The Newark Group, a producer of recycled paperboard products, operates on extremely thin margins. It needed a transportation-management system that could automatically seek out the lowest-cost carriers, and search out opportunities for further savings through the booking of continuous moves.
Tim Quellhorst, senior vice president of Crown Equipment Corp., talks about the biggest concerns of distribution companies today, and the benefits they can realize from adopting new technologies.
Descartes Systems Group has acquired KSD Software Norway AS, a Scandinavia-based provider of electronic customs-filing applications for the European Union.
Cadec Global, a provider of fleet-management software and systems, has made DeliveryTracker, its mobile proof-of-delivery application, available on the PowerVue platform.
JDA Software Group Inc. has released a new version of JDA Transportation & Logistics Management, the vendor's transportation-management system (TMS) software.
InMotion Global Inc. has introduced QuoteMyTruckload.com, a new online service that provides shippers with truckload quotes in real time, and allows for the booking of shipments in less than 10 seconds.