ADS Logistics Awarded Metals Logistics Business for Mexicali, Mexico Manufacturing Plant.Business Editors HOMEWOOD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2004 ADS Logistics (ADS) has been selected by Rheem Manufacturing Company to provide warehousing, logistics and related information services See Information Systems. for metals product used at Rheem's manufacturing plant in Mexicali, MX. ADS opened an operation in Imperial, CA specifically to handle the Rheem Mexicali tonnages. Steel coils are received by rail in boxcars box·car n. 1. A fully enclosed railroad car, typically having sliding side doors, used to transport freight. 2. boxcars Games A pair of sixes on the first throw in craps. Noun 1. and covered coil cars at the Imperial facility, warehoused and shipped by truck for just-in-time (JIT JIT - dynamic translation ) delivery. Rheem's Mexicali facility manufactures residential water heaters. "ADS Logistics was chosen because of their metals expertise, their ability to meet our JIT needs, and their ability to provide Rheem information systems that allow us complete visibility to our products over the web," states Antonio Garza, Supply Chain Manager for Rheem, Mexicali. "We know exactly what material is on-hand at the Imperial facility as well as the ETA of products enroute, including an inventory position report that shows what is due at the warehouse in one-day, two-days, etc. We also have complete visibility to the part number, coil number, and detailed material specifications, along with railcar information. This technology makes our inventory management process much more manageable." ADS Logistics, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control is a leading national provider of integrated logistics and supply chain solutions for the metals industry. Services include multi-modal (truck, intermodal, rail and marine) transportation; warehousing and logistics management; as well as value-added services such as integrated logistics; inventory management; metals supply chain software and outsourcing. www.adslogistics.com. Rheem is a leading North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. producer of water heaters, central warm air furnaces and air conditioners, swimming pool heaters and commercial boilers. The company's products are used for residential and commercial applications. Rheem is headquartered in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and has manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Rheem is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Paloma Industries of Nagoya, Japan, the world's largest producer of gas appliances. ADS Logistics, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of May Logistics Services, Inc. (www.maylogistics.com) a Chicago based holding company owned by Code Hennessy & Simmons, a private equity group (www.chsonline.com), with a sister company providing integrated logistics services to the beverage, consumer goods, electronics, food and grocery, industrial products, paper and business forms industries. For more information contact Dawn Thrasher thrasher: see mimic thrush. thrasher Any of 17 species (family Mimidae) of New World songbirds that have a downcurved bill and are noted for noisily foraging on the ground in dense thickets and for loud, varied songs. , director - communications and public relations, ADS Logistics, LLC, (708) 922-2024, dthrasher@adslogistics.com. |
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