"3PL In a Box" Will Save Logistics Firms Time and Money in 2008.Unique new service for logistics companies combines web technology and human customer service through single portal. Highly automated and comprehensive suite of services allows smaller firms to offer full line of services "out of the box". Larger companies get sophisticated web tools and opportunity to reduce costs through outsourcing many essential support functions. OVERLAND PARK Overland Park, city (1990 pop. 111,790), Johnson co., NE Kans., a residential suburb of Kansas City; inc. 1960. There is printing and publishing, and the manufacture of apparel, aircraft parts, cement, prepared foods, salt, chemicals, marine accessories, and signs. , Kan. -- With a powerful upgrade of its proprietary transportation management software as the centerpiece, myFreightWorld has powered up 3PL in a Box([TM]), a unique suite of services that aims to make life easier - and more profitable - for freight management companies. The driving concept behind 3PL in a Box? To be the ultimate one-stop solution for all the needs of a logistics company. The face of 3PL in a Box is a simple but sophisticated dashboard branded to the customer's company for maximum web presence. Users see, plan, and control everything related to freight shipments. Concurrently, myFreightWorld's customer service professionals provide enhanced support and troubleshooting. "There is nothing else like 3PL in a Box in terms of its ease of use, flexibility, and range of features," said Mark Hebden, myFreightWorld's Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "Our company has built a reputation for cutting-edge technology and customer focus since our inception in 1999. Now, for the first time, we are packaging our full portfolio of services into 3PL in a Box, allowing start-ups to enter the business literally overnight and all our customers to develop their brands and improve customer service while saving significant costs." 3PL in a Box supports shipments within North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and offshore. It generates instant rate quotes and transit times based on myFreightWorld's contracts with many major LTL LTL - Linear Temporal Logic , truckload, and other carriers and/or the customer's own contracts. Shipments are tendered electronically and bills of lading are generated automatically. 3PL in a Box includes a full portfolio of related services such as operations, customer service, reporting, back-office, RFP (Request For Proposal) A document that invites a vendor to submit a bid for hardware, software and/or services. It may provide a general or very detailed specification of the system. 1. (business) RFP - Request for Proposal. 2. , and marketing support. Based in metropolitan Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , myFreightWorld is privately held and supplies technology and expertise to logistics management Logistics Management is that part of Supply Chain Management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective, forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet companies. myFreightWorld's core competencies include easily customizable web applications and web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. in logistics, highly responsive outsourcing of administrative support, efficient RFP/RFQ bid management, and, for carriers, service network development. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion