Descartes Systems Group has introduced a new artificial intelligence-enabled solution designed to help manufacturers, importers and exporters make faster sourcing and trade decisions while reducing tariff costs and compliance risks.
The company said its Descartes Free Trade Intelligence (FTI) solution helps organizations qualify goods for preferential tariff treatment, identify duty savings opportunities and improve global trade compliance, particularly for businesses whose enterprise resource planning systems lack comprehensive global trade management capabilities.
“Free trade agreement eligibility can unlock significant duty savings, but qualification remains one of the most complex and resource-intensive areas of compliance. Many organizations continue to manage analysis using spreadsheets, disconnected systems and manual interpretation of regulations. This can create operational inefficiencies, risk and missed opportunities to leverage preferential trade programs,” said Brian Hodgson, general manager, global trade intelligence at Descartes. “By combining AI-driven analysis and decision support, Descartes’ new solution helps organizations understand how sourcing decisions, supplier changes and evolving trade agreements can impact qualification outcomes.”
Built on Descartes’ Global Logistics Network and a library of rules of origin covering more than 250 trade regimes globally, the solution combines rules-of-origin analysis, regional value content calculations, tariff shift logic and supplier declaration management into a single workflow.
Descartes said the platform uses AI to analyze bills of materials, tariff classifications, rules of origin and supplier declarations while providing explainable recommendations that support compliance decisions. The solution integrates with Descartes’ Global Trade Intelligence suite and existing ERP environments.
“Organizations are looking for practical AI solutions that deliver measurable business value for quickly changing supply chains,” said Ken Wood, executive vice-president, product management at Descartes. “By combining AI with trusted regulatory expertise and transparent decision-making, Descartes FTI AI helps customers accelerate complex qualification across multiple agreements, capture preferential duty savings more efficiently and improve compliance readiness.”
The company said the new solution can help organizations reduce manual review cycles, strengthen audit readiness, automate supplier data collection and evaluate sourcing scenarios to improve preferential duty opportunities.
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