Cardinal Global Logistics scales customs bureau with Descartes e-customs solution
Descartes Systems Group has announced that Cardinal Global Logistics (Cardinal), the world’s largest employee-owned logistics business, has scaled its Customs Bureau using the Descartes e-Customs™ solution. Through digitisation enabled by Descartes e-Customs, Cardinal has grown from manually processing 1,000 customer entries per month three years ago to managing 15,000 monthly entries today. “Managing customs declarations is […]
Descartes digitises freight forwarders with new solution suite
Descartes Systems Group has released its new Descartes Digital Rate Management solution and made significant enhancements to its Broker Forwarder solution suite. The suite provides logistics service providers (LSP) with a pre-integrated solution for shipment lifecycle management, customer digital interaction including quoting, booking and tracking shipments online, accounting and customs compliance. The combined technologies help LSPs […]
Descartes helps Air NZ keep track of its ULDs
Air New Zealand is keeping track of its ULD fleet through the use of the Descartes Core Unit Load Device Tracking solution. The next-generation Bluetooth-enabled solution helps carriers automate freight tracking, increase operating efficiencies and improve asset management by providing real-time visibility. Using mobile technology, carriers scan Bluetooth tags fixed to ULDs prior to loading, […]
National Airlines uses Descartes Velocity Mail
National Airlines has signed up with Descartes Systems Group to use its Descartes Velocity Mail (vMail) product to simplify mail transportation. The cloud-based Descartes vMail solution is a mail tracking system, automating the air mail shipment tracking process from route generation to account reconciliation, to simplify operational processes and improve efficiency for air carriers, ground […]
Descartes acquires cloud-based B2B provider Appterra
Descartes Systems Group has acquired Appterra – a US-based provider of cloud-based business-to-business (B2B) supply chain integration services. The company company struck a deal which involves a consideration of $5.8 million, plus a potential performance-based consideration. The maximum amount payable under the all-cash performance-based earnout is $1.6 million, based on Appterra achieving revenue targets in […]
e-AWB progress being made as US hubs make the switch
The electronic air waybill (e-AWB) is gaining momentum but adoption is still short of targets and below where many in the industry want to see it. The International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) e-AWB360 conferences are aiming to further drive penetration rates and launched the e-AWB360 program to help airlines, freight forwarders, ground handling agents (GHA) […]
