Window of opportunity: Reddaway, a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide Inc., announces the
launch of a new Guaranteed Window Delivery less-than-truckload service. With this new
service, customers can request four levels of window delivery precision—
single-hour-spe-cific, multi-hour-specific, day-specific, and multi-day—to meet their individual needs.
All four levels of service are backed with the Reddaway standard money-back guarantee. Customers can use Reddaway Guaranteed Window Delivery services to reduce
chargebacks, improve vendor scorecard performance, accommodate installation
schedules, and manage their inventory turns with speed and precision. (Reddaway,
www.usfc.com)
Location, location, location: Hardcat, a provider
of fixed asset management solutions, has developed a program to help medium-sized to large
logistics organizations better understand their
assets and save money. The Hardcat Asset
Lifecycle Program is a comprehensive, enter-prisewide asset management solution that allows
assets—from office equipment to facility machinery and company vehicles—to be managed and
better utilized throughout their life cycles.
Hardcat’s Asset Lifecycle Program employs a
highly configurable Web-based asset tracking
solution to deliver cost savings via the ability to
accurately locate and redeploy existing assets
to where they are needed most. The solution
combines asset tracking software with hardware using bar-code and RFID technology.
(Hardcat, (702) 427-8702, www.hardcat.com)
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Cups runneth over: Vi-Cas Manufacturing
offers a wide variety of accessories for material
handling equipment, including vacuum valves,
swivel joints, and level compensators. When
used with lifters, manipulators, pick-and-place
systems, packaging, label applicators, and other
vacuum equipment, applicable vacuum cup
accessories can speed material handling and
provide economical operations.
Vacuum valves, which open to create suction
only when they contact the work-piece, save
energy over the constant-vacuum situation normally encountered with traditional, non-valved
cups. This provides a quieter work environment
and substantial energy savings.
Swivel joints pivot up to 30 degrees in any
direction to compensate for application on
uneven surfaces. These self-leveling joints
properly orient the vacuum cup to the work-piece, even if that orientation changes from
cycle to cycle. Level compensators automatically compensate for changes in vertical orientation of the work-piece. Virtually any type of fitting or adaptor can also be added. Eliminating
the need for proper orientation and height of
work-pieces can increase the speed of production lines and overall productivity.
Vi-Cas can also quote custom designs from customer-supplied drawings and reverse engineer
from customer-supplied cups. (Vi-Cas
Manufacturing, (513) 791-7741, www.vi-cas.com)
