News and Case Studies

Bestrane Gateway™ Integrated with VMS Greenlight (Minorplanet) GPS Thursday, 5th January 2012 MELBOURNE, Australia - 5th January 2012. Bestrane Group has begun the  New Year with the completion of a new integration between Bestrane Gateway and Vehicle Management Systems (Minorplanet) Greenlight. Bestrane Gateway™ integrates carriers existing GPS provider information to the Descartes wGLN, and makes this vehicle location available to Descartes On Demand Route Planner and Dispatch service. Not only does this provide visibility of where the vehicles are, but when combined with On Dema ...

Track Tracker for Apple iPhone Wednesday, 21st December 2011 MELBOURNE, Australia - December 21st 2011 - Bestrane Group is please to announce the availability of Truck Tracker for the iPhone. Truck Tracker allows carriers to GPS track vehicles simply with the use of a drivers iPhone device. GPS data gathered from the iPhone is communicated over the phones data connection to the Descartes wGLN, and made available to Descartes On Demand Route Planner and Dispatch service. "This represents an important development in the commercial use of iPhone devices wit ...

Descartes Global Logistics Network Achieves SAP Certification as Powered by SAP NetWeaver(R) Wednesday, 26th October 2011 WATERLOO, Ontario, Oct. 26, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group(TSX:DSG) (Nasdaq:DSGX), a global leader in logistics technology, today announced that its Descartes Global Logistics Network 2.0 has achieved certification as powered by the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform. Through this integration with SAP® solutions, customers can receive the critical and timely logistics information needed from carriers, logistics services provides, customs house brokers, regulatory agencies an ...

Bestrane Solutions for Security, Chain of Responsibility and Inventory Control Thursday, 15th September 2011 15th September 2011 - Melbourne Australia. Bestrane today announced the availability of several new solutions based upon Descartes Dock Appointment SchedulingTM in a software-as-a-service model, over the web: DAS for Security For organisations who need to control the movement of vehicles and people between in to and out of secure areas. By providing approved appointments for every movement, you are able to determine that when someone presents to a secure entry if they should be there, how long ...

Bestrane and Westfield Take Out Mercury Innovation Award Wednesday, 14th September 2011 September 14th 2011 - Sydney Australia. Once again Bestrane and Westfield have claimed a prestigous supply chain award for innovation. The Mercury Awards are held each to find companies who provide leadership in the supply chain industry. Bestrane was awarded the Supply Chain Innovation award for the deployment of Descartes Dock Appointment SchedulingTM to Westfield's newest and high profile center, Westfield Sydney. On hand to receive the award was David Sanders, General Manager for Bestrane. ...

Rapid Planning Methodology (RPM) Delivers Newspapers in New Zealand Friday, 19th August 2011 Melbourne, Australia - Bestrane uses Rapid Planning Methodology (RPM) to quickly plan newspaper deliveries in New Zealand for Express Couriers. Express Couriers in New Zealand required a way of planning the delivery of news papers to 18,000 subscribers in metropolian areas of New Zealand in order to engage with delivery contractors. And they needed these plans within 5 days. Using RouteSmart's dense routing application, Bestrane took the subscriber delivery locations, and generated detailed del ...

Bestrane Announced as Logistics Mercury Finalist Monday, 8th August 2011 Sydney Australia - Today Bestrane was selected as a finalist in the Logistics Mercury Awards, in the Supply Chain Innovation category. The Logistics Mercury Awards recognise and reward individuals, teams and companies regardless of size who work in, contribute to logistics strategy and/or execute supply chain design and management. "It is very pleasing to again be recognised for the innovation which we are bringing to the Australian logistics community." says Peter Cameron from Bestrane. http: ...

On Demand Route Planning Service Now Available Wednesday, 3rd August 2011 Melbourne Australia - Bestrane is please to announce the availability of On Demand Route Planner and AVL as a service for small to medium fleet owners in Australia. Traditionally this type of route optimisation/scheduling capability has only been available to large fleet owners with dedicated IT infrastructure to support deployment of solutions within their organisation. On Demand Route Planner and AVL is provided in a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, where a monthly subscription based upon ...

Westfield Sydney Presentation for Smart Awards Available Friday, 17th June 2011 Sydney Australia - The organisers of Smart Conference in Sydney have made available presentation and audio recording of the conference session where Westfield describe the business case, approach, and benefits of implementing Descartes Dock Appointments. In this video and audio presentation you can hear Reggie Probst, Senior Security Manager for Westfield, explain the full context of descision by Westfield to seek a technology answer to Westfield security and operational effeciencies concerns at ...

Westfield Sydney Wins Smart Award 2011 Thursday, 26th May 2011 Sydney, Australia - Westfield Sydney, a Bestrane customer, wins the prestigous Smart Award 2011 for Supply Chain Innovation. Westfield Sydney's deployment of Descartes Dock Appointments, in partnership with Bestrane, was announced as winner of this award at this evenings Smart. Westfield selected Bestrane to provide a Dock Appointments solution at Westfield Sydney to enable the secure control of all vehicle movements in and out of the newly opened premier centre in Sydney. This award is recogni ...

