Descartes Licenses Supply Chain Execution Suite to Major Pepsi Bottler.WATERLOO, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 1998-- Initial Buffalo Rock Buffalo Rock is an independent Pepsi bottler based in Birmingham, Alabama and founded in 1901. In addition to bottling Pepsi products, the company produces Grapico, a grape soda, and a ginger ale under its own brand name. Sale Estimated to Exceed $2 Million 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 solutions for the consumer, process and transportation industries, today announced that Buffalo Rock has licensed its Energy(TM) supply chain execution suite solution in a transaction estimated to exceed $2 million. Buffalo Rock, based in Birmingham, AL, is the largest privately held Pepsi distributor and the fifth largest distributor in 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. . Buffalo Rock will license the entire Energy supply chain execution suite, which includes: a demand chain foundation; customer demand management; order processing and fulfillment; customer service management; pricing and promotions management; distributed inventory management; shipment optimization and load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them ; dynamic dispatch/service and repair; delivery reconciliation; mobile solutions; and electronic commerce. "Descartes is a very innovative company which fits well with our own innovative organization," said Greg Smith Greg Smith may refer to:
"This agreement highlights our ability to deliver a suite of integrated supply chain execution software to a customer that is using one of our application components, in this case our world-class routing and scheduling software," said Peter Schwartz, chairman & 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. , The Descartes Systems Group. "We are excited about assisting Buffalo Rock in its pursuit of supply chain execution best practices." The Descartes Systems Group Inc. (www.descartes.com) is a leading provider of supply chain execution software. With more than 700 customers worldwide in more than 40 countries, Descartes' Energy solutions are particularly well-suited to improving efficiencies where demand-driven consumer, process and transportation industries are characterized by short time-to-plan horizons. 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. Within the rapidly emerging demand chain marketplace, customers are increasingly requiring integrated and comprehensive applications suites from a single vendor. Descartes addresses this market trend by providing a functionally rich suite of applications based on a three-tier object-oriented foundation that supports heterogeneous platforms and industry standards. This allows world-class integration of processes throughout the supply chain while exploiting the robust benefits of mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings solutions. -0- All product names used are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Descartes Systems Group Richard Moore, 703/917-4720 or George Cohen Communications Lorretta Gasper gasp·er n. Chiefly British Slang A cigarette. , 770/393-3350 or The Barnes Organization Karen Goulet, 416/367-5000 |
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