Transport Management System News

Oracle Recognized for Wide Breadth of Offerings And Impressive Market Momentum

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.,Forrester Research, a leading independent research firm, has named Oracle Transportation Management the sole Leader in its independent report "The Forrester Wave(tm): Transportation Management Solutions, Q1 2008."1 Oracle was among the nine companies that Forrester invited to participate in its January 29, 2008, Forrester Wave report.
According to the report, "Oracle scored the highest relative to its competitors across ground transportation planning, freight payment, multimodal transportation, implementation services and product strategy and vision."2 The report continues: "References were extremely positive and noted the depth of the implementation team's expertise as a key asset."3

Solution delivers more effective communication and coordination with transportation providers

Milwaukee, Wisconsin – RedPrairie Corporation, a world leading consumer driven optimization company, announced today the availability of RedPrairie Routing Portal™, a web-based solution for coordinating inbound shipments and reverse logistics. The software enables personnel throughout the enterprise to manage transport delivery requests and coordinate dock scheduling with carriers. Features include robust validation, location profiles, alerts, and automated communications to and from inbound suppliers. Customer or stock returns are easily managed as well. RedPrairie Routing Portal supports both inbound shipment routing requests for consignee-controlled freight, and advance ship notices on vendor-prepaid inbounds.

Evaluation based on Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision in Transportation Management Systems

Redwood Shores, Calif., 23-JAN-2008 05:00 AM Oracle today announced that Oracle(r) Transportation Management has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in Gartner's 2007 Transportation Management Systems (TMS) Magic Quadrant.(1) Oracle Transportation Management is a comprehensive planning and execution platform for shippers and third-party Logistics providers that helps lower costs, enables improved Customer Service and asset utilization and provides flexible, global fulfillment options. Oracle Transportation Management is available as a stand-alone product, or as an integrated component with the Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne.

Latest Integration Enables Customers to Streamline and Better Manage Costs within Domestic and Global Transportation Networks

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.,23-JAN-2008 05:00 AM In a continued effort to provide customers with best-in-class Supply Chain Management capabilities, Oracle today announced the integration of Oracle(r) Transportation Management with Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne. Customers will now be equipped to minimize costs and gain control of transportation and Logistics operations while eliminating inefficient and redundant processes.
"Previously, we were required to build our own integration between JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and Oracle Transportation Management," said Land O Lakes Vice President Transformation and ERP, Mark Thome. "The newly delivered integration from Oracle will allow customers to reduce or eliminate their own integration efforts to enable faster implementation at a lower total cost of ownership."

BLUE BELL, Pa., October 4, 2007 – Unisys announces that the Air France Cargo network is now available through Unisys-operated Cargo Portal Services (CPS)*, a leading electronic booking and shipment management service for the air cargo industry. Freight forwarders around the world are now able to take advantage of the extensive Air France Cargo - KLM Cargo route network when booking and managing shipments.

“This development builds on KLM Cargo's success with CPS over the last four years. As a merged company, we are committed to offering clients the most suitable electronic tools to do business with us, so it was natural to extend CPS coverage for all clients through our combined network,” said Michael Wisbrun, president, Air France Cargo - KLM Cargo.

JOPLIN, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SiriCOMM, Inc., (OTCBB:SIRC) announced the launch of reseller programs with two leading truck driver service providers on www.MyConvoy.com, the Company’s new social networking web site designed specifically for over-the-road truck drivers. The new services being marketed on My Convoy.com are:

TruckersEdge® Load Board service from TransCore
FleetNav Express™ Truck specific Routing service from Maptuit® Corporation
“MyConvoy.com’s social networking format is designed to be the in-spot for the Technology savvy truck driver, making it the perfect spot to market web-based driver productivity services,” stated Mark Grannell, SiriCOMM president and CEO. “We are leveraging our network of Hot Spots and our web services to create new opportunities for advertisers and revenue streams for SiriCOMM.”

