DC Velocity - December 2015

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( 29 percent), and redesign their supply chain network ( 28 percent).

Another way to streamline logistics operations is by investing in software. So it’s probably little surprise that survey respondents plan to buy a broad range of automated solutions in 2016. Of the companies that anticipate making software purchases, 30 percent said they expect to buy a warehouse management system (WMS), while 22 percent plan to purchase inventory optimization software. Twenty-one percent of those respondents said they planned to buy a transportation management system (TMS), 20 percent an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, and 19 percent an application for business analytics/intelligence.

The survey respondents were closely connected to their companies’ buying decisions, with 74 percent saying they were personally involved in buying logistics-related products and services for their operations.

—Ben Ames

XPO Logistics Inc. has appointed Tony Brooks president of the company’s less-than-truckload (LTL) operations. … Third-party logistics service provider Amware Fulfillment has appointed Harry Drajpuch chief operating officer. …

National DCP, the $2 billion
supply chain management
cooperative for Dunkin’ Donuts
franchisees, has added Tony DeMarco as vice
president, operations, at the company’s DC
in Westampton Township, N.J. … John Hoeft
has joined Advance Storage Products as vice
president of operations. … Peter Falchetta,
Ankit Patel, and
Long Vo have
joined intralo-
gistics company
Invata as auto-
mation engi-
neers. … Bastian
Solutions, a
global material handling systems integrator,
has hired Joe Zoghzoghy as mobile robot-
ics manager. … Craig Amato has joined V3
Transportation as a senior adviser and inves-
tor. … Southeastern Freight Lines, a provider
of regional less-than-truckload transportation
services, has promoted Justin Proffitt to ser-
vice center manager in Wichita Falls, Texas,
and Chris Wyckoff to service center manag-
er in Rocky Mount, N.C. … Dayton Freight
Lines Inc., a less-than-truckload freight carrier,
has promoted Nathan Reed to service center
manager at its Walton, Ky., and London, Ky.,
facilities. … Baldor Electric Co.,
which makes industrial elec-
tric motors, mechanical power
transmission products, drives,
and generator sets, has pro-
moted Ryan Fitts to director
of quality. … Ray Smith has
joined freight forwarder Icat
Logistics Inc. as its new senior vice president
of the Baltimore-Washington International
Airport office. … Freightos, a logistics tech-
nology startup that is bringing freight book-
ing and sales online, has opened its first U.S.
office. The new office will be headed by Philip
Blumenthal.
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Product or service of respondents

Racks and shelving 37 Safety products 37 Lift trucks 36 Battery handling/batteries 29 Conveyors 26 Dock products 25 Shrink-wrap products 23 Warehouse/DC-based third-party logistics services 22 Containers 18 RFID 18 EXHIBIT 1

Which of the following material
handling-related products/services do you
plan to buy in 2016?

Product or service of respondents Less-than-truckload motor freight 77 Truckload motor freight 67 Small package 66 Air freight 46 Transportation-based third-party logistics services 41 Rail/intermodal 40 Express/expedited/time-critical 36 Maritime/ocean 36 Private fleet tractors and/or trailers 21 Barge 5 EXHIBIT 2