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| IDII News 2008 WMS RESEARCH STUDY IS STARTING - ERP & WMS Software Vendors are invited to participate! - - - Download application at http://www.idii.com/2008WMSRESEARCH.pdf now!Deadline has been extended to September 1st 2007. "Glossary of Supply Chain Terminology" is now ONLINE! Are you a WERC member? Then check it out via the WERC website. IDII has partnered with WERC to provide an ever growing encyclopedia of definitions of terms, words, and abbreviations utilized in the supply chain languages! New White Papers - White Paper Index -Suggest A White Paper Navigating the TMS Marketplace - How to select an ASP/SaaS version of a Transportation Management System - from LMS Logistics see http://www.lmslogistics.comCurrent and future green transportation and logistics strategies - http://www.eft.com/supplychain/free_report.shtml?source=idii TOP ISSUES in Hi-Tech & Electronics Supply Chain Report - http://www.eft.com/hitech/free_report.shtml?source=idii Technology & Software Product News Accellos Acquires Maximum Data Solutions. Maximum Data Solutions, Inc. is an ISV of Automated Data Collection hardware and software for companies that utilize the Microsoft Dynamics GP ERP packages. Founded in 1999 by David Carleton and Jeffrey Wright. Maximum Data Solutions is a Microsoft Dynamics GP partner. This acquisition further expands Accellos' capabilities as a leader in the supply chain WMS market. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.With the addition of Maximum Data, Accellos now has over 140 dedicated employees and nearly 1,000 loyal supply chain customers. ALK Releases Latest Version of ALK|FleetSuite including PC*Miler 21. ALK|FleetSuite 21 has been updated with the latest street-level data available including more truck-specific detail than any other database on the market. There are over 460,000 highway miles of truck restrictions and allowances as well as over 5,000 truck weight enhancements. Using ALK|FleetSuite Directions drivers can generate automated turn-by-turn driving directions in real-time to their final destination. These directions can be transmitted with varying degrees of detail to conserve bandwidth and minimize messaging costs. Even at the lowest level of detail, ALK's directions convey the necessary information in a visual format drivers can understand at a glance. Directions are transmitted in XML, and seamlessly delivered in real-time over the drivers' communications systems. ALK|FleetSuite Mapping offers the industry's finest, most versatile, easy-to-read mapping solution for fleet management. Managers can pinpoint the exact location of their fleet based on real-time latitude/longitude information. They can zoom out to any selected point of view, from a city, a county, a state, a region or virtually all of North America. Any size fleet, from a handful of trucks to thousands, can benefit from ALK|FleetSuite Mapping's display. While a truck is en route, ALK|FleetSuite Estimated Time of Arrival/Out of Route, (ETA/OoR) can issue an alert when a truck deviates by a user-defined degree from the assigned route. Similarly, ALK|FleetSuite ETA/OoR can maintain an ongoing estimate of a truck's arrival time at a specific destination and generate a revised ETA as conditions change. Epicor Expands Its Presence in Latin America through Strategic Alliances in Chile and Colombia. GRSI (Glen Road Systems, Inc.) Announces FastTrak® 2.0 Warehouse Control and Order Management System. FastTrak® 2.0, GRSI's redesigned proprietary warehouse control (WCS) and order management system (OMS) software suite, automates, integrates, coordinates, and controls all warehouse activities. FastTrak® 2.0 WMS and OMS connects to ERP, WMS, legacy distribution, warehouse systems, RF picking, light picking, and voice picking plans. It integrates warehouse material handling systems, sorters, picking, packing, and automated packaging equipment to enhance warehouse functionality. Orders are also grouped in batch and wave for enhanced efficiency and functionality. Consequently, it decreases fulfillment cycle time and labor costs by using pick to light, RF, voice, carousel, sorter, and packing optimization applications. From start to finish, the entire ordering process is monitored, controlled, and maintained by FastTrak® 2.0. The software streamlines the ordering process, accelerates order turnaround, and increases order accuracy with lower labor costs. FastTrak® 2.0 software suite features dynamic and statistical diagnostic troubleshooting and maintenance tools. Its newly designed core module handles all host information and warehouse activities. It is extremely fast and can process over 3,000 warehouse transactions per minute. RedPrairie WMS enhances 3PL features and billing options. The new user-defined billing options span across all operations including receipt check in, putaway, picking, loading, storage, and value-added services. Included in the offering are features created for 3PL's that focus on specific vertical industries including Automotive OEM suppliers, food cold chain storage providers, co-packers that operate in the CPG industry and retailer crossdock facilities. RFID SMART Container Patent Issued to ODIN technologies. ODIN technologies, was recently awarded another RFID patent, which related to a project dubbed the Secure Material Accounted in Real Time (S.M.A.R.T.) container. U.S. Patent No. 7,256,682 relates to, for example, a wide range of embodiments having active and/or passive RFID to provide efficient and accurate visibility of assets as they travel in a closed container. One embodiment of the technology would be for dynamically updating contents of a container to a "parent" tag on the exterior of the container. This would allow a completely accurate inventory of the contents by simply interrogating the tag on the outside of the container. As items are added or removed the SMART container dynamically updates the parent tag, so that anytime the parent tag is interrogated all contents are accurately accounted for without requiring human intervention. WhereNet Corp., a Zebra Technologies company (NASDAQ:ZBRA) announced availability of WhereSoft(TM) Yard version 5.0. Featuring user-defined business rules to automate workflow in medium-to-large yards, this latest release of the WhereNet(R) yard management system (YMS) software serves as an advanced planning and execution system. Depending on the volume and velocity of the yard operation, WhereSoft Yard can be used with or without the benefit of WhereNet's international standards-based real-time locating system (RTLS) technology. WhereSoft Yard 5.0 features the following new capabilities: -- Directed Task Assignment: Customers may now choose between one of two modes when communicating trailer move requests to yard tractor drivers. The original "job list" mode allows drivers to select moves from lists displayed on computers within their tractors. In contrast, with the new "directed assignment" mode, the WhereNet system automatically assigns moves to specific drivers based on move priority, driver status, and driver location relative to the trailer that needs to be moved. This intelligent task assignment increases driver productivity while minimizing travel distance and increasing dock door turns, thereby increasing the overall yard capacity. -- Fast Gate: This new module uses WherePort(TM) devices (short-range magnetic exciters) within gate lanes to detect permanently tagged trailers as they approach the yard gate. The system automatically matches trailers with inbound schedules and populates the check-in form with related information, such as trailer number, carrier, route, trip, load status, priority, trailer type, trailer length, and driver identification. Customers can use the WhereSoft Yard application programming interface (API) to control electronic message boards that instruct drivers where to park inbound trailers as they pull through the gate. -- Easy Dock: This new module was designed specifically for warehouse personnel who are responsible for loading and unloading trailers at dock doors. Easy Dock has large touch-screen buttons and displays that allow dock operators to quickly view doors and update trailer statuses from forklifts or stationary workstations. An optional Easy Dock plug-in allows forklift operators to wirelessly create shippers while loading empty container racks onto outbound trailers. Scripture to Ponder - List of Scriptures to Ponder from prior issues. "They must first be tested; and then if there is nothing against them, let them serve as deacons." - 1 Timothy 3:10Famous Quotes to Ponder - List of Quotes to Ponder from prior issues. "It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there's nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control? The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized." - Wayne DyerWebsites To Check Out Suggest an educational supply chain website - send to editor@idii.com
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