by Aaron HuffCommercial Carrier Journal With behemoths like FedEx and UPS, the market for parcel shipping is extremely competitive to say the least. Because of their size and coverage areas, these two publicly-traded companies have little reason to form alliances with other transportation companies to fill gaps. For smaller parcel carriers, alliances are they only way to compete in price …
End-to-End Supply Chain for U.S. Marine Corps
Military Logistics Forum, July 2012 “What DoD faces is a multi-party, multi-echelon problem,” said Gary Bradt, public sector vice president for One Network Enterprises. “They have a lot of silos that can’t communicate with each other. You can’t derive value or achieve rapid responses with all these disparate systems and processes.” One Network provides a real-time network that connects the …
DC Velocity: “Billion Dollar Baby”
By Steve Geary, DC Velocity To address the critical issue of multiple information systems, Menlo selected One Network Enterprises’ transportation applications as the initiative’s software backbone. “One Network’s next-generation transportation management suite was a principal component of our integrated solution proposal,” said Andy Dyer, a vice president at Menlo Worldwide Government Services and the program manager for DTCI, in prepared …
TMS: The Key Enabler
By Bridget McCrea, Logistics Management In survey after survey, year after year, analysts continue to find the same, somewhat surprising number: Only about one-third of “eligible” companies—those that would benefit from using a transportation management system (TMS)—are currently using a TMS. “It would stand to reason that more companies should be adopting TMS to ferret out transportation spend reductions, improve …
Arrow Hits Replenishment Target
By Merrill Douglas, Inbound Logistics Arrow aims at One Network’s platform to recharge its automated replenishment program, and hits the customer service bull’s eye. Arrow Electronics aims at the heart of its customers’ needs. Rather than wait until manufacturers place orders for new product, the Melville, N.Y.-based electronic components distributor discovers what customers require almost before they know it themselves. …
