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| SPD starts Indian supply chain, 4PL platform |
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Monday, February 20, 2012
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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...
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| Motorola radios highlight device trends |
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Monday, February 20, 2012
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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...
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| A2b, Kigo lace tighter together |
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
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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...
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| Zonar provides asset tracking |
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
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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...
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| Provista launches new supply chain tool |
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Friday, February 10, 2012
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Provista, a Texas-based supply chain improvement company, has launched Provista Pro, an inventory management tool for its medical industry customers. Provista, which has 70,000 sites in health care, education, hospitality and corporate markets in the United States, said its tool provides data across the entire supply chain, will ensure the best price available for supplies, can coordinate prices among multiple customer locations, will reduce the amount of money invested ...
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| LogFire adds labor tracking |
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Monday, February 06, 2012
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LogFire, an Atlanta-based cloud-based supply chain services provider, has added a productivity tracker for labor management and a new analytics engine to its dashboard. The additions, Productivity Tracking System and Supply Chain Analytics Dashboard, can be fully integrated with the company's existing products. The Analytics Dashboard focuses on data collection and real-time alerts for activities like inventory thresholds, failed replenishment, and inve...
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| Acsis puts data tracking on floor |
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Friday, February 03, 2012
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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...
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| RedPrairie moves to the cloud |
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Thursday, February 02, 2012
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RedPrairie, an Atlanta-based supply chain and retail technology provider, announced that its Merchandise Management and Direct Commerce applications are now available as on-demand through the cloud. RedPrairie is adding cloud versions of these applications as part of an overall cloud platform strategy, touting its ability to save money and provide more efficient systems for small and mid-sized businesses. The company said these cloud applications will help c...
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| Matthews starts supply chain division |
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
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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...
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| RedPrairie names Juliano president |
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Monday, January 30, 2012
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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...
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| MIQ opens new Dutch logistics center |
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
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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...
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| Demand Management opens in Istanbul |
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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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.
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| Mod43, Lucas Systems deliver WMS with just a whisper |
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Thursday, January 05, 2012
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Mod43 and Lucas Systems have joined forces to deliver a voice-based solution for Oracle’s warehouse management system customers that allows speech as an input for picking and directing warehouse tasks. The companies said the system, named Jennifer VoicePlus, will improve associate productivity and accuracy, reducing distribution center costs and improving performance. Mod43, a systems integrator specializing in Oracle WMS applications and Lucas Systems, a pr...
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| Growers picks warehouse system |
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
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Growers Express, a large U.S. supplier of fresh vegetables, has picked Junction Solutions to increase its warehouse efficiency and visibility. Specifically, Growers will use Junction's Wireless Warehouse platform. The system allows companies to manage their inventory and order management with automatic data collection and wireless connections between the platform and handheld devices. "Junction Solutions' Wireless Warehouse provides us with greate...
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| IFS expands in Latin America |
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
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Global enterprise application provider IFS has signed an agreement to purchase 100 percent of the shares of LatinIFS Tecnologia da Informação S.A. in cash. The acquisition is geared to strengthen IFS in the Latin American market. The move follows other acquisitions by IFS in the Brazil, Russia, India and China economies. IFS specializes in warehouse and supply chain management systems. LatinIFS is an existing distributor of IFS’ application and was...
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| Komyo picks RedPrairie |
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Friday, December 16, 2011
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Komyo Logistics will use RedPrairie’s On-Demand Warehouse software to facilitate work with small and mid-sized shippers. The platform will allow Komyo to offer logistics services to all customers using a dedicated or shared facility, as well as supporting its material handling and management services. The On-Demand Warehouse service enables Komyo to track all its services on a single platform, provides online reporting options, and gives its cus...
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| Peruvian chain uses LogFire in Lima warehouse |
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
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Supermercados Peruanos S.A. (SPSA), one of the largest supermarket chains in Peru, has implemented a Cloud-based warehouse management service (WMS) from LogFire at its new distribution center in the Southern region of Lima. According to LogFire, the implementation of the new WMS took four months to go live and included redesigning logistical processes and enhanced integration with its existing ERP system. The WMS system has also been made available on mobile tablets that are us...
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| Capgemini, GT Nexus tie up deal |
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Monday, October 03, 2011
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The Paris-based consulting and outsourcing company Capgemini has partnered with Oakland-based supply chain software-as-a-service developer GT Nexus, the companies said last week. The agreement calls on the companies to jointly market what they call “supply chain orchestration.” Essentially, the two companies will collaboratively sell supply chain applications across North America and Europe, enabled by GT Nexus’ technology platform. “This is a unique combination of ...
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| DHL opens Beijing pharma warehouse |
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
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DHL said Wednesday it has opened an additional facility in China designed to serve the pharmaceutical industry. The logistics company said the life sciences and health care "competence center" in Beijing is similar to facilities opened in Shanghai in 2009 and in Seoul, Korea, this July. The 140-square-meter temperature-controlled warehouse is located at the Beijing Capital International Airport and will offer dedicated temperature-sensitive storage for life science ...
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| CDC Software offers cloud inventory product |
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
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CDC Software Corp., a provider of enterprise software applications and services, will make available CDC TradeBeam i-Supply 7.6, the latest version of its cloud collaborative inventory management application. The company said CDC TradeBeam i-Supply 7.6 is delivered on a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that enables manufactures to give their suppliers real-time visibility into forecasts and inventory status, such as what is on hand, has been used, ordered, shipped and recei...
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| DHL takes control of LifeConEx |
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
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DHL Global Forwarding has bought out Lufthansa Cargo’s half of LifeConEx, the joint venture started in 2005 to provide life sciences companies a cold-chain transportation manager with stringent controls for temperature-sensitive products. The logistics company’s value proposition is that it integrates the operating standards of the airline, ground handling, packing, technology and freight forwarder service providers to ensure there are no breakdowns in the chain of custody. It ...
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| Exel to build large Laredo DC |
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Friday, September 16, 2011
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Exel, the North American contract logistics unit of DHL Supply Chain, said it will build a 250,000-square-foot distribution center in Laredo, Texas, to serve as a hub for shipping across the U.S.-Mexico border. Officials expect to complete the multiclient facility, which will meet the highest security and environmental certifications, by July 2012. The site has capacity for expansion. Capabilities will include comprehensive managed transportation services, a large ...
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