Descartes Launches New E-Business Solution -- Energy DeliveryNet.com Mobile
Business Optimizer
BusinessWire, Wednesday, April 28, 1999 at 07:46
WATERLOO, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 1999--
New web-based solution enables companies to combine
real-time supply chain visibility and monitoring
activities with real-time dynamic route optimization
Descartes Systems Group (NASDAQ:DSGX) (TSE:DSG) announces the
release of a powerful new dynamic supply chain solution, Energy
DeliveryNet.com(TM) Mobile Business Optimizer (MBO).
This complete packaged solution will enable companies and their
customers to monitor delivery activities via real-time messaging, gain
instant awareness of sudden changes to plans, re-optimize delivery
activities and instantly remit new delivery details back to field
personnel and customers via the Web.
DeliveryNet.com MBO will benefit a wide range of businesses, from
those with complicated field service operations to Internet-based home
delivery businesses to transportation companies with global supply
networks to private fleet operators.
"DeliveryNet.com MBO is ideal for those companies who need to
take customer service to the next level," said Kenneth Bob, senior
vice president of product strategy for Descartes. "Descartes
recognizes that in today's competitive markets, delivery and customer
service are key differentiating factors and we continue to apply
cutting edge technology to our supply chain management products to
better help our customers excel in both of these areas."
The new offering combines Descartes' inter-enterprise
architecture of Energy DeliveryNet.com, the incremental optimization
power of Energy Dynamic Routing and the real-time messaging capability
of their wireless applications. These applications are implemented on
the RIM Inter@active(TM) Pager from Research In Motion Limited
(NASDAQ:RIMM) (TSE:RIM) and other handheld devices to extend supply
management to the level of the individual vehicle.
Mobile Business Optimizer utilizes DeliveryNet.com to
electronically connect shippers, carriers, customers and delivery
vehicles via the Internet and a variety of other networks. Based on
real-time information transmitted by the mobile wireless application,
Mobile Business Optimizer dynamically recalculates delivery schedules
and triggers automatic alerts to trading partners and customers in the
delivery chain.
Planned routes are sent to trucks via wireless communications
tools as the day begins. As deliveries are made or delays occur, the
driver sends update messages to Energy Dynamic Routing. The Energy
incremental optimizer re-plans the route if necessary, and
DeliveryNet.com sends automatic alerts to the customer's web browser
application regarding delivery status. This dynamic link between
delivery and customers continues throughout the supply chain cycle.
"The combined power of our inter-enterprise architecture and
resource optimization tools are changing the way that people view the
supply chain," said Art Mesher, executive vice president at Descartes.
"We're moving into a 'zero latency' environment in which companies are
expected to become a clean and elegant extension of their customer's
environment."
Mesher added, "In the past, system performance and total cost of
ownership suffered due to challenges inherent in the 'piecemeal'
approach that companies had to take to put these systems together for
themselves. Our new offering brings an integrated extensible solution
to the market."
About Descartes Systems
Descartes Systems is a leading provider of inter-enterprise
execution solutions for supply chain management. Energy(TM), the
company's product family, can be implemented to manage every phase of
the order-to-delivery cycle, and can be integrated with a wide range
of business enterprise systems. Descartes solutions are used today by
more than 850 companies in 35 vertical industries and 50 countries
worldwide. For more information on Descartes, visit
descartes.com.
CONTACT: Descartes Systems Group
Sandra Walsh, 800/419-8495 ext. 2209
swalsh@descartes.com
or
Technology Solutions
Stacy Calder, 212/320-2125
scalder@tsipr.com
KEYWORD: INTERNATIONAL CANADA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED PRODUCT
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