Lift truck fuel cells: Plug Power introduces the next generation of its GenDrive fuel
cell products. Designed as a drop-in replacement for lead-acid batteries in electric
lift trucks, GenDrive now features a number of enhancements designed to increase
reliability and improve lift and towing capacity.
With a simplified architecture and common system platform featuring 30 percent
fewer components, GenDrive now provides users with greater flexibility in managing deployments. Plug Power says it has been able to enhance the GenDrive product offerings in a way that simplifies the system and offers customers improved reliability and performance. (Plug Power Inc., www.plugpower.com)
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Expanded reverse logistics service: Ryder
System Inc., a provider of supply chain, warehousing, and transportation management solutions, has expanded its reverse logistics capability
to include a co-location solution. The new offering integrates forward and reverse logistics in the
same facility to further optimize the returns
process and drive greater value recovery of
returned assets. By co-locating the distribution
management of finished goods with returns
processes such as technical repair, refurbishment,
and repackaging in the same facility, this solution
offers companies the ability to achieve greater
speed to shelf, visibility, and cost-savings.
Ryder’s reverse logistics capability consists
of a full suite of integrated reverse logistics
and IT solutions to handle the management
of returned goods from end to end. These
solutions include initiation of return materials
authorization (RMA); product sorting; credit
reconciliation; triage and functional testing;
technical repair; parts reclamation; scrap, disposal, and recycling; and packaging/kitting. A
Web-based portal supports return materials
authorization (RMA) initiation, validation, and
serial number control tracking and provides
visibility for each step in the returns process at
the serial number and SKU level.
Benefits to customers include lower administrative costs, fewer transportation miles,
lower fuel costs, and improved visibility and
control throughout the product lifecycle while
achieving faster processing speed, Ryder says.
An efficient returns management process
can also play a critical role in meeting corporate sustainability goals. A co-location strategy further supports carbon footprint reduction and corporate sustainability goals
through fewer transportation miles, lower
vehicle fuel consumption, and lower building
carbon output. A more agile supply chain also
decreases product obsolescence and reduces
total inventory levels. (Ryder, www.ryder.com)
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Far East container shipping services: Global
container shipping line APL has enhanced its
Japan-to-Thailand and Philippines coverage as a
slot operator in a tie-up with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines
(MOL). The new service, named Japan-Thailand-Philippine (JTP) service, will enhance
APL’s coverage of Japanese ports. It offers APL
customers direct access to markets in Shimizu
and Nagoya. It also links Korea to the Southeast
Asian markets of Thailand and the Philippines.
JTP offers one of the industry’s best transit
times between Japan and Thailand, and the
Philippines to Japan. Port rotation for the JTP
service will be: Tokyo, Yokohama, Shimizu,
Nagoya, Pusan, Laem Chabang, Manila, and
Tokyo. (APL, www.apl.com) ;
