Descartes Grants Customer Excellence and Innovation Awards At 2009 User Conference
WATERLOO, Ontario, April 15, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (TSX:DSG) (Nasdaq:DSGX), a global on-demand software-as-a-service (SaaS) logistics solutions provider, granted its 2009 Customer Excellence and Innovation Awards at its Global User Group Conference in Atlanta on March 24 to 26, 2009.
Descartes Customer Excellence and Innovation Awards recognize Descartes customers and partners for specific initiatives using Descartes' solutions. The annual awards recognize innovative Descartes customers and partners who are driving value for their business using Descartes' leading logistics solutions.
At Descartes, we're focused on delivering results to our customers. We work with our customers to provide useful, innovative technology that helps them improve productivity and performance of their logistics operations, said Arthur Mesher, CEO of Descartes. We strive to deliver high-quality service and support and use our unique methodology to help ensure our customers' success. These awards are symbolic of the strong alliance between Descartes, our customers and our partners.
2009 Customer Excellence and Innovation Award winners include:
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Company Award
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AmeriGas Excellence & Innovation in Operations
Transformation -- RoutePlanner
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Abastible Excellence & Innovation in Application
Integration RoutePlanner & SAP
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Delta Cargo Excellence & Innovation -- GF-X Private
Label
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Mayer Electric Supply Excellence & Innovation in Disaster
Preparedness, Adaptability and Business
Continuity
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Polar Air Cargo Excellence & Innovation -- Transportation
Manager
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Securit Excellence & Innovation -- Environmental
Commitment
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SKU Logistics Excellence & Innovation -- Market
Expansion
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UPS Supply Chain Excellence & Innovation -- Importer
Solutions Security Filing (10+2):
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For more information about Descartes user group visit:
http://www.descartes.com/events/user_group/index.html
About Descartes
Descartes (TSX:DSG) (Nasdaq:DSGX), is making the world a better place by enabling global organizations with logistics-intensive businesses to save money by improving the productivity and performance of their operations. Underlying Descartes' offerings is the Descartes Global Logistics Network (GLN), one of the world's most extensive multi-modal business applications network. As a federated software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, the Descartes GLN combines with component-based 'nano' sized applications to provide messaging services between logistics trading partners, shipment management services to help manage third party carriers and private fleet management services for organizations of all sizes. Descartes' solutions and services deliver results by enabling organizations around the world to reduce administrative costs, billing cycles, fleet size, contract carrier costs, and mileage driven; improve pick up and delivery reliability; and optimize working capital through fleet visibility. Descartes' hosted, transactional and packaged solutions deliver repeatable, measurable results and fast time-to-value. Descartes customers include an estimated 1,600 ground carriers and more than 90 airlines, 30 ocean carriers, 900 freight forwarders and third-party providers of logistics services, and hundreds of manufacturers, retailers, distributors, private fleet owners and regulatory agencies. The company has more than 350 employees and is based in Waterloo, Ontario, with operations in Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Ottawa, Montreal, Miami, Minneapolis, Washington DC, Derby, London, Stockholm, Shanghai, and Toronto. For more information, visit www.descartes.com.
The Descartes Systems Group logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=4065
This release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws (forward-looking statements) that relate to Descartes' solution offering and potential benefits derived therefrom; and other matters. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements or developments expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the factors and assumptions discussed in the section entitled, Certain Factors That May Affect Future Results in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Ontario Securities Commission and other securities commissions across Canada. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. We do not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in our expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based. -0-
Descartes Customer Excellence and Innovation Awards recognize Descartes customers and partners for specific initiatives using Descartes' solutions. The annual awards recognize innovative Descartes customers and partners who are driving value for their business using Descartes' leading logistics solutions.
At Descartes, we're focused on delivering results to our customers. We work with our customers to provide useful, innovative technology that helps them improve productivity and performance of their logistics operations, said Arthur Mesher, CEO of Descartes. We strive to deliver high-quality service and support and use our unique methodology to help ensure our customers' success. These awards are symbolic of the strong alliance between Descartes, our customers and our partners.
2009 Customer Excellence and Innovation Award winners include:
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Company Award
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AmeriGas Excellence & Innovation in Operations
Transformation -- RoutePlanner
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Abastible Excellence & Innovation in Application
Integration RoutePlanner & SAP
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Delta Cargo Excellence & Innovation -- GF-X Private
Label
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Mayer Electric Supply Excellence & Innovation in Disaster
Preparedness, Adaptability and Business
Continuity
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Polar Air Cargo Excellence & Innovation -- Transportation
Manager
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Securit Excellence & Innovation -- Environmental
Commitment
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SKU Logistics Excellence & Innovation -- Market
Expansion
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UPS Supply Chain Excellence & Innovation -- Importer
Solutions Security Filing (10+2):
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For more information about Descartes user group visit:
http://www.descartes.com/events/user_group/index.html
About Descartes
Descartes (TSX:DSG) (Nasdaq:DSGX), is making the world a better place by enabling global organizations with logistics-intensive businesses to save money by improving the productivity and performance of their operations. Underlying Descartes' offerings is the Descartes Global Logistics Network (GLN), one of the world's most extensive multi-modal business applications network. As a federated software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, the Descartes GLN combines with component-based 'nano' sized applications to provide messaging services between logistics trading partners, shipment management services to help manage third party carriers and private fleet management services for organizations of all sizes. Descartes' solutions and services deliver results by enabling organizations around the world to reduce administrative costs, billing cycles, fleet size, contract carrier costs, and mileage driven; improve pick up and delivery reliability; and optimize working capital through fleet visibility. Descartes' hosted, transactional and packaged solutions deliver repeatable, measurable results and fast time-to-value. Descartes customers include an estimated 1,600 ground carriers and more than 90 airlines, 30 ocean carriers, 900 freight forwarders and third-party providers of logistics services, and hundreds of manufacturers, retailers, distributors, private fleet owners and regulatory agencies. The company has more than 350 employees and is based in Waterloo, Ontario, with operations in Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Ottawa, Montreal, Miami, Minneapolis, Washington DC, Derby, London, Stockholm, Shanghai, and Toronto. For more information, visit www.descartes.com.
The Descartes Systems Group logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=4065
This release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws (forward-looking statements) that relate to Descartes' solution offering and potential benefits derived therefrom; and other matters. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements or developments expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the factors and assumptions discussed in the section entitled, Certain Factors That May Affect Future Results in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Ontario Securities Commission and other securities commissions across Canada. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. We do not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in our expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based. -0-