One Global Trade Management Platform to Unify Teams, Automate Workflows, and Secure Growth
Descartes OCR Global EASE™ is a comprehensive global trade management suite that replaces fragmented trade compliance management processes with a single, automated source of truth. It provides the end-to-end visibility and control your business needs to move faster, reduce risk, and grow with confidence.
Pillars Powering Global Trade Compliance Automation in Descartes OCR Global EASE
Disconnected Systems Create a Disjointed Trade Compliance Operation
Most organizations manage trade compliance through a patchwork of systems and manual checkpoints. Watchlist screening happens in one tool, product classification in another, while export licensing and permits are tracked separately, and import operations rely on emails, legacy workflows, or broker portals. This fragmentation forces teams to re‑enter data, chase information across departments, and manage critical processes in isolation. The result is delays, inconsistent decisions, limited visibility, and greater compliance risk. When the lifecycle is spread across multiple systems, maintaining audit trails or adapting to regulatory changes becomes difficult. Organizations need a unified platform that aligns, automates, and centralizes every step.
A Modular, End-to-End Platform for the Complete Trade Compliance Lifecycle
At its core, Descartes OCR Global EASE is a modular and scalable platform that unifies the entire trade compliance management lifecycle. It allows you to manage import operations, export operations, export licensing, compliance screening, and everything in between from a single, centralized system. Start with the modules you need today and seamlessly add new capabilities as your business or requirements grow.
Watchlist Screening
Ensure compliance with global sanctions and keep restricted parties out of business operation.
Export Licensing and Permits
Powerful solutions for identifying, acquiring, and managing export licenses.
Export Operations Management
Streamline export classification and export documentation processes.
Import Operations Management
Connect export compliance to your shipping process.
Bringing Export Authorization and Screening Into a Single System
“Descartes OCR Global EASE allows us to streamline export authorization management, customs filing, and restricted party screening in one platform. We get the benefits of automation and Descartes’ scale.” Steven Casazza, President, Defense Trade Solutions
Built for Integration, Flexibility, and Global Scale
The backbone of your global trade compliance process, engineered to meet the demands of the modern enterprise.
Seamless Integration
Our robust API and pre-built connectors allow for deep integration with your existing enterprise systems, ensuring that compliance checks become a natural part of your workflow, not a bottleneck.
AI-Optimized Content
Our regulatory content is managed by a team of experts and enhanced with artificial intelligence to ensure our databases are updated daily with the latest global regulations, saving your team from the burden of manual research or inefficient processes.
Centralized Control
A single, centralized database provides a complete audit trail of all compliance activities, from screening and classification to licensing and filing, ensuring you are always prepared for an audit.
Regulatory‑Grade Data Protection
We protect your sensitive data with enterprise-level security protocols that also meet compliance guidelines, giving your IT team peace of mind.
Your Trade Compliance Management Software Questions, Answered
We know that navigating the world of export licenses can be challenging. We have compiled answers to some of the most common questions our experts receive, from managing complex provisos to integrating with government systems.
Descartes OCR Global EASE is a comprehensive global trade management platform that centralizes and manages end‑to‑end trade compliance processes. It provides organizations with real‑time visibility, governance, and control across export management, licensing, import operations, and compliance screening activities.
With Descartes, organizations can manage:
- Export license determination, acquisition, usage tracking, and reporting
- Product jurisdiction and export classification
- Denied party and watchlist screening
- Export operations, documentation, and customs filing
- Import operations and compliance management
- FTZ and duty drawback
- Technical data exports and foreign national access
All from a single, centralized trade compliance platform.
Descartes OCR Global EASE is a modular Trade Compliance Software platform. This means you can start with the specific solution you need most today—like Watchlist Screening or Export Classification—and seamlessly add new capabilities as your business evolves, creating a fully integrated suite over time.
Yes. Descartes OCR Global EASE integrates with leading ERP systems such as SAP and Oracle, as well as other third‑party and legacy systems, enabling seamless data exchange across compliance, logistics, and operations without duplicate data entry. This ensures that compliance checks become a natural part of your workflow, not a bottleneck.
By centralizing compliance data and automating workflows, the solution delivers real‑time insights into transactions, licensing status, compliance risks, and regulatory obligations—empowering teams to make faster, more informed business decisions.
Descartes OCR Global EASE is powered by AI-optimized regulatory content. A dedicated team of in-house trade experts continuously monitors global regulations and updates our databases daily. This managed content ensures your compliance logic is always current without requiring manual research from your team.
Descartes OCR Global EASE is used by multinational exporters, compliance professionals, aerospace and defense contractors, legal teams, supply chain leaders, and security teams that need scalable, defensible, and audit‑ready global trade management software.
Built on over 40 years of experience, ongoing customer feedback, and industry research, Descartes evolves with regulatory change. Our flexible, modular design allows organizations to adapt and grow while maintaining strong compliance governance.
The Definitive Buyer’s Guide to Export License Management Software
How do you determine whether a platform can manage real‑world export licensing complexity? Choosing the right export license software is a critical compliance decision. Our Export License Management Software Buyer’s Guide helps teams to evaluate vendors, uncover risks, and select a solution that reliably supports their operational and regulatory needs.
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See What a Unified Global Trade Platform Can Do for Your Business.
Let us show you firsthand how the Descartes OCR Global EASE platform can break down silos, automate your compliance workflows, and empower your teams. Schedule a personalized demo tailored to your company’s specific challenges and goals. We’ll walk you through the platform and answer your team’s most technical questions.