Descartes Unveils Federated Platform to Accelerate Productivity and Performance of Logistics-Intensive Industries: State of Things United’ Platform Broadens to Manage Resources in Motion.
Descartes unveiled its federated business value network. This federated platform unites hardware, software, networks and a community of logistics organizations to help to manage resources in motion. The ‘state of things united’ platform enables participants to work together to automate multi-party business processes and share critical information to accelerate productivity improvements and cost savings. Descartes’ federated platform provides its broadest and most comprehensive footprint of capabilities across the broad array of logistics-intensive industries. While Descartes’ solutions have historically focused on the delivery of goods, the new ‘state of things united’ business value network expands the scope of services to comprehensive management of resources in motion such as people, conveyance, assets, inventory and documents - all-in-one.
“Our federated platform accents the foundation of our business strategy. We believe that three existing markets are converging: mobile resource management; supply chain execution; and global trade management,” said Art Mesher, CEO of Descartes. “As these markets intersect, a new Resources in Motion Management Systems category emerges. It’s in this congruence where we are focusing our business strategy.”
“K” Line Standardizes Rate Management Process with Descartes
“K” Line is continuing to use Descartes Rate Builder to centralize and manage its rates and contracts for key trade lanes. With Descartes Rate Builder, “K” Line has centralized visibility to its shipping rates by customer and region. Descartes Rate Builder also enables “K” Line to standardize its rate agreements, improving overall efficiency of its rate-making process. “Managing customer rates and contracts can be a very time-consuming process, but it is a critical component of our customer service. Descartes Rate Builder enables us to streamline, standardize and automate the process, resulting in great efficiency and a quick turn-around for our customers,” said Martin Jarvis, of the Information System Group at “K” Line (Europe) Ltd. “With Descartes’ Rate Builder, we can go to a single source via a Web browser to access and manage our service contract information and rapidly respond to customer information and service requests.”
