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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

     Cheetah Software Services, a provider of information technology, has delivered the next version of its mobile application to Ward Transport and Logistics, a regional trucking company.    Running on the Android platform, Cheetah Mobile connects field workers with dispatch, customer service, management, and customers through two-way messaging, dynamic ETA updates, and POD verification.    Ward is running Cheetah Mobile on Android tablets because they provide la...

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

     MercuryGate International, a transportation management solutions (TMS) service provider, has announced a partnership with JFE Pfe Ltd., a supply chain services provider, to create MercuryGate Asia Pacific.    MercuryGate has operated in the Pacific Rim region for some time, but said the move was to add a global face forits  TMS in the region, as well as to better support existing customers there.    Based in Singapore, MercuryGate Asia Pacific ...

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

     W.I.S. Logistics, a third party logistics (3PL) company in Wisconsin, has signed a deal to use Transite’s JaguarTMS as its transportation management system.    W.I.S. said that support for online LTL rating, carrier selection, shipment tender, bills of lading and tracing were key in its decision.    The 3PL offers a variety of services including consulting, distribution, transportation and logistics management for shippers across North America. The ...

Monday, February 20, 2012

     IAG Cargo, which combines British Airways World Cargo and Iberia Cargo, has launched a free iPhone and Android phone application that allows customers to track air freight documented on both carriers' air waybills.    The app gives real-time tracking information on shipments via  waybill numbers and barcodes, while also allowing companies to plan their next shipments. Customers can select their origin and destination, and the app will display a wide choice of...

Monday, February 20, 2012

      SourceProcureDeliver.com (SPD), based in Mumbai, India, has launched a new supply chain and distribution platform.    The service is initially aimed at suppliers looking to enter the Indian market. SPD said companies currently face a risky choice of either shipping stock against confirmed advance paid orders or entering the market on their own without an existing order base.    SPD’s platform introduces a supplier to its target segment and tak...

Monday, February 20, 2012

     Motorola Solutions unveiled its SL Series portable radio and its new XPR 5000 mobile radio to address new issues in the modern logistics environment.    The two devices fall under its MOTOTRBO umbrella that focuses on voice quality, extended battery life, and a large application developer program aimed at increased productivity and enhanced worker safety.    The SL Series weighs less than the average smartphone, and Motorola said it's aimed the slim design at...

Monday, February 20, 2012

     Unisys Corp. is in talks with India’s shipping ministry to provide security systems to domestic ports to avoid traffic congestion and piracy threats, according to a report in India’s Economic Times .    The project involves drawing a port-security roadmap for threats, as well as a vessel traffic management system, with a deal possibly signed by March, according to the report.

Friday, February 17, 2012

     A study by Pike Research, a market research and consulting firm, found that intelligent transportation systems (ITS) will continue to see increased investment worldwide despite tightening purse strings.    Pike estimates global investments in smart transport technology will reach $13.1 billion from 2011 through 2017.    ITS, also called smart transportation systems, includes electric vehicles, vehicles with advanced telematics systems, new and ...

Thursday, February 16, 2012

   Elemica, a supplier of supply chain integration and optimization services, has introduced its new Elemica Transportation Management solution (ETM) that’s based on Oracle’s transportation management service.    The service is available as a subscription offering and promises to optimize logistics and transportation processes. The ETM provides visibility over the logistics order lifecycle and anticipates the needs of its customers, largely the chemical industry.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

     A2b Fulfillment will now provide Kigo Footwear with inventory management and fulfillment support.     An existing agreement required third-party logistics provider A2b to provide Kigo with warehousing, storage, and shipping services.    Kristin Serrano, Kigo's chief operating officer, said the company’s recent growth necessitated outsourcing. She said the footwear manufacturer was “forced …to decide which tasks are the most important for us to do an...

