Mr. Elmer Spruijt reports

NYNAS STREAMLINES COMPLEX COMMUNICATIONS WITH DESCARTES' TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

Nynas AB, a world-leading manufacturer and supplier of specialty oil products and services, is using The Descartes Systems Group Inc.'s cloud-based transportation management system (TMS) to automate communications throughout the customer order life cycle. The solution is used to communicate with carriers, freight forwarders, customs agents, independent inspectors and its main storage hub to support the types of shipments Nynas delivers across Europe.

"We already rely on Descartes's customs filing solution to automate compliance processes and wanted to build on this success in our transportation operations as many stakeholders are rapidly moving from paper to digital transportation processes," said Rogier van Hoof, senior lead business processes at Nynas. "Using Descartes's TMS, we've seen an immediate 20-per-cent reduction in order revisions through better-quality data and less manual work. Where we traditionally relied on e-mails, phone calls and PDF documents to communicate any change in order data to multiple parties, the solution has eliminated tedious manual tasks in favour of direct and synchronized communication with the systems of our outside partners. In addition, our customers now have an easy-to-access overview of order details and shipment status."

Part of Descartes transportation management solution suite, Descartes's cloud-based TMS helps companies of all sizes automate transportation processes and reduce transportation-related costs. Using the system, businesses have a single platform for entering customer order data, managing orders through the shipping process (for example, managing changes to pickup dates, product types and product quantities) and automating communications with external supply chain participants from the time customers place their orders to the time they are invoiced for shipments. By eliminating manual steps to communicate with multiple systems and transportation partners, businesses reduce the risk of inaccurate data, increase productivity and accelerate the movement of goods to customers.

"We're pleased our solution is helping Nynas to streamline communications across its transportation network," said Elmer Spruijt, vice-president, global sales, at Descartes. "Descartes's global transportation technologies are used by diverse businesses worldwide to help fuel high performance, to make supply chains cost-effective by unifying transportation operations and to streamline communications with transportation partners."

About The Descartes Systems Group Inc.

Descartes is the global leader in providing on-demand, software-as-a-service solutions focused on improving the productivity, security and sustainability of logistics intensive businesses. Customers use Descartes's modular, software-as-a-service solutions to route, track and help improve the safety, performance and compliance of 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. Descartes's headquarters are in Waterloo, Ont., Canada, and the company has offices and partners around the world.

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