newsworthy
A U.K. delivery company that very few have heard of is
poised to expand into the U.S. same-day delivery market,
with a little help from a company that everyone has heard of.
alliances
Descartes Systems Group has partnered with air
industry trade group IATA to develop a technology
bridge that helps air-cargo messaging participants
transition from legacy messaging procedures to the
new Cargo-XML standards. … Third-party logistics
service provider LS Distribution North America has
selected solutions from Manhattan Associates’
SCALE (Supply Chain Architected for Logistics
Execution) product suite. In addition, Gordon
Trucking, a Pacific, Wash.-based truckload service
provider, reports that it has seen reductions in
operating costs and deadhead miles following the
implementation of Manhattan’s Driver&Load module. … Internet Truckstop, the Web-based freight-matching service, is now fully integrated with
MercuryGate’s transportation management system.
… German company Stora Enso has selected GT
Nexus to provide a technology platform that will
help optimize the company’s global ocean logistics
operations. … Lexmark International Inc., a developer, manufacturer, and supplier of printing and
imaging solutions, has awarded Kuehne + Nagel a
10-year contract for the integrated management of
its European logistics services. Kuehne + Nagel has
also been awarded an exclusive contract to manage
logistics activities for Bayer HealthCare Chile. …
Holistic pet food company Hollywood Feed will
deploy Voxware’s Cloud Voice Management Suite
(VMS). … Barcoding Inc., a provider of mobility
solutions, and Marlin Steel Wire Products, a manufacturer of custom wire baskets and sheet metal
products, have collaborated to create RFID-tagged
steel fabrications. … TomTom Business Solutions, a
provider of GPS and fleet management solutions,
has created an incentive program in conjunction
with the New York State Energy Research and
Development Authority to help New York commercial and government fleet operators improve fleet
productivity and fuel efficiency. … InBound
Technologies and C3 Solutions have formed a
strategic partnership to integrate their respective
systems: LumperLink and C3 Reservations. … JKC
Joint Venture has awarded SDV Australia the contract for integrated freight forwarding services for
its Ichthys Onshore LNG Facilities Project in Darwin,
Northern Territory, Australia. … Enterprise resource
planning (ERP) solutions provider CompuTec
Integrated Solutions Inc. has chosen Jeeves
Information Systems, a developer of ERP solutions
for small and medium-sized businesses, as its strategic partner.