Thursday, February 16, 2012

     Florida-based Sylectus, a unit of Qualcomm Enterprise Services, has reached agreement with MacroPoint to offer an “intuitive" fleet tracking application for trucking companies.    Sylectus said the offering will allow 3PLs, fleet owners and managers, freight brokers, and carriers to track loads and drivers without requiring any new hardware or long-term contracts. The application will offer a “pay-for-play” model that can add location tracking to any existing transportation...

Thursday, February 16, 2012

     CargoWise, a technology provider for logistics service companies, has announced a new deal with Lasso Logistics to implement its hosted ediEnterprise service.    Lasso, which operates supply chain and product services across Australia and China, said it chose CargoWise to improve efficiency in its international operations.    Lasso’s move away from legacy systems and to a technology partner that can provide software growth is part of a growing trend...

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

     After five years of pairing through a joint subsidiary, CMA CGM Group and IBM today announced a new strategic partnership to cover the next five years.    Under the terms of the agreement, IBM will provide expertise deploying major IT applications such as cloud computing and designing new customer-centric tools to reduce the ocean carrier’s costs and accelerate growth.    The IT department on both sides will merge into a new subsidiary named CMA Systems. It previo...

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

   APL Logistics on Wednesday unveiled a new shipment planning platform aimed at changing the way large freight buyers coordinate their transportation activities.    The company’s ShipmentOptimizer will allow shippers to generate the best shipment plan according to three variables: Cargo arriving at final destination on the preferred date. Maximization of space and load utilization. Minimization of overall transportation costs on a door-to-door basis.    "This technology inn...

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

     Seattle-based Zonar has announced its new ZTrak solution for companies that need to manage the transfer of assets and track the locations of valuable materials.    Zonar said the service could be used to track equipment, shipping containers, hazardous materials trailers, rental equipment, high security items, and other assets that must stay in certain areas.    The company said it has used the same high-definition GPS imaging and cellular technology...

Monday, February 13, 2012

   Overland Park, Kan.-based RedStone Logistics, which specializes in logistics management services, has acquired privately held Headhaul.com .    Headhaul provides shipment management services via multi-modal, dry van/truckload, refrigerated, flatbed, less-than-truckload (LTL) and over-dimensional shipment operations.    During the next 30 days, Headhaul employees will integrate with the RedStone staff.    As part of the acquisition, RedStone will levera...

Friday, February 10, 2012

     According to new research from analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of active remote container tracking units used on intermodal shipping containers reached 77,000 in the last quarter of 2011.    Berg Insight predicts a compound annual growth rate of 66.9 percent, projecting that 1 million trackers will be in use by 2016. This growth would see the penetration rate of tracking systems in the total container population rise from 0.4 percent in 2011 to 3.6 percent in 2016. &n...

Friday, February 10, 2012

     Cloud supply chain platform provider GT Nexus has hired Jason Zintak as executive vice president of global sales.    Zintak is responsible for setting the sales strategy and expanding field operations. He also joins the GT Nexus executive team, which directs overall company strategy, operations, and business development.    Recently he led global sales and marketing for JDA Software, and also headed sales for HCL-Axon Global, the largest standalone SAP consultancy...

Friday, February 10, 2012

     Impatex Computer Systems, a U.K.-based provider of customs processing software, is changing its name to Impatex Freight Software.    The company said this reflects its main areas of developing, supplying and supporting customs and freight forwarding software, and it has not provided computer hardware for more than 10 years.    Impatex currently provides two products: ICE and NetFreight.    ICE, Integrated Customs for Europe, is a customs processing solut...

Thursday, February 09, 2012

     SAP has announced two new services to deliver its HANA analytics platform to small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs).    SAP’s HANA has been extended to power its new Business One application and the new Edge edition of HANA, allowing SMEs to see real-time data and analytics based on individual requirements. The platform is a data management software on SAP partner hardware that powers a wide range of analytics based on this data.    For the Business One appli...

