Smartwares(R) Outsources Business-to-Business (B2B) Messaging to Descartes

AMERSFOORT, Netherlands, April 7, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DescartesSystems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in unitinglogistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that Smartwares,a leading consumer goods company offering design-oriented homeessentials, outsourced its business-to-business (B2B) communications toDescartes to help it reduce costs and support its acquisition-basedgrowth strategy."Running optimally becomes more challenging as we continually acquirenew companies, each with their own systems and logistics processes,"said Rene Geelhuyzen, IT Director, Smartwares. "This is why we made thedecision to rely on Descartes to manage our EDI messaging. Not onlydoes Descartes' cloud-based Messaging Gateway help us run moreefficiently, it also assists us in avoiding critical disruptions in theflow of orders to our customers."As part of Descartes' Global Logistics Network, Descartes' cloud-basedMessaging Gateway acts as the hub for all electronic communications inSmartwares' business ecosystem. The flow of logistics and commercialdata is centrally managed and monitored across business units andtrading partners to help improve data accuracy, maintain highlyconsistent processes, and ensure reliability."We're privileged to be working with Smartwares to help ensure thattheir logistics operations run smoothly and support their growthstrategy," said Fred van der Heide, Vice President of Product Strategyat Descartes. "Descartes' comprehensive B2B outsourcing servicescombined with our in-depth knowledge of international communicationsstandards helps organizations better manage mission critical businessdata from disparate systems inside their operations and across theirtrading partners."About SmartwaresSmartwares is a fast-growing consumer goods company offering a richselection of smart home essentials - crisp, clever, well-designedproducts to use in and around the home. Smartwares is active in 4business areas -- Home Improvement, Home Monitoring, Home Appliances,and Home Care. Brands of Smartwares are amongst others: Sorbo,Princess, Tristar and HomeWizard. Smartwares realizes with 1.000employees a turnover of EURO 500 mln. The company is owned by H2 EquityPartners, NPM Capital, ABN Amro Participaties and Smartwaresmanagement.About DescartesDescartes (TSX:DSG) (Nasdaq:DSGX) is the global leader in providingon-demand, software-as-a-service solutions focused on improving theproductivity, performance and security of logistics-intensivebusinesses. Descartes has over 172,000 parties using its cloud-basedservices. Customers use our modular, software-as-a-service solutions toroute, schedule, track and measure delivery resources; plan, allocateand execute shipments; rate, audit and pay transportation invoices;file customs and security documents for imports and exports; andcomplete numerous other logistics processes by participating in theworld's largest, collaborative multi-modal logistics community. Ourheadquarters are in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and we have offices andpartners around the world. Learn more at www.descartes.com.