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Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

Talking Logistics

Virtually all of those startups disappeared by 2002 — they either burned through all of their investment money or were acquired by bigger fish. A couple of weeks ago, I attended the Descartes Evolution Global User & Partner Conference 2019. One of my first clients back in 1999 was Descartes Systems Group. Keegan McCready, Sr.

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A stark difference in opinion over truck size and weight remains intact between trucking and rail

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population has nearly doubled in the past 50 years; there are 75 million more vehicles on the road now than in 1960, e-commerce sales are up from $42 billion in 2002 to $291.8 Further adding to its case, AMT wrote that the need for twin-33s is “urgent,” as: the U.S.