Descartes and Symbol Announce Alliance to Offer E-Fulfillment Solutions.Business/Technology Editors HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2000 Symbol Mobile Devices Integrated with Descartes' DeliveryNets Offer High-Performance E-Fulfillment Solutions for Home Delivery, Transportation, Logistics and Field Service Management Symbol Technologies, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : SBL SBL Society of Biblical Literature SBL Symbol Technologies, Inc. (NYSE symbol) SBL Spamhaus Block List SBL Space-Based Laser SBL Securities Borrowing and Lending SBL Supreme Beings of Leisure (band) ) announced today that it has entered into a logistics marketing alliance with 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 ), (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) ) to integrate Symbol's handheld computers with Descartes' DeliveryNet(tm) software, providing wireless and mobile enabled e-fulfillment solutions for home delivery transportation, logistics and field service management. "Combining Descartes' innovative e-fulfillment software and technology with Symbol's handheld and on-vehicle computing devices will enable organizations to radically improve their delivery operations by taking advantage of the latest advances in mobile communications," said Wayne Parkin, vice president, logistics systems group, Symbol Technologies. "Symbol offers an extensive family of handheld computer solutions with devices for home delivery, transportation and logistics operations, and these are also markets that Descartes specializes in," said Kenneth Bob, senior vice president, Descartes. "The integrated Symbol-Descartes solution will offer customers intelligent, automated field operations functionality for time-sensitive delivery of goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. to customers." Descartes' mobile e-fulfillment solutions operate on a number of Symbol mobile devices, such as the SPT (Sectors Per Track) The number of sectors in one track. 1700, PPT 2700 and PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT 7500 which operate on the Palm O/S, Windows CE and DOS platforms, providing field sales, service and delivery forces with real-time information capabilities to perform a variety of tasks in the field and at the customer site. Additionally, Symbol's Mobile Gateway Plus (MG+) provides in-vehicle connectivity and communications capabilities needed to gather, prepare, send and receive data anywhere, anytime via wireless local area network communication, wireless wide area network communication and global positioning capabilities. The joint solution will extend route optimization, dispatch, sales and delivery management capabilities to dispatchers and the mobile workforce to improve efficiencies and service throughout the customer fulfillment network. Symbol Technologies, Inc., winner of this year's National Medal of Technology, is a global leader in wireless and Internet based mobile data transaction systems and services. Symbol provides its customers unique value with innovative solutions utilizing application-specific information appliances, data and voice wireless networks, and bar code and data capture scanning. Symbol and its global network of business partners provide LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. and WAN mobility solutions from the enterprise to e-commerce for industries including retail, transportation and distribution logistics, manufacturing, parcel and postal delivery, healthcare, education, and hospitality. Symbol's broad range of information appliances is in use by business and consumers from the factory, to the office, to the home. Information is available from Symbol at www.symbol.com and 1-800-722-6234. About Descartes Descartes is a leading provider of end-to-end logistics solutions that facilitate B2B e-commerce (Business to Business Electronic-COMMERCE) Refers to one business selling to another business via the Web. See e-commerce. . Descartes' e-fulfillment software and exchange solutions enable companies to create high-speed, high-performance fulfillment networks-aka, DeliveryNets?. DeliveryNet solutions empower organizations to deliver reliable, responsive customer service in a profitable manner and to create innovative new products and services. DeliveryNet solutions leverage Descartes' Internet-based Global Logistics Network, an open, worldwide network of shippers, receivers, carriers, logistics service providers, e-marketplaces, vertical portals, and transportation exchanges. The result is a global e-fulfillment information infrastructure that provides cost savings and revenue opportunities for businesses that need to manage physical product movement. Descartes products are licensed today by more than 850 companies in 35 vertical industries in 50 countries worldwide. For more information, visit www.descartes.com. |
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