DC Velocity - February 2016

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Vargo, a provider of material handling systems integration services, warehouse execution software, and equipment solutions for fulfillment and distribution centers, has hired Scott E. Shaw as director of project management, Justin Mathews as a computer software engineer, and Daniel Eric Ford as director of software. … Dorner Mfg. Corp. has appointed Lincoln Frazier Southeast regional sales manager. … Crane Worldwide Logistics has appointed Paul Higgins to head its Global Specialized Services division in Latin America. … International Business Systems, an integrated ERP, WMS, and supply chain solution provider, has named Graham Newland as the company’s first-ever chief customer officer. … The Allen Lund Co. has promoted Matt Christ and Casey Fletcher to business development specialist. … Third-party logistics service provider Pro Trans announced that Mallory Kerr, operations manager for freight management, and Eracleo Vallejo, operations manager for carrier teams, have earned the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) Certified Transportation Broker (CTB) designation. … Fetch Robotics has added Peggy Fong as chief operations officer and Dave Robson as chief of staff to the company’s executive team. … Bonded Logistics, a third-party logistics and supply chain management service provider, has hired Jan McCormick Jr. as marketing director. … Horton Holding Inc. has promoted Cordell Dietz to president and chief executive officer. … Third-party business support services provider a2b Fulfillment has promoted Debbie Skerly to vice president of business development. newsmakers

Transportation management software (TMS) vendor MercuryGate International Inc. has integrated its platform with a carrier onboarding tool from DAT Solutions, saying the move will allow MercuryGate’s users to swiftly bring on new carriers without leaving the application.

By hosting a website on behalf of users, DAT, through its “DAT Onboarding” tool, allows carriers to complete an online profile and view, print, and sign contracts through PDF documents instead of by exchanging faxes. The process is faster and more accurate than using manual data entry and feeding pages into fax machines, DAT says.

MercuryGate, based in Cary, N.C., says its TMS users—carriers, brokers, and shippers—will save time and minimize errors by adopting the electronic document-exchange approach.

To complete an online profile, carriers that use DAT Onboarding must enter their equipment type, services, geographic preferences, tax information, and insurance-agent details. Once the profile is completed, carriers can visit any broker’s site on the DAT Onboarding platform to sign that broker’s contract.

The two companies have previously collaborated on other software connections, as MercuryGate has also integrated DAT’s Load Board, RateView, and Carrier Watch products.