Descartes helps Customers Adapt to COVID-19 Supply Chain Disruptions using Microsoft Azure
June 22 2020 - 5:45AM
Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq: DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader
in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced
that, as a global partner, it is collaborating with Microsoft to
help customers adapt to COVID-19–related logistics and supply chain
disruptions by leveraging their Descartes solutions.
Descartes has recently highlighted several customers in diverse
industries who have used Descartes’ cloud-based solutions to
respond innovatively and swiftly to volatile market conditions and
new demands on their operations:
- Capital Logistics Uses Descartes Solutions to Help
National Grocery Retailers Facing COVID-19–Driven
Volatility
- ANCLA Logistik Helps Ecommerce Retailers Impacted by
COVID-19 Fulfillment Disruptions with Descartes’ Ecommerce
Warehouse Management (WMS) Solution
- BFC Solutions Improves Responsiveness to COVID-19
Service Disruptions with Descartes Route Planner™
- Circle Logistics Tracks Critical Loads for FEMA and
Grocery Customers with Descartes MacroPoint™ Real-time Visibility
Solution
Descartes leverages Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Azure SQL
Database to run its Descartes MacroPoint™ real-time visibility
solution used by Capital Logistics and Circle Logistics. Azure is
part of Descartes’ overall cloud advancement strategy announced
March 25, 2019.
“The incredible work of our customers in these extraordinary
times has been enabled through our collaboration with Microsoft,”
said Chris Jones, EVP Marketing & Services at Descartes.
“Microsoft services, including Azure, provide a foundation that
enables Descartes solutions to help many logistics and supply chain
organizations worldwide to be more agile and more responsive to
continue to better navigate the global pandemic.”
Suzanne Gagliese, Vice President One Commercial Partner,
Microsoft Canada said, “Companies like Descartes are using
cloud-based solutions to adapt to the significant changes that
COVID-19 has imposed on logistics and supply chain operations. We
look forward to continuing to work with Descartes to help deliver
innovative solutions that enhance the performance of their
customers globally.”
About Descartes
Descartes (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG) is the global leader in
providing on-demand, software-as-a-service solutions focused on
improving the productivity, performance and security of
logistics-intensive businesses. Customers use our modular,
software-as-a-service solutions to route, schedule, track and
measure delivery resources; plan, allocate and execute shipments;
rate, audit and pay transportation invoices; access global trade
data; file customs and security documents for imports and exports;
and complete numerous other logistics processes by participating in
the world's largest, collaborative multimodal logistics community.
Our headquarters are in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and we have
offices and partners around the world. Learn more
at www.descartes.com, and connect with us
on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Global Media Contact Cara StrohackTel: +1
519-746-8110 ext. 202025cstrohack@descartes.com
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