Thursday, February 09, 2012

     Ryder System, a transportation and supply chain management company, has launched its new mobile application, Ryder Locator, to help customers find the nearest Ryder truck rental, maintenance, or fueling location in the United States and Canada.    The app, free and available to iPhone, BlackBerry, and Android users, shows the specific services offered at each location.

Thursday, February 09, 2012

     Xata Corp. had a loss of $1.7 million for the first quarter of its 2012 fiscal year ending Dec. 31, compared to a loss of $85,000 in the same period the year earlier.    Revenue was $16.6 million in the quarter, compared to $14 million in the same 2010 period.    The company said it experienced growth in both hardware and software revenues. Software revenue reached $11.7 million, a 3 percent increase over the same 2010 period. This was driven largely by a 52 ...

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

     Evergreen Line has launched a mobile app version of its e-commerce system, ShipmentLink Mobile, for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch and mobile devices based on the Android operating system.    The ocean carrier said the launch was to provide customers with a better way to reach the growing number of workers that rely on mobile devices. Smartphone users can access Evergreen’s shipping information from the app or www.shipmentlink.com .    This system lets custo...

Monday, February 06, 2012

     OnAsset Intelligence, a provider of machine-to-machine asset monitoring systems, said its existing relationship with Sprint has produced a dual-mode CDMA/GSM asset tracking solution with global functionality.    The dual-mode system allows OnAsset’s tracking devices to work with the majority of wireless networks across North America and Europe.    OnAsset’s SENTRY service can be used to track the location, temperature, pressure, humidity, light, motion, shock...

Friday, February 03, 2012

     Acsis has released the latest line of its Acsis ProducTrak, a set of data collection and task management software that can be integrated with ERP systems from SAP, Oracle, J.D. Edwards, and others.    Acsis aims the new software at bringing real-time connectivity to every point in the supply chain by supplying the infrastructure to manage data collection points to where they are gathered, namely the shop floor and warehouse.    Acsis said it targeted this area bec...

Thursday, February 02, 2012

     IBM has completed its acquisition of Emptoris.    IBM said Emptoris’ offerings will bring more intelligence to its supply chain operations through its Smarter Commerce platform by automating vendor selection, negotiation, management and compliance. IBM’s purchase of Emptoris will also expand its cloud-based analytics and supply chain management services. About 725 Emptoris employees will join the IBM software group.

Thursday, February 02, 2012

   RMI, a GE Transportation company and provider of transport management software, has released a new information technology application aimed at helping railroads better analyze revenue management, improve rating accuracy and automation, and decrease rating cycle times.    The new service, RMI said, came about because of customer requests for help with revenue management performance. RMI is adding its new offering to its packaged RailConnect Revenue Management System.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

     CargoWise, a logistics information technology provider, entered an agreement with the Bulgarian Unimasters Logistics to implement its ediEnterprise.    Unimasters is expanding its logistics business to Central and Eastern Europe, having established operations in Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary, and the company said this partnership with CargoWise was one means to speed up that growth.    "We are expanding in Eastern Europe, where information inf...

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

   Pennsylvania-based Matthews International has started a new division of its company, Matthews Supply Chain Automation.    The division encompass two established branches, Matthews Marking Products and Holjeron, and two recently acquired companies, Innovative Picking Technologies, Inc. (IPTI) and Lightning Pick Technologies.    The combination of these companies will allow the new unit to offer integrated technology that covers the supply chain from manufacturing to o...

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

   Chennai, India-based Ennovasys has launched a package of visibility tools for shippers and carriers.    The company’s enterprise mobility solution (EMS) is built with three platforms: RFID, GPS, and existing mobile technology. The system is cloud-based with the data sent to the cloud and processed on backend applications via Web services.     “We are building a partner network for our channel distribution. We have already signed many partners for different ...

