Agistix Selected to Provide Logistics Management Automation.Cubic Defense Applications, Inc. Leverages Agistix's Dynamic Bidding Environment REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif. -- Agistix, Inc., the leading provider of 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 Automation (LMA LMA left mentoanterior (position of fetus). ) software, today announced that Cubic Defense Applications, Inc. has used Agistix's on-demand LMA system to help reduce the cost of heavy freight shipments of electronic simulation training equipment. Cubic Defense Applications, Inc. is a major defense component of Cubic Corporation (Amex:CUB), a world provider of realistic combat training systems, mission support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services and defense electronics. "Agistix's web-based logistics solution and dynamic bidding environment allow us to match our shipment needs with carrier capacity and select the carrier that offers the best value for a specific shipment," said James Mackey James Mackey dropped out of a pre-med program at the University of Missouri to pursue a career in professional poker. At 21 years and 4 months, James Mackey became the third youngest poker player to ever win a World Series of Poker bracelet when he won the 2007 $5,000 buy-in , material manager at Cubic. "We believe we are saving roughly 8% to 10% on heavy freight shipments with Agistix." Cubic is also realizing benefits from Agistix's consolidated invoicing, which streamlines Cubic's payment process by consolidating all invoices and referencing the job number for each project. "Taking lessons from the consumer industry, we identified the need for a dynamic bidding environment, backed up by a data repository See repository. of shipments, that leverages the spot quote market for heavy freight," said David Fox
David Fox is a multimedia producer, best known for his early work on LucasArts games, most notably , president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Agistix. "We're thrilled to work with a progressive organization like Cubic that realizes the importance of tools like these to empower the logistics team to make cost-saving decisions." About Cubic Corporation Cubic Corporation is the parent company of two major business segments: defense and transportation. The Cubic Defense Applications group is a world leader in realistic combat training systems, mission support services and defense electronics. Cubic Transportation Systems keeps commuters on the move worldwide with state-of-the art mass transit solutions. For more information about Cubic, see the company's Web site at www.cubic.com. About Agistix Agistix is the first vendor to deliver on a new vision for enterprise-class, global transportation solutions: Logistics Management Automation (LMA). Agistix LMA bridges the gap between optimized transportation plans and day-to-day global logistics activities that occur with any number of carriers across all modes of transportation. LMA enables companies to gain visibility and control of all of their shipments through a carrier-neutral, web-based system, which leverages a rules-based workflow engine to manage internal and external company shipment processes. By streamlining processes and information management associated with all shipping modes--as well as all shipping locales--Agistix reduces costs, increases efficiency and improves process compliance. Agistix's award-winning solutions are designed by industry veterans to focus on simplicity, practicality and scalability. These on-demand, as well as managed services, solutions are fast and easy to implement, providing Agistix customers with dramatically reduced training costs and rapid ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). . For more information about Agistix, please visit www.agistix.com. |
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