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Descartes adds enhancements to logistics technology platform

Software supports global trade management, compliance, regulations.

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By DC Velocity StaffMar 27, 2019
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Canadian logistics software provider Descartes Systems Group Inc. has added new functionality to its Logistics Technology Platform, the firm said today.

Waterloo, Ont.-based Descartes said the product innovations to its Descartes Logistics Technology Platform span the areas of routing mobile and telematics, transportation management, global trade content and compliance, forwarder and broker enterprise, global logistics messaging, and customs and regulatory compliance.

The company's Logistics Technology Platform combines its Descartes Global Logistics Network (GLN) with a broad array of modular, interoperable web and wireless logistics management and global trade content solutions, Descartes says.

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