Launch of Bestrane Solution for Newspaper Home Deliveries Friday, 6th May 2011 Melbourne, Australia -- Today Bestrane Group has launched a service to plan newspaper home deliveries on behalf of newspaper distributors. Working closely with selected newsagents, Bestrane has used RouteSmart for ArcGIS to develop a service where distributors of newspapers to residential homes can submit their list of subscribers to Bestrane, and receive back driving/walking/cycling routes. This service helps newspaper distributors maximise customer service, by ensuring newspapers are delivere ...

Finalist in the Smart Awards - Westfield Implementation of Dock Appointment Scheduler Monday, 2nd May 2011 Sydney Australia - Westfield, a valued customer of Bestrane Group, has been selected as a finalist for a Smart Award at the Smart Conference 2011. Westfield has completed redevelopment of the Westfield Sydney shopping complex and identified a requirement to improve the method in which it manages the inbound / outbound dock function at the centre. Westfield selected the Descartes Dock Appointment Scheduler web-based service, provided through Bestrane to assist in achieving these improvements. ...

Bestrane Launches Dock Appointments Portal Tuesday, 4th January 2011 The launch today of www.DockAppointments.com allows Bestrane customers using Descartes Dock Appointments to access Descartes Dock Appointments through an easy to remember URL, obtain extended administration support, and keep up to date with the latest Dock Appointments news. This extended administration support allows Bestrane customers to outsource specified Descartes Dock Appointments administrative functions to Bestrane. These functions can include password reset and Carrier/Supplier relati ...

RouteSmart Technologies Inc. appoints The Bestrane Group as Australian distributor Monday, 13th December 2010 MELBOURNE, Australia — 13 December 2010 —The Bestrane Group, an Australian-based provider of ‘best of breed’ logistics solutions, announced today that it has been appointed as a distributor for RouteSmart Technologies to compliment its suite of planning and execution tools and solutions. Through its exposure to the logistics industry in Australia and New Zealand, Bestrane identified a lack of proven, cost effective and ‘fit for purpose’ solutions available in the Australian Market t ...

Bestrane Recognised with Excellence and Innovation Award for MobileDock Thursday, 7th October 2010 Today at the Descartes Global User Group Conference, Bestrane was recognised with an Excellence and Achievement award. This award, presented by Ed Ryan, Executive VP of Global Field Operations, recognises the achievements made by Bestrane to extend the reach of Descartes solutions in to new industry segments by adding mobility applications, such as Bestrane MobileDock to the Descartes Global Logistics Network. Bestrane MobileDock enables customers to manage the execution of gate, yard and d ...

Software as a Service and Mobile Technology in Supply Chain Wednesday, 1st September 2010 Use of mobile technology in Supply Chain has seen rapid growth in the past five years. Today, many organisations are exploring wireless solutions or methods of gaining greater value from existing wireless infrastructure.  The addition and integration of wireless to specialised “back end” Supply Chain software packages such as Route Scheduling and Execution or Dock Appointment Scheduling is providing significant and measurable benefits to the industry. The Internet has matured as a stable a ...

Bestrane to optimise transport planning using NAVTEQ Transport™ with Descartes' Route Planner Wednesday, 21st July 2010 Melbourne The Bestrane Group announces that it has successfully integrated NAVTEQ Transport™ to the Route Planner application from Descartes to generate optimised routes that respect Australian roads with specic transportation restrictions. With this successful integration, GPS applications can now factor the unique transportation restrictions that are placed on Australia’s road network as a result of Mass Management, dimensional restrictions, bridge heights etc. Designed specically for ...

Combating Complexity and Inefficiency in Distribution with On-Demand Logistics Technology Platforms Thursday, 4th March 2010 Organisations and service providers offering distribution operations are faced with an increasingly competitive marketplace. In an environment constantly challenged by customer demands, driver shortages, and adverse economic conditions caused by everything from the Global Financial Crisis, volatile fuel prices to inconsistent and constantly changing legislation. These circumstances create an increasingly costly and complex task and dictate that companies must manage their distribution processes ...

Australian Retailer Myer Selects Bestrane's Web-based Dock Appointment Scheduling Solution Wednesday, 28th October 2009 Melbourne Bestrane Group, an Australian-based logistics solutions provider, announced that Myer, a leading Australian retailer, is using Bestrane's web-based Dock Appointment Scheduling solution (InFast) to help it manage and automate its inbound deliveries. The Bestrane Dock Appointment Scheduling solution enables shippers, carriers and consignees to collaboratively schedule loading dock appointments automatically via the Internet. By sharing the responsibility for loading dock door ...