DC Velocity - February 2011

alliances

; Dey break. M.E. Dey has selected Kewill’s Export Compliance Solution to help manage its trade compliance activities. The solution provides regulatory compliance screening for denied/restricted parties, export license determination for 30-plus countries, and embargoed/sanctioned country lists. M.E. Dey, a Milwaukee-based customs broker and freight forwarder, will use the Kewill solution to boost efficiency and support growth.

newsworthy Innovative Systems Solutions

; Secret sauce. Ken’s Foods has announced plans to begin shipping its retail products on pooled plastic pallets from Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS). The Marlborough, Mass.-based maker of salad dressings and sauces says it chose the iGPS plastic pallet service partly for its environmental advantages over wood.

; Power up. The Raymond Corp. will be installing the PowerFleet vehicle management system from I.D. Systems on the lift trucks destined for an undisclosed package delivery and logistics customer. The $1.1 million deal is part of a marketing agreement between Raymond and I.D. Systems in which Raymond will offer PowerFleet to its customers.

; More in store. Logistica La Serenisima S.A. recently expanded and upgraded the Westfalia automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) at its facility in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As part of the upgrade, the company added a fourth storage/retrieval machine (SRM) and updated the software and conveyor controls.

; 21-gun salute. Forte, a distribution consulting and systems integration firm, recently completed an upgrade at the rue21 DC in Weirton, W.V., that doubled the facility’s store packing capacity. The upgrade at the specialty fashion retailer’s 189,600-square-foot DC included the implementation of an automated pack-to-light system and a work platform structure as well as warehouse control system upgrades.

; Going Dutch. Overtoom, a Netherlands-based retailer of office supplies and warehouse and work-place equipment, has selected Manhattan Associates’ Warehouse Management solution to optimize its domestic and international distribution operations. Manhattan’s WMS was implemented at Overtoom’s 377,000-square-foot DC in Den Dolder, which serves the Dutch market and other parts of central Europe.

; Going for four. Jacobson, a U.S.-based third-party logistics service provider, is implementing a number of software solutions from Four Soft (4S). They include 4S eTrans, a multimodal transportation management system; 4S Visilog, an order management system; 4S eCustoms, a global customs solution; and 4S Infotips, a business intelligence tool. The software will be implemented across Jacobson locations globally to help streamline mission-critical operations.

; Mooving ahead. Schreiber Foods has selected LeanLogistics’ On-Demand TMS to manage its transportation activities. Schreiber, which supplies dairy foods liked processed cheese to the food-service industry, will use the software to manage its refrigerated truckload shipments.

; On file. American Airlines Cargo is implementing Descartes’ Global Filer solution to manage its import customs filings to the European Union’s new import control system. Global Filer enables collaboration between multiple parties for customs security filings across different modes of transport.