Monday, January 30, 2012

     Savi, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, has launched a mobile tracking system that identifies and tracks in real-time the location, movement, and condition of high-value assets.    Savi said its new system is aimed at governments, heavy industry, large organizations, and manufacturers that have complex logistics requirements.    The Savi Mobile Tracking System includes software and hardware designed to monitor a range of cargo, such as ocean containe...

Monday, January 30, 2012

   RedPrairie, a supply chain and retail technology company, has appointed Joe Juliano to president.    He replaces Martin Hiscox, who will continue to serve as a board member and chairman of international operations.    Juliano joined RedPrairie in 2010 as president of the Americas. When Hiscox changes roles in May, Juliano will assume responsibility for global sales, services, alliances, and field operations. Prior to RedPrairie, Juliano was the ch...

Monday, January 30, 2012

     Delta Air Lines has entered a marketing agreement with OnAsset Intelligence, a provider of wireless asset tracking, that will allow its cargo customers to view location information on deltacargo.com .    The agreement offers customers the ability to track and trace cargo in transit on a customized Web page. The service will be offered on all cargo shipments across the Delta and Delta Connection fleets. Together these operate more than 5,000 daily flights across 61...

Monday, January 30, 2012

     Tideworks Technology, a provider of terminal management and planning software, said SSA Mexico (SSAM) has deployed the new Forecast customer service Web portal at its container terminal at Manzanillo, Mexico.    Both Tideworks and SSA Mexico are subsidiaries of Carrix, one of the largest privately held marine and rail terminal operators.    The Forecast Website provides terminal customers including ocean carriers, trucking companies, and customs bro...

Thursday, January 26, 2012

     MIQ Logistics said Wednesday it has opened a new logistics center at De Voorde in Venray, The Netherlands.    The facility has 110,000 square feet of warehouse space and is equipped with a changeable racking system, deployed warehouse management technology and road transportation and distribution capabilities. The site also provides customs processing and is capable of operating as a bonded warehouse.    "Our new Venray facility gives our customers a dis...

Thursday, January 26, 2012

     BNSF Railway has released two new online tools to help existing and new customers compare carload shipping options.    The tools, Carload Shipping Advisor and Serving Carrier Reciprocal Switch Inquiry, allow customers to view shipping options and sort them by price, equipment, and route for multiple origins and destinations.    "All of the features in the Carload Shipping Advisor tool are based on direct customer feedback and designed to meet customer needs," said...

Thursday, January 26, 2012

     Transportation and supply chain management company Ryder has launched the latest version of its RydeSmart onboard telematics system and now provides it as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product to make it easier to deploy and monitor.    RydeSmart 3.0 offers GPS fleet location, tracking, and vehicle performance management via a hardware and software unit installed in the vehicle and connected to its existing computer and diagnostic system. RydeSmart wirelessly syncs wi...

Thursday, January 26, 2012

   Expaq, a European parcel delivery service, has announced it will issue Honeywell’s Dolphin 99EX mobile computers to all its 2,100 drivers to increase productivity on the road.    The Dolphin 99EX allows drivers to process orders and deliver more parcels while their packages and location are better tracked.    The Exapaq units will feature 3.9G wireless technology. The technology also integrates the Adaptus Imaging Technology 6.0, which allows workers t...

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

   Demand Management, a provider of supply chain management software, has expanded its overseas presence by opening a new office in Istanbul, Turkey.    Demand Management focuses on tools for manufacturers and distributors and offers the Demand Solutions supply chain planning suite for forecast management, demand planning, collaborative forecasting and inventory planning.    With the new office in Turkey, Demand Management now has 47 offices globally.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

     Chicago’s Load Delivered Logistics, a third-party logistics firm, has launched a new mobile phone app, Load Finder, for users of Apple’s phones and tablets.    The app will connect customers with Load Delivered’s compliant carrier partners, letting them view and bid on available freight. Carriers can search for shipments based on a variety of criteria including current location, date, desired location, equipment type, or radius.    Users can also create a fav...

