NSK Europe Improves Supply Chain Efficiency With Descartes' Cloud-Based Transportation Management Solution
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AMERSFOORT, The Netherlands, April 22, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes
Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-
intensive businesses in commerce, announced that NSK Europe, one of the world's
leading manufacturers of rolling bearings, automotive components and steering
systems, has gained significant efficiencies and enhanced supply chain
performance with the cloud-based Descartes Transportation Manager IS(TM)
solution.
"Our corporate culture is the basis for our continuous drive for manufacturing
perfection and flawless delivery of our high quality products used in machines
worldwide and by most major car manufacturers. Descartes' solution helps support
our 'total quality' mission by providing us with the visibility, decision
support and operational agility needed to meet changing market demand and better
manage our supply chain operations," said Ronald Cune, EDC's Planning & Support
Manager of NSK Europe. "Descartes Transportation Manager IS enables us to
accurately manage a large volume of shipments daily and helps assure selection
of the right logistics providers to meet our delivery and cost requirements. We
have better insight into our shipment lifecycle through real-time, end-to-end
visibility. This allows us to keep customers up-to-date on the status of their
shipments and helps us reduce our order-to-cash cycle time."
Descartes Transportation Manager IS is a robust, network-based shipment planning
and execution solution for truck, air, ocean and parcel. The solution is cloud-
based and can be used end-to-end or on a modular basis. It enables companies,
such as NSK Europe, to efficiently turn purchase or sales order information into
transport orders, manage carrier contracts, optimize transportation plans,
connect to trading partners, better control freight flows, track shipments and
inventory, audit freight invoices, and manage supplier and transportation
carrier performance.
"We look forward to helping NSK Europe continue to improve the value it delivers
to its customers through better supply chain performance," said Fred van der
Heide, Vice President of Product Strategy at Descartes. "Businesses with high
volume transportation operations, like NSK Europe, can reduce complexity,
improve control and reduce costs by using Descartes' cloud-based Transportation
Manager IS to manage purchased transportation operations."
About NSK Europe
NSK Europe is one of the world's leading manufacturers of rolling bearings,
linear technology, automotive components & steering systems offers standard and
customised products to key industrial sectors. Our product ranges include ball &
roller bearings, bearing units, linear guides & ball screws, hub units &
steering columns. Established almost 100 years ago, NSK (Nippon Seiko Kabushiki
Kaisha) is a Japanese-listed company that has evolved from a regional ball
bearing supplier to a roller bearing specialist and automotive supplier with a
global market presence. Today, NSK employs more than 30,500 employees in 29
countries. Today, NSK Europe supports pan-European sales with production
locations in England, Poland and Germany, logistics centres in the Netherlands,
Germany and England and technology centres in Germany, England, France and
Poland. Visit http://www.nskeurope.com to learn more.
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. Descartes has over
220,000 connected parties using its cloud-based services. 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.
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 including Descartes most recently filed management's discussion
and analysis. If any such risks actually occur, they could materially adversely
affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. In that case,
the trading price of our common shares could decline, perhaps materially.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date made. Forward-looking statements are
provided for the purpose of providing information about management's current
expectations and plans relating to the future. Readers are cautioned that such
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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, except as required by law.
CONTACT: Global Media Contact
Mavi Silveira
Tel: +1(800) 419-8495 ext. 202416
msilveira(at)descartes.com
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