ITC-Diligence Keeps Goods Moving With Descartes

WATERLOO, Ontario, April 12, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (TSX:DSG) (Nasdaq:DSGX), a federated global logistics network, announced that ITC-Diligence, Inc., a California-based customs broker, foreign-trade zone operator and international trade consultant, is using Descartes Editrade Customs Link to help it manage its customs filing requirements.

Descartes Editrade Customs Link is a hosted, on-demand brokerage management solution that enables customs brokers and importers to easily and transparently collect and prepare data for Customs ABI (Automated Brokerage Interface) entries, as well as post-entry compliance. Using this brokerage and customs solution, information can be captured in real-time and populated throughout various filing applications to speed processing and improve accuracy.

Descartes Editrade Customs Link is part of the Descartes Global Logistics Network(TM) (GLN), which enables many of the world's leading transportation providers to connect to their trading partners and reliably exchange information to drive delivery performance and high levels of customer satisfaction. The Descartes GLN helps companies better manage their logistics book-to-bill process, track inventory, meet regulatory requirements, optimize fleet performance, and effectively communicate with their logistics partners.

We selected Descartes Editrade Customs Link to help us manage our ABI filings because it is an on-demand solution that was quick to implement with a breadth of functionality that can handle many different types of transactions, said David Harlow, President of ITC-Diligence. Being an on-demand hosted solution meant we didn't have to make a one-time big financial investment and go through a long implementation process. We were up and running in weeks and ensured our customers' shipments keep moving.

At Descartes, we focus on delivering results and pay-back quickly for our customers, said Scott Sangster, Vice President, GLN at Descartes. Our on-demand, hosted solutions allow our customers to gain all the benefits of customs filing software without have to manage the day-to-day operation of the system, enabling them to focus on their core business and serving their customers.

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. Descartes' logistics management solutions provide messaging services between logistics trading partners, shipment management services to help manage third party carriers, global customs filing and compliance services to meet regulatory requirements 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 pickup 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 400 employees and is based in Waterloo, Ontario, with operations in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Copenhagen, Eindhoven, Gent, Heverlee, Lier, Namestovo, Pittsburgh, Ottawa, Montreal, Miami, Washington DC, Derby, London, Silver Spring, Stockholm, Suzhou, Shanghai, Tokyo, Toronto, and Zilina. For more information, visit www.descartes.com.

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