Descartes Extensiv Acquisition: What 3PL Central Customers Should Expect
Descartes acquired Extensiv (3PL Central) in September 2026, and every operator on the platform got the same announcement with about the same amount of detail. Supply Chain Saga sat down with Mikel Richardson, who runs the e-commerce division at Descartes, and David Miller, VP of Customer Growth at Extensiv, and asked the questions I have been hearing from other 3PL operators since the deal closed.
What the podcast covers
We cover what Descartes actually is (30,000 customers, 200 plus products, 70 plus acquisitions, and a technology company, not a 3PL), what happens to Integration Manager and new integrations after a slow 18 months, how to find out whether one of those 200 products solves your problem, and what the AI roadmap looks like