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore is the 2007 winner of the International Customer Management Institute’s (ICMI) prestigious Global Call Center of the Year Award in the small-to-medium size category. The award is presented annually at ICMI's flagship Call Center conference, the Annual Call Center Exhibition (ACCE), to the very best call centers in the world as a visible way to celebrate excellence in ICMI's global membership community of thousands of Call Center professionals.

“TransCore is an outstanding example of the high-level of performance that smaller call centers are capable of achieving,” said Ted Hopton, ICMI's Membership director.

to Develop Satellite-Based Container Tracking Prototype
Asset Tracking Product to Provide Global Visibility of Intermodal Cargo Containers

OTTAWA, Canada & TOULOUSE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The European Space Agency (ESA) selects TransCore, a company that provides satellite asset tracking on three continents through its GlobalWave technology, and Novacom Services, a subsidiary of Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS), to lead the development of an asset tracking prototype that will provide continuous visibility of intermodal containers and eliminate the line-of-sight complication that hinders global tracking of containers while in transit. The prototype should be completed by end of 2008.

24 September 2007

Following the successful introduction of vehicle tracking as the first phase of a £1M contract awarded to Microlise by Castle Cement Limited, part of the Heidelberg Cement Group, the company are now delivering the next phases which include driver management and proof of delivery.

The solution, which has been termed 'eTicket', is designed to deliver large improvements in Customer Service and efficiency savings by eliminating paperwork and data re-keying, reducing customer queries and automating proof of delivery processing as well as allowing instant issue of accurate invoices for products delivered.

Leading CPG company deploys on-demand transportation management platform, completes 2007 bid in eight weeks

Alameda, CA, September 26, 2007 — GT Nexus announced today that Del Monte Foods Company (NYSE:DLM) selected its Trade and Logistics Portal to serve as the food giant’s international transportation management and shipment visibility platform. The platform was successfully used for the 2007 ocean transportation bid, including optimization of the transportation spend and carrier allocations. The company’s finalized ocean contracts have been digitized, making them easy to manage and monitor by Del Monte and its ocean carriers.

Company Recognized for Excellence in Customer Service
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TransCore is one of two finalists in the International Customer Management Institute’s (ICMI) Membership's Global Call Center of the Year Award in the small-to-medium category. The award honors the best call centers from among ICMI’s 5,000 members in 50 countries. Last year’s winners and finalists in all categories included 1-800-FLOWERS, CUETS, GE Capital Solutions, and MASCO Services.

“The vast majority of call centers are small-to-medium sized," explained Brad Cleveland, president of ICMI. "We honor these centers with their own award to recognize their incredible accomplishments under challenging conditions.”

DALLAS -- August 9, 2007 --i2 Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITWO) today announced that Caprabo, a leading supermarket retail chain in Spain, deployed i2 transportation solutions to decrease the company’s overall transportation costs in addition to increasing the store delivery service levels. The solution is designed to support the process of planning, executing, and monitoring the complete shipment management lifecycle while also optimizing the transportation network.

Caprabo uses i2 transportation solution to enable:
• Shipment order management
• Robust and flexible tariff management with routing and rating capabilities

DES MOINES, Iowa (Aug. 2, 2007) – A company’s success is largely determined by the quality of its leaders. At Ruan Transport Corp. Jim Mulvenna is working to ensure that strong leaders remain part of the company’s future. Recently appointed to vice president of administration, Mulvenna will continue his current duties in training and management development but will also manage special projects, staff coordination and action control. Ruan’s continuous process improvement program will also be under his leadership.

“Jim’s promotion recognizes his extensive knowledge and administrative skills that have made him a great leader at Ruan,” said John Ruan III, chairman and CEO of Ruan Transport Corp. “His ability to recruit the right people and identify leadership qualities will ensure we continue to offer Ruan employees career growth opportunities to better meet the needs of our customers.”

ARMONK, NY - 01 Aug 2007: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the successful completion of a pilot test on traffic prediction in Singapore's Central Business District.

