Descartes Unveils Updated Website Highlighting New Suites of Integrated Solutions.WATERLOO, Ontario Coordinates: Waterloo is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is adjacent to the larger city of Kitchener. -- Re-branded Products Reflect Descartes' Focus on Customers The Descartes Systems Group Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :DSGX DSGX Dynamic Sound Generator Xtra (Sony) DSGX Dynamic Sound Generator Extra )(TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :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 on-demand delivery management solutions and services for transportation, logistics, manufacturing, retail and distribution enterprises, today unveiled an updated website at www.descartes.com highlighting its new suite of integrated solutions targeted to the needs of transportation and logistics services providers, and manufacturer, retailers and distributors. Descartes' website includes the re-branded Global Logistics Network(TM) (GLN Gln glutamine. ) services suite for transportation and logistics services provider, and Descartes' Delivery Management(TM) suite for manufacturers, retailers and distributors. "These changes reinforce our focus on providing technology and services specifically focused to our customer groups," said Arthur Mesher, 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. "Descartes customers can take advantage of our unified platform for application and network solutions and address their own particular industry and business requirements." The Global Logistics Network services suite helps transportation and logistics services providers better manage their book-to-bill process, optimize fleet performance, integrate their logistics partners and provide their own customers with value-added logistics technology services. The cornerstone of the suite is the Global Logistics Network - one of the world's largest multimodal Two or more modes of operation. The term is used to refer to a myriad of functions and conditions in which two or more different methods, processes or forms of delivery are used. On the Web, it refers to asking for something one way and receiving the answer another; for example requesting networks of transportation providers, their trading partners and regulatory agencies. The Descartes Delivery Management suite helps manufacturers, retailers and distributors to reduce logistics costs and decrease lead-time variability for their global shipments and regional operations. In addition, the suite helps companies efficiently use logistics assets while arming the customer service departments of private fleets and contract carriers with information about the location, availability and scheduling of vehicles to better serve clients. Descartes' Delivery Management suite is differentiated by its ability to combine planning, execution, messaging services and performance management into an integrated solution. As part of the branding changes, the routing and scheduling and logistics messaging solutions have been re-branded to better reflect the enhanced solution integration enabled by the Logistics Network Operating System An operating system that is designed for network use. Normally, it is a complete operating system with file, task and job management; however, with some earlier products, it was a separate component that ran under the OS; for example, LAN Server required OS/2, and LANtastic required DOS. (TM) (LNOS) architecture. Descartes' former "Roadshow" and "Fleetwise" products are now branded "Descartes Routing & Scheduling" and are part of the overall Descartes Delivery Management suite. Also, Descartes' logistics messaging services, formerly delivered under different brand names such as "Tradevision" and "Transettlements", are converging under the Global Logistics Network brand. "Our new, simplified branding reflects the successful integration of our solutions through our enhanced LNOS architecture," said Chris Jones, Descartes' Executive Vice President, Solutions and Markets. "While our customers will see new product names, our commitment to delivering leading logistics technology solutions for all our customers remains unchanged." About the Logistics Network Operating System (LNOS) LNOS is Descartes' unifying architecture that enables the deployment of Descartes solutions as a service or on-site by customers. The architecture is component- and service-oriented, scaling from desktop deployment to multi-enterprise hosted services. Unlike traditional application architectures, LNOS is designed to work across organizations and enterprises because it can provide sophisticated, flexible security and service. LNOS is a solution platform and a message-based architecture that integrates Descartes' technology applications and the GLN into a single logistics environment. About Descartes The Descartes Systems Group Inc. is a leading provider of on-demand delivery management solutions for transportation, logistics, manufacturing, retail and distribution enterprises. Descartes delivers trading partner connectivity and document exchange, route planning, wireless dispatch, rate management, inventory and asset visibility, transportation management and warehouse optimization solutions for industries such as retail, consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and , manufacturing, transportation, distribution and third-party logistics A third-party logistics provider (abbreviated 3PL) is a firm that provides outsourced or "third party" logistics services to companies for part, or sometimes all of their supply chain management function. . Descartes offers solutions that can be deployed as traditional applications or as a service to help customers optimize and gain real-time control Real-time control is a popular term for a certain class of digital controllers. For effective digital control, it is critical that sample time be constant. Real-time control achieves nearly constant sample time. See also
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