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products & services featured product Nexus System Workbenches Lista International Corporation unveils its advanced workbenches designed to meet the speciﬁc needs of packing and shipping applications. These fully customizable, modular workbenches offer unlimited ﬂexibility to accommodate changing or future needs. The workbenches are available in a variety of lengths and depths, and also offer a wide selection of worksurfaces, including butcher block, plastic laminate, pressed wood, galvanized steel and stainless steel. Beneath the work surface, the workbenches feature full-height, vertical wire shelf dividers, offering custom, slotted storage for corrugated or other bulk materials such as cardboard pieces. Lista’s workbenches can be conﬁgured with cabinet pedestals and/ or legs to create cost-effective, custom workbenches. When Lista’s modular drawer storage cabinets serve as pedestals for the workbenches, they offer organized, efﬁcient storage for paperwork, small supplies and ﬁles. This systematic storage provides better workspace organization, which results in improved productivity. Above the work surface, a full range of accessories is available with Lista’s enhanced Nexus Accessory System, offering easy access to packing material items at arm height. The workbenches offer holders for rolls of paper, bubble wrap and other long items on rolls, and spool holders for rolls of labels. www.listaintl.com. ExpressCube Featherweight Gold-M Mobile Workstation The ExpressCube Featherweight GoldM mobile workstation provides a cubing, weighing and slotting solution for immediate warehouse cost savings. It automatically records weight and dimensions into your WMS and slots and creates entries for expected weights and dimensions. It is perfect for multiple warehouse operations, new warehouse start-ups and ongoing warehouse optimization programs. The mobile workstation incorporates the laser-free, robust and easy-to-operate ExpressCube 250 mounted on a sturdy cart with a rechargeable 12-hour power source. www. expresscube.com Conformer Mailer Media Datatrac: Cutting the Cost of the Last Mile Te c h n o l o g y is constantly changing the way business works and logistics is no exception. Shippers are realizing that couriers can now service their distribution needs effectively and with lower cost than traditional options. Datatrac, the leading provider of distribution logistics technology, is at the forefront of this service evolution. Couriers can now help their customers lower distribution costs by 25% or more while providing realtime visibility into the location of goods in their supply chain. By reducing delivery times and improving fulﬁllment accuracy, couriers can become the preferred alternative for distribution of a diverse range of products including: pharmaceuticals, ofﬁce supplies and electronics. To tailor technology to the needs of the carrier, Datatrac engineers its products speciﬁcally to handle distribution requirements. Visionary couriers are growing their business toward distribution in search of a more predictable revenue stream. www.datatrac.com The latest round of U.S. Postal Service (USPS) rate hikes is hitting companies harder than many expected, especially during difﬁcult economic times. The newest postage increases deal an even bigger ﬁnancial blow to companies that have not shifted to automation-friendly packaging. It’s a signal to businesses to move toward packages that are automation friendly or face skyrocketing costs for postage. The Conformer media mailer is the ﬁrst package to pass the rigors of the USPS automation tests. These mailers not only slash postage in half, but can be run on industry-standard fulﬁllment equipment as well, exactly the kind of operational efﬁciency the USPS rate case intended to promote. Smart packaging choices most signiﬁcantly beneﬁt companies that mail large volumes of lightweight objects, like CDs, DVDs, software and games in their traditional cases. These solid objects packaged in a box or padded mailer do not pass the requirements demanded by the USPS automation processing equipment and will cost $1.36 to send by Standard mail as a parcel as of May 2008. The Conformer media mailer brings postage costs down to 52¢, saving 62%, because the package now passes as an automated ﬂat. www.conformerinc.com 32 May 2008 www.PARCELindustry.com http://www.expresscube.com http://www.expresscube.com http://www.listaintl.com http://www.datatrac.com http://www.conformerinc.com http://www.PARCELindustry.com

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Parcel - June 2008 Contents Editor's Note What Would Augello Say? Success Means Never Being Satisfied Moving from Manual to Automated Fulfillment Regional Carriers Move to the Forefront Understanding Warehouse Management Systems Negotiating Carrier Contracts It’s All About the Data! How Long Will The East-West Trade Imbalance Last? Educate the Shipper, or Fix the Software? Product Profile On the Mark New Products & Services Advertiser Index Wrap Up

Parcel - June 2008

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