amounts are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated.
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