Using historical traffic data and real-time traffic input from the Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA)'s i-Transport system, IBM's Traffic Prediction Tool predicted traffic flows over pre-set durations (10, 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes). Overall prediction results were well above the target accuracy of 85 percent. With these predictions, LTA's traffic controllers will be able to anticipate and better manage the flow of traffic to prevent the build-up of congestion.

Innisfil, ON Canada: August 1, 2007 - Arcline (2000) Inc., producers of ArcFleet™ Trucking Dispatch and ArcFreight™ Brokerage Software have completed the interface to Sage Accpac ERP System.

This comprehensive accounting integration will allow clients to seamlessly transfer all financial transactions into one of Canada’s leading edge software systems. ArcFreight™ and ArcFleet™ Dispatch Management Software Systems not only transmit financial data to the Sage Accpac ERP system, but will automatically produce new accounts in Sage Accpac ERP software, creating a one time data entry environment between software products.

SolArc RightAngle Provides Single Solution for Deal Capture, Scheduling/Movement, Inventory, Risk Management and Accounting

HOUSTON (July 31, 2007) – SolArc, Inc., an innovative, market-focused software company that dramatically improves the performance of commodity-intensive businesses, announced today that Westport Petroleum, Inc. (WPI), an international company that provides commercial and operational services to the energy industry has selected SolArc RightAngle as its comprehensive petroleum trade management solution.

About Westport Petroleum, Inc.
Westport Petroleum, Inc. (WPI) is an international company with a leading position in petroleum trading, blending, and transportation. WPI provides a wide array of commercial and operational services to the energy industry including pipeline and cargo trading of gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, refinery feedstocks, cutterstocks, bunker fuel, and fuel oils throughout the United States and major international energy markets.

Third Generation Core Modem with Onboard GPS Doubles Battery Life and Response Times

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Minn.-based Dart Transit Co., the 14th largest truckload dry van fleet in North America, selects TransCore’s 3sixty™ Fleet Management, powered by GlobalWave®, to add the all-satellite Sense & Track™ trailer tracking system with integrated sensor suite to its dry van and reefer fleets. The Sense & Track system features the third-generation core modem and onboard GPS Technology needed for enhanced functionality such as true geofencing, fast response times and extended battery life of up to six years.

Menlo Park, CA July 26, 2007 -- KonaWare, provider of the world’s most robust and configurable fleet Logistics and motor freight applications, today announced that Cornerstone Productions has deployed KonaWare’s easily customizable Fleet Location and Vehicle Management (LVM) solution. The LVM solution is designed to improve visibility and monitor events such as equipment location, arrival, departure and trailer hook and unhook. Cornerstone Productions designs, develops and deploys world-class promotions at some of Americas largest retailers across the United States.

“We are pleased with the difference Konaware has made in our day-to-day operations. The application has improved our level of customer satisfaction and gives us a competitive edge,” said Joshua Ramsey, Director of Operations.

Innisfil, ON Canada: July 18, 2007 - Arcline (2000) Inc., producers of ArcFleet™ Trucking Dispatch and ArcFreight™ Brokerage Software; launch ArcGroups™ division module to segregate the database into sections based on the individual transportation requirements of each customer.

ArcGroups™ may be defined as divisions, branches, sales people or any other distinct group within a transportation company. This feature will filter information throughout the program based on the groups an individual user account in a member of. “This feature will allow our customers to filter data for any organizational reason. Some customers may wish for salespeople to only view their associated customers, or dispatchers to only view their associated loads etc. Fully customizable will allow each customer to tailor the program to suit their individual organization needs”, says Michelle Dirracolo President of Arcline (2000) Inc.

System Facilitates Real-Time Access and Query of Geospatial Data Access for Proposed Routes, Traffic Signals Inventory, Intersection, and Other Transportation Agency Requirements

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., July 17, 2007 – Driving real-time transportation intelligence, the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) now can access and query data across the enterprise via a geospatial-based interface with Intergraph Corp.’s Integrated Transportation Management System (ITMS).

