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Collaborative Transportation Management Leads To Significant Freight Bill Savings
Challenge: A leading producer, marketer and distributor of high-quality branded food products needs control, scalability and visibility to better manage and measure transportation execution management.
Leading Food Company Achieves Savings By Leveraging Managed Transportation Services
Challenge: A leading supplier and solutions provider to food service, in-store bakery, and retail marketplaces needs centralized control, scalability and visibility into process to better manage and measure transportation execution management.
DHL Launches Life Sciences and Healthcare Competence Centers in Miami, Atlanta
DHL Global Forwarding has opened Life Sciences and Healthcare Competence Centers in Miami, Fla. and Atlanta, Ga.
Descartes Unveils Android-Based Mobile Application
MobileLink, the global positioning system-based application for managing mobile workers from Descartes Systems Group, is now available on the Android operating system.
TierOne Automotive Manufacturer Collaborates with Suppliers, Saving 25% in Inventory
Challenge: A multi-billion dollar automotive manufacturer of motor vehicles, engines, components and parts was experiencing significant communication challenges with their global suppliers. The high volume (200,000 parts) and diversity of parts required them to streamline their processes or risk losing customers, money, or both. Their former "push" inventory replenishment system with its one-way faxes and EDI orders could not accommodate any last-minute schedule changes nor did it provide the company or its suppliers with much visibility to stock and orders. Lastly, they needed to improve their supply chain administrative efficiencies internally and among its suppliers to reduce costs.
The Benefits of Laser Technology
The total cost of ownership of lasers is cheaper than camera technology, says Jon Stiles, product marketing manager, Accu-Sort systems. But there are decided advantages and drawbacks to each method. He walks the viewer through them.
GT Nexus Joins With Kinaxis for Cloud-Based Planning, Execution
GT Nexus and Kinaxis have formed a partnership to provide customers with a unified, cloud-based planning and execution platform.
Food Shippers of America Partners With ALAN for Disaster Relief
The Food Shippers of America Association (FSA) has become an association partner and gold-level sponsor of the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN).
Order Picking with Horizontal Carousels
Horizontal carousels are the most cost-effective technology for each picking, says Ed Romaine, chief marketing officer, Sapient Automation. Benefits include rapid ROI, and huge savings on floor space and labor. Smaller companies should be especially interested.
Canadian Logistics Company Tracks Pet Food Shipments Via RFID
Canadian logistics firm J.D. Smith and Sons has completed a six-month trial of radio frequency identification technology to track the loading, shipping and receipt of bagged pet food for a pet-product retailer. The company is now offering an RFID-based service to track its customers' goods, based on reads of RFID tags embedded in J.D. Smith's pallets.
CargoSmart Launches Business-Process Outsourcing for Ocean Carriers, LSPs
CargoSmart Ltd., a vendor of global shipping and logistics applications delivered under the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, has launched business-process outsourcing services for ocean carriers and logistics service providers (LSPs).
Accellos Issues Update of One Warehouse, Cloud-Managed Service for 3PLs
Accellos Inc. has developed version 6.4 of AccellosOne Warehouse, the vendor's warehouse-management system software.
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