Global Logistics and Supply Chain Strategies - June 2008 - (Page 19) ices, including local truckload and shuttle services. DSC ships Bumble Bee product to such retailers as Wal-Mart, Safeway, Sam’s Club and Costco in Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington. Visit www.dsclogistics.com. International Airfreight Forwarder Mach 1 Implements Cargo Wise ediEnterprise Solution CargoWise edi reports that international airfreight forwarder Mach 1 Global Services has deployed the ediEnterprise software solution in an effort to increase its international supply chain functionality. “Mach 1’s previous system was not able to keep up with its international growth and customer demands,” says Cris Arens, president of CargoWise edi. “The company asked us to provide an updated and fully integrated ERP-based platform that would provide increased operating functionality and supply chain visibility for customers in order to assist with its global expansion. By implementing our ediEnterprise solution, CargoWise edi was able to increase Mach 1’s supply chain management and functionality to meet its growing customer demands.” Modules that were installed include ediForwarder, ediDocManager and ediWebTracker, ediEnterprise’s online Web portal. The company is currently live with the ediEnterprise solution in the U.S., Mexico and Singapore and will be adding the software system to additional locations. “CargoWise edi has vastly upgraded our ability to provide greater supply chain visibility and shipment status reports for our customers,” says John Gray, vice president of administration for Mach 1. “By replacing our outdated AS400 system with the CargoWise ediEnterprise system we now have the ability to display dispatch and operational data on large screen plasma displays in customer service and national account control centers. The EDI interchange integration with Mach 1 customers also enables us to promote our new capabilities to current customers as well as prospects as we continue to build our international customer base.” Visit www.cargowise.com and www.mach1global.com. varieties for global brands, including Ford, Mazda and Volvo, are made at the facility. The Cologne factory produces more than one million transmissions annually for automotive manufacturers in Argentina, China, Europe, Japan, South Africa, Taiwan, the Philippines, and the United States. WhereNet says its Material Flow-Replenishment System combines business intelligence with real-time location and consumption-based demand data. The flexible parts replenishment solution tracks the exact time of every part request, automatically prioritizes the requests, and sends instructions to material handling drivers— whose vehicles are equipped with vehicle-mounted Wi-Fi termi- German Automotive Transmission Manufacturer Deploys WhereNet Replenishment System Getrag Ford Transmissions, one of the largest manufacturers of automotive transmissions in the world, has deployed WhereNet’s new Material Flow-Replenishment System at its two-millionsquare-foot assembly plant in Cologne, Germany, to automate parts replenishment processes as part of the company’s lean manufacturing initiative. The environment is highly comlex as six different transmission nals—telling them where to pick up and deliver the parts. The system promptly alerts both the manufacturer and suppliers when parts are needed on the assembly line, resulting in a synchronous material flow across the supply chain, reduced inventory, and higher productivity. “The WhereNet material flow system moves us a long way toward our ultimate goal of a completely forklift-less production operation, as we are now operating leaner than ever before,” says Ralf Vierkotten, supervisor of logistics and material handling at Getrag Ford Transmissions. “Production-line employees no longer need to leave their workstation to help search for parts or to help material control determine the correct part; all they have to do is push a WhereCall active RFID button, and the system notifies all the required parties—from the line side to the forklift driver to the internal warehouse—that more parts are needed. This ‘intelligent’ automated system supports our lean manufacturing processes as we benefit from real-time inventory consumption and can execute replenishment orders just in time.” Visit www.wherenet.com. GLOBAL LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGIES 19 http://www.dsclogistics.com http://www.cargowise.com http://www.mach1global.com http://www.wherenet.com
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