Smartwares(R) Outsources Business-to-Business (B2B) Messaging to Descartes
April 07 2014 - 6:45AM
Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader
in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced
that Smartwares, a leading consumer goods company offering
design-oriented home essentials, outsourced its
business-to-business (B2B) communications to Descartes to help it
reduce costs and support its acquisition-based growth strategy.
"Running optimally becomes more challenging as we continually
acquire new companies, each with their own systems and logistics
processes," said René Geelhuyzen, IT Director, Smartwares. "This is
why we made the decision to rely on Descartes to manage our EDI
messaging. Not only does Descartes' cloud-based Messaging Gateway
help us run more efficiently, it also assists us in avoiding
critical disruptions in the flow of orders to our customers."
As part of Descartes' Global Logistics Network, Descartes'
cloud-based Messaging Gateway acts as the hub for all electronic
communications in Smartwares' business ecosystem. The flow of
logistics and commercial data is centrally managed and monitored
across business units and trading partners to help improve data
accuracy, maintain highly consistent processes, and ensure
reliability.
"We're privileged to be working with Smartwares to help ensure
that their logistics operations run smoothly and support their
growth strategy," said Fred van der Heide, Vice President of
Product Strategy at Descartes. "Descartes' comprehensive B2B
outsourcing services combined with our in-depth knowledge of
international communications standards helps organizations better
manage mission critical business data from disparate systems inside
their operations and across their trading partners."
About Smartwares
Smartwares is a fast-growing consumer goods company offering a
rich selection of smart home essentials - crisp, clever,
well-designed products to use in and around the home. Smartwares is
active in 4 business areas – Home Improvement, Home Monitoring,
Home Appliances, and Home Care. Brands of Smartwares are amongst
others: Sorbo, Princess, Tristar and HomeWizard. Smartwares
realizes with 1.000 employees a turnover of € 500 mln. The company
is owned by H2 Equity Partners, NPM Capital, ABN Amro Participaties
and Smartwares management.
About Descartes
Descartes (TSX:DSG) (Nasdaq:DSGX) 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 172,000 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; file customs and
security documents for imports and exports; and complete numerous
other logistics processes by participating in the world's largest,
collaborative multi-modal logistics community. Our headquarters are
in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and we have offices and partners
around the world. Learn more at www.descartes.com.
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CONTACT: Media Contact Descartes Global
Mavi Silveira
Tel: +1(800) 419-8495 ext. 202416
msilveira@descartes.com
Media Contact Descartes EMEA
Renate Kok
Tel.: +31 (0)33 460 6273
rkok@descartes.com
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