alliances
Sidra Medical and Research Center, the
first academic medical center in the
Middle East, has selected Bastian
Solutions to design and install an automated sortation system for its distribution center. … Tremco Roofing and
Building Maintenance has expanded its
use of Datria Systems’ voice solution to
WTC, the roofing services arm of its
Canadian operations. … Foodservice
distributor Pate Dawson Co. has chosen TZA’s ProTrack Warehouse Labor
Management Solution for implementation across its distribution network.
… Tecsys has announced that a major
Cat dealer in the Western United States
has selected its warehouse management software solutions to manage its
service parts operations. … W&H
Systems has designed, supplied, and
installed a tilt-tray sortation system in
Netrada’s Cincinnati distribution center. … Ward Transport and Logistics is
implementing the next generation of
Cheetah Software’s mobile application. … American Woodmark Corp., a
supplier of cabinetry to the remodeling
and new construction industries, has
selected InfinityQS International’s
ProFicient real-time statistical process
control software to increase process
efficiency and reduce scrap. … Inttra, a
transactional network for ocean
freight, and Tradeshift, an online elec-tronic-invoice network, have entered
into a strategic alliance to enable
ocean carriers and their customers to
manage ocean freight invoices, disputes, and payments on a common
platform with a single connection. …
Ceva Logistics has been awarded additional business by Ford Motor Co.
Under the new arrangement, Ceva will
provide a range of logistics services for
Ford’s assembly plant in Louisville, Ky.,
including the deconsolidation of
inbound sea containers, small lot logistics, returnable container management, and transportation to and from
the plant.
Recyclers, investors step into the logistics business
Last August, Waste Management Inc., a major provider of waste management services, got into the logistics business.
The company acquired Access Computer Products, a company that provides reverse logistics, remarketing, and recycling services for cell
phones, ink and toner cartridges, and consumer electronics.
What brought Waste Management to the logistics table? In announcing the acquisition of Access Computer and Mordell LLC, a firm that
refurbishes and resells computer equipment, Waste Management said it
wanted to strengthen its position as a recycler of e-waste, one of the
fastest-growing commodities in the waste stream.
Benjamin Gordon, managing director of BG Strategic Partners, a Palm
Beach, Fla.-based mergers and acquisitions consulting firm that specializes in
logistics and the supply chain and that advised Access Computer and Mordell
on the deal, said the Waste Management deal is an indicator of what he
considers one of the most interesting emerging stories in the logistics business, and that is the growing interest of other industries in the business.
Gordon, speaking at the International Warehouse Logistics
Association’s annual conference in San Francisco, said he is seeing a blurring of lines between logistics providers and other businesses that want
to take advantage of what they offer. He cited the waste processing and
electronics industries in particular as interested in reverse logistics and
other logistics providers. ;
