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AWhere Debuts Store-Level Sales Performance Intelligence Solution for CPG Industry AWhere Inc. says its CPG Vision product is a location intelligence solution for the consumer packaged goods industry that allows users to see store-level sales performance alongside key consumer trends, demographics and other store performance indicators. CPG Vision features the AWhere OneTouch Wizard that directly imports and maps data from Wal-Mart’s Retail Link online POS application. AWhere says category managers can immediately view product velocity and inventory across all 3,800 Wal-Mart and 600 Sam’s Club stores, indexed to national and market levels. “The ability to see each Wal-Mart store indexed within IRI or Nielsen markets allows a Wal-Mart category management team to isolate over- and under-performing stores with causal information. CPG Vision brings a 3800-line spreadsheet to life,” says Rick Pensa, CEO of Insight Information Services, an industry consultant and beta user of the AWhere solution. CPG Vision provides 2008 demographic data for the entire U.S. pre-aggregated by state, county, zip code, Wal-Mart Store Trade Area, Nielsen and IRI Markets. The solution is reportedly unique in allowing category managers to merge IRI, Nielsen, Spectra or SPINS market data to view in geographic context with POS sales data at store and market levels. It also provides daily 10-day weather forecasts assigned to each Wal-Mart store, allowing users to simultaneously view weather patterns and inventory to evaluate weather impact. Visit www.awhere.com/vision. C.H. Robinson Worldwide Acquires Project Forwarder Based in Calgary Third-party logistics services provider C.H. Robinson Worldwide has acquired certain operating subsidiaries of Transera International Holdings Ltd., a project forwarding company headquartered in Calgary, Canada. Transera is one of the largest privately owned project forwarders in North America, with annual gross revenues of approximately $125m. Transera, established in 1985, is a non-asset-based global project forwarder providing transportation of “over-dimensional” and heavy-lift shipments. Its customers are primarily in the oil, gas, min- Owens-Illinois Unit Chooses Lead Time Technology to Spur Process Improvements Lead Time Technology says that the North American division of glass container manufacturer Owens-Illinois has named it to lead its supply chain process improvement initiatives and to provide software tools to optimize forecasting, production, distribution, and inventory management. The decision was reportedly based on the successful implementation of a Lead Time system pilot supporting one segment of the O-I business since early 2007. “Lead Time Technology has not only implemented decision support technology to enable our people to improve business results, but they have also enabled the change management process to win support across the whole organization,” says James Nordmeyer, O-I North American vice president and director of logistics and service. Given the successful results from the pilot implementation, O-I has selected Lead Time Technology to expand the implementation of its tools and Lean Six Sigma process improvement services to the remaining O-I North American segments. Visit www.leadtimetechnology.com. ing, and wind power industries. “Transera further expands our international freight forwarding network and brings a greater depth to C.H. Robinson’s existing core capabilities,” says Jeff Scovill, C.H. Robinson vice president of international. “We work hard to find new ways to serve our customers. Transera will give us broader expertise, providing opportunities to grow existing customer relationships and develop new ones. We look forward to combining their employees’ industry knowledge with our network and feel confident we will meet our customers’ growing demand for over-dimensional freight shipping.” Visit www.chrobinson.com. 26 SEPTEMBER 2008 http://www.awhere.com/vision http://www.leadtimetechnology.com http://www.chrobinson.com

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