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

     Descartes Systems Group has acquired GeoMicro, a California-based provider of geographic information systems (GIS) and turn-by-turn navigation services.    GeoMicro’s GIS platform facilitates advanced routing, navigation, field services, geo-location, high-performance map display, spatial data querying, and turn-by-turn directions for both commercial and hazardous materials.    "Geographic location is fundamental to logistics and a key element of many business dec...

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

     Memphis, Tenn.-based FedEx has announced the expansion of its SenseAware product, which provides shippers with near real-time tracking and increased shipment visibility, to all of its customers.    The platform, launched in November 2009, was initially available only to healthcare and life sciences customers. FedEx has now expanded the product to anyone “who can benefit from this added level of visibility and monitoring."    SenseAware is a tracking service that p...

Monday, January 23, 2012

   One Network Enterprises, a cloud supply chain service company in Texas, has announced plans for a new strategic alliance with Arrow Electronics, a Colorado-based global provider of services and products for users of electronic components and enterprise computing applications.    The pairing will focus on delivering manufacturers with a comprehensive supply chain management tool and will have a focus on improving service levels and lowering costs.    One Network said ...

Thursday, January 19, 2012

     INTTRA, a global provider of e-commerce applications for the ocean freight industry, said it plans to streamline the development and quality assurance testing efforts for its applications to a single partner, Cognizant.    Cognizant, a New Jersey-based technology consulting and business processing service, will help INTTRA develop efficient ocean freight management and e-commerce solutions and speed up their release to market.    “The global ocean shippi...

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

     JDA Software has ended the 2011 fiscal year with numbers mostly in line with its original guidance for full-year 2011, which is good news as software sales declined and as the firm wrapped up legal disputes with Oracle over patent infringements.    JDA has not yet finalized its financial results for the fourth quarter but was prompted to put out preliminary financial data because of the drop in its software license sales. Overall, its unaudited revenue for&nb...

Monday, January 16, 2012

   California-based Navis, part of the Cargotec Corp., announced that its Real Time Locating System (RTLS) will be used at the Sociedad Portuaria de Cartagena (SPRC) terminal in the Port of Cartagena, Columbia.    The RTLS is part of Navis’ Star Technology Alliance that blends its terminal operations with tracking and data platforms from its partners.    The SPRC terminal’s process automation rollout is scheduled to go live this year and will use both the Navis SPARCS termin...

Friday, January 13, 2012

     New Penn, a Pennsylvania-based less-than-truckload carrier, has launched a service alert process that will inform its shippers about situations that could impact their supply chains.    Aimed largely at addressing the seasonal effects of winter weather, the new email-based alert and its corresponding Web page will provide detailed information about weather, natural disasters, and other circumstances that can impact service.    "A consistent flow of goods...

Friday, January 13, 2012

   A new online booking processing system, Freibos.com , has started offering services that cover price quotes, freight bookings, and transport invoices.    The system aims to allow small- and mid-sized transportation and forwarding companies throughout Europe to process more bookings and serve more clients without expanding their staffs. The system is also expected to reduce costs for companies that use these forwarders.    The new process management system l...

Friday, January 13, 2012

     PAR Technology Corp. has completed the asset sale of its PAR Logistics Management Systems (PAR LMS) to ORBCOMM, a New Jersey-based global satellite data communications company.    The total selling price is valued at about $6 million in cash and ORBCOMM common stock with a potential additional earn-out of $4 million.    The two companies first announced plans for the sale in December. 

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

   Blue Skies has chosen a time and temperature management system from TempTRIP to preserve its fresh fruit shipments from Africa to the United Kingdom in as little as 48 hours.    Blue Skies, also based in the United Kingdom, has more than 2,000 employees in Ghana, Egypt, South Africa and Brazil and sources and supplies fruit from fields, delivering them to supermarkets in the United Kingdom, Europe and South Africa. The company said it uses air transport to ...

