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new markets. The program offers customers strategically located warehouse space, as well as shared personnel, systems and operations support that are leveraged in a multi-client environment. Through this program, customers can establish distribution operations quickly and, as business grows, scale them at a competitive cost. Visit www.menloworldwide.com. Construction Companies License Verian Purchase-to-Pay Software Clark Construction Group and its subsidiary Atkinson Construction have licensed Verian Technologies Purchase-to-Pay software. Neither Clark, which reports more than $3bn in annual revenue and major projects throughout the United States, nor Atkinson had enough visibility into the details of the goods and services they were buying, especially across the two companies. They needed a system that would help them enforce a purchasing policy and capture the two companies’ combined spending. Their objective is to look for opportunities to reduce costs by negotiating greater volume discounts and enforcing purchasing from vendors with whom they have contracts. “We were looking for an easy-to-use, web-based system that would allow us to gain more control and consolidate everything into one process,” says Troy Vallier, CFO for Atkinson Construction. “After our evaluations and due diligence, Verian Technologies’ Purchase-to-Pay solution was the clear choice to help us achieve our objectives.” Vallier says the companies will benefit from the system’s automated reporting, approval workflow and audit trails. Visit www.verian.com. State and Department of Defense requirements with greater precision and confidence.” Visit www.tradebeam.com. Defense Supplier Uses TradeBeam GTM Technology Vision Systems International (VSI), a supplier of helmet-mounted cueing systems for fixed-wing, tactical fighter aircraft, will access global trade management solutions from TradeBeam to ensure export compliance with the stringent requirements of the aerospace and defense industry. TradeBeam’s on-demand global supply chain management software will assist VSI with license management, a complex process given that VSI is a multinational partnership, requiring the company to track hardware and software exports as well as data exports and defense services. TradeBeam will assist VSI in complying with regulations related to tangible goods, documentation, and human resources. “To strengthen our export compliance capabilities, we chose to work with a company that has the knowledge, track record, and business model to deliver a highly accurate, cost-effective service,” says Drew Brugal, president of VSI. “Our export management process is extremely complex, and TradeBeam’s approach to export compliance will enable us to more easily meet the expectations of our customers as well as Department of LLamasoft Blends Routing Solution Into Network Design Software LLamasoft, a provider of supply chain network design software, has integrated into its Supply Chain Guru product a routing, mileage and mapping solution from ALK Technologies. “As fuel costs continue to rise, our users are requiring more precision in their freight routing and optimization models,” says Toby Brzoznowski, LLamasoft vice president of sales. “We are also seeing a continued focus on globalization and low-cost country sourcing, so our integration of PC*MILER gives our users a new and necessary level of detail for global freight analysis.” “ALK is very pleased to integrate with LLamasoft’s Supply Chain Guru. This partnership brings the proven capabilities of PC*MILER into the logistics planning process to help foresee problems and save valuable investment resources before a single shipment is made—just as it circumnavigates problems and saves resources for 20 JULY 2008 http://www.menloworldwide.com http://www.verian.com http://www.tradebeam.com

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