Intergraph’s ITMS ensures consistency in the look and feel of maps used across SCDOT, while an interactive Web-based legend permits customized display if desired. Through ITMS, road design data and proposed routes and projects, as well as traffic signals inventory and intersection information are now available in real-time. Information can be joined real-time across other transportation management systems and applications to ensure answers are available when needed. ITMS allows all users access to the information they need from one interface, including map-based query results, photolog images, and tabular reports drawn from data stored in multiple data platforms including Oracle® and SQLServer®.

Company Chooses Cadre Technologies’ Cadence for Competitive Advantage

DENVER, Colo., July 12, 2007 – Pegasus Logistics Group, a worldwide transportation Logistics company, has chosen Cadre Technologies as its Logistics software provider. Pegasus Logistics Group will soon be integrating Cadre’s most advanced warehouse Logistics software, Cadence®, into their global transportation management solution.

Pegasus Logistics Group was founded in 1994 near Dallas, Tex., and is one of the fastest growing Logistics companies in the country. Pegasus executives know this growth must be supported by a sophisticated picking, packing and tracking system to maximize efficiency for their company and its clients. Several Logistics and fulfillment software providers showcased their Technology for Pegasus, but Cadre’s Cadence system emerged as the most comprehensive and customizable solution. With real-time data, merchandise tracking and other vital capabilities, coupled with Cadre’s superior Customer Service and knowledgeable staff, Cadre was the clear winner.

Precision TRAXi3 Version 7.0 Available OnPremise, OnDemand and OnAppliance
CHICAGO – July 10, 2007 – Precision Software, a division of QAD Inc. (NASDAQ: QADI) today announced the latest expansion of its leading-edge Global Trade and transportation management solution, Precision TRAXi3, which was previewed recently at Precision's user's conference, Global Exchange 2007 in Chicago.

Precision’s latest software release provides an enterprise scope solution for both production and non-production environments. The addition of a new web-based Supply Chain visibility portal and a new web-based non-production desktop shipping portal enables companies to reduce inventories and streamline shipping practices by making more effective decisions about the movement of goods and materials within the boundaries of the company and across the supply chain.

Boston, MA — July 11, 2007

BOSTON, MA – July 11, 2007 – A new transportation management report by Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE:HHS) reveals how Best-in-Class companies are able to win company-wide support for transportation initiatives and realize their goals of reducing freight spend and improving on-time delivery rates.

Companies repeatedly cited the same goals Relevant to transportation management:

• Improved VISIBILITY of transportation information across departments • Enhanced COLLABORATION with carriers and suppliers • Continued REDUCTION in freight spend For most companies however, these goals are never realized. Transportation initiatives continually get pushed to the back burner and freight spend increases year after year, while companies still struggle to meet Customer Service goals.

OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 2, 2007--Werner Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WERN), one of the nation's largest truckload transportation and Logistics companies, announced today it is a validated member in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program.

The C-TPAT is a joint government business initiative to build cooperative relationships that strengthen the overall Supply Chain and border security, developed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection. As a C-TPAT participant, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security views Werner as an active participant in the war against terror.

TietoEnator Corporation Press Release 27 June 2007 at 11.00 am EET

TietoEnator has signed a three-year cooperation agreement with SDC, the Swedish forest industry's provider of IT services, on KOLA, a TietoEnator solution for planning and control of timber transports. The agreement means that SDC takes over the responsibility for further development and marketing of the solution in Sweden and that TietoEnator becomes a development and competence partner to SDC. Simultaneously, KOLA is launched as a business solution for transports within the forest industry.

"TietoEnator's system KOLA was the piece of the puzzle that was missing to obtain an unbroken information chain between forest and industry. The goal is now for KOLA to become a business solution and in that way facilitate for haulers driving for several freighters. At the same time, the development costs will be shared", says Torbjörn Johansson, Managing Director, SDC.