High Tech / Electronics

Electronic and high tech supply chains are complex and fast paced, with short life cycles (less than 18 months), falling prices (often 200% in the first year) and sourcing complexity for parts and assemblies. Descartes provides visibility into the supply chain and more precise inventory control, which can positively impact time to market, which is significant given that over 50% of revenues are generated in the first six months of a product's life.

Descartes helps high tech/electronics companies:

• Reduce transportation costs and improve service.
• Identify supply chain issues quickly to reduce cost of delivery failures (out of stocks, plant shutdowns, service failures).
• Measure delivery performance in aggregate and by retailer.
• Provide a single source of truth even with multiple, outsourced service providers.

High tech and electronic manufacturers will find that the Descartes Delivery Management Suite can address business challenges including Strategic Delivery Planning, Warehouse Optimization, Daily Planning (Route Planning), Reservations, Transportation Management, Supply Chain Visibility, MobileLink/Dispatch/Automated Vehicle Locator (AVL), Reporting Services and Connectivity & Messaging.

The Descartes Global Logistics Network (GLN) helps connect trading partners quickly and efficiently using one of the world's largest multimodal networks of transportation and logistics services providers and their customers.

Descartes' high tech/electronics customers include:

• Canon
• Samsung Electronics
• Logitech