Monday, January 09, 2012

     Liner shipping company Safmarine Container Lines has released a new mobile application for Android devices that allows customers to access and download shipping information on demand.    This launch by the Maersk Line subsidiary follows an April 2011 release of a similar e-business app for Apple’s iOS devices.    The release of this and many other Android counterparts lately highlights a trend of meeting customers’ needs across the access point...

Friday, January 06, 2012

   Robocom Systems has finished its acquisition of Ontario-based Accord Software, which manages transportation operations with on-board tracking and real-time dispatch capabilities.    The Accord Software purchase was New York-based Robocom's third supply chain software acquisition in 2011.    "Despite the economic strain of the past few years, Robocom has continued to deliver results for our customers and remained strong," said Robocom Chief Executive Officer Jon ...

Friday, January 06, 2012

     Texas-based OnAsset Intelligence said United Cargo is installing its wireless asset-tracking devices on the airline's mainline jet fleet.     This will allow United Cargo’s customers to track the location, temperature, and environmental setting of items being shipped via that fleet.    OnAsset said its SENTRY FlightSafe technology also provides virtual "security-fencing" and suppresses radios during flight to comply with Federal Aviation&n...

Friday, January 06, 2012

     CargoWise, a provider of technology services for logistics companies, announced an expansion into the European road transport market through a deal with the French logistics provider Dimotrans S.A.    CargoWise will implement its ediEnterprise service across all of Dimotrans’ 23 French offices, providing forwarding and transportation management capabilities.    After the initial French push, the ediEnterprise system will be expanded to operations in the ...

Thursday, January 05, 2012

     McKesson has launched its first cloud-based system to track supply chain purchases with a focus on hospitals. The company said that these purchases are typically a hospital’s highest cost after labor.    McKesson’s new system, called Strategic Supply Sourcing, will integrate with multiple materials management and give hospitals a single supply chain view with a focus on eliminating duplicate supplies and setting negotiations for equipment processes.    Chris Baule...

Wednesday, January 04, 2012

     Erie, PA-based GE Transportation, a maker of rail and transportation-related products, said it has completed its acquisition of software provider RMI from The Carlyle Group.    The purchase will expand GE Transportation’s software and solutions arms for rail customers worldwide. RMI provides transporation management software for railroads, shippers, railcar leasing companies, and intermodal service operators in North America.    "RMI builds on GE Transportation's ...

Thursday, December 29, 2011

     PAR Technology is selling its PAR Logistics Management Systems (PAR LMS) subsidiary to ORBCOMM Inc., a N.J.-based global satellite data communications company.    PAR LMS is a service provider focused on monitoring transport assets and cargo in the transportation and distribution industries.    When PAR announced the sale, it said ORBCOMM will pay $6 million in cash and stock, plus potentially up to an additional $4 million in compensation based on reaching specif...

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

     The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded a $450,000 grant to EcoRodovias, a privately held Brazilian intermodal logistics and highway concessionaire company.    The grant will fund a technical assistance program to help EcoRodovias modernize and expand its use of intelligent transportation system (ITS) technologies on its road network in Brazil.    USTDA said in an effort to improve Brazil’s mobility, maintenance and the pace of expansion, certain...

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

     The Maryland governor's office has produced a new mobile application that gives truckers in the state a list of nearby emergency parking locations to ride out coming winter storms.    Maryland’s Transportation Secretary Beverley Swaim-Staley announced the pilot for this program alongside the Maryland Motor Truck Association (MMTA) and I-95 Corridor Coalition, saying it will give drivers quick access to locations and lots that can act as safe havens for truckers to ride out ...

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

   A new transportation management Website has popped up, promising to help shippers, distribution centers, manufacturers, and other companies get better rates from a list of more than 28,000 available carriers.    The RateMyShipment.com site comes from TranZcenter, a logistics and supply chain management services provider, and its head of operations Milton Collier. The network of multimodal carriers covers North America and includes modes like less-than-truckload (LTL), truckloa...