Agistix Spring '07 Bridges the Gap between Transportation Planning and Logistics Execution.Agistix On-Demand Software See SaaS. First to Deliver Global 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 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 Automation (LMA LMA left mentoanterior (position of fetus). ) software, today announced Agistix Spring '07, the next-generation global LMA software release that provides companies with end-to-end visibility into all their shipments in order to control logistics costs. Spring '07 delivers advancements in automating and enforcing shipping-related workflows; provides a single interface to manage inbound in·bound 1 adj. Bound inward; incoming: inbound commuter traffic. Adj. 1. inbound and outbound, multi-modal shipments of all sizes, domestically and internationally; and expands reporting capabilities to provide users a comprehensive view of the transportation spend picture. Agistix Spring '07 is available now. "As a fast growing young company, NapaStyle needed a practical way to improve our logistics operations without the cost burden of hiring a large staff," said John Salvatore, vice president of logistics for NapaStyle. "Agistix's on-demand software gives me the control and visibility over a critical part of my supply chain that enables us to best meet our customers' needs and expectations yet also dramatically reduce our shipping costs." Aberdeen Group's 2006 Transportation Management Benchmark reports that more than 80 percent of enterprises surveyed regularly experience higher freight charges due to lack of controls, limited order visibility and lack of collaboration with carriers, suppliers and customers. While supply chain executives are creating sophisticated transportation optimization plans to reduce transportation spend, today's very manual and carrier-specific means of scheduling and managing each shipment frustrates companies' execution of and compliance with these plans. This is especially true when companies rely on suppliers and other partners to comply with their routing guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. . Globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation further magnifies the problem since optimized transportation often requires use of multiple strategic carrier partners in each region of the world. Agistix solves this problem by providing the logistics execution functionality for the automatic management of multiple carriers, across multiple modes (small package, air, ocean and truck freight) on a global basis. Agistix automates all aspects of the shipping lifecycle--from shipment preparation, bidding, bid comparisons and shipment scheduling to shipment execution, documentation, track & trace, vendor relationship/contract management and shipment settlement. Additionally, Agistix seamlessly extends corporate shipping rules and policies to authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: transportation partners to maximize global shipment visibility and control. "Agistix Spring '07 extends the capabilities of our award winning Logistic lo·gis·tic also lo·gis·ti·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to symbolic logic. 2. Of or relating to logistics. [Medieval Latin logisticus, of calculation Management Automation software," 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. "It enables companies to see shipping and transportation activities holistically and drive dramatic reductions in operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales that increase profitability." About Agistix Spring '07 Agistix Spring '07 offers a practical solution spanning both tactical and strategic logistics operations by delivering: 1. A means to bridge the gap between transportation plans and real logistics operations with on-demand software that implements and enforces global logistics controls. 2. A global, carrier-neutral and mode-agnostic platform that incorporates a rules-based workflow engine Workflow engine is a software application meant to manage and execute modeled business processes. It is a key component in workflow technology. It will typically make use of a database server. for driving and tracking day-to-day shipment processing operations. 3. Centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. repository of real-time information. Delivered as an on-demand application, Agistix customers and their partners do not need significant IT resources for installation and ongoing maintenance. In addition, as new customers and carriers adopt the software, all participants benefit from the expanding resource network. Agistix Spring '07 offers new and enhanced features in the following key areas: * Advanced Routing Guide Functionality - Agistix Spring '07 makes it possible to securely extend corporate routing guides and account numbers to all shipping parties, delivering the first practical solution enabling all corporate, supply partners, and third party shippers to easily comply with optimized transportation plans. At the same time, it gives companies much needed visibility into daily shipping activity and a means to control costs across all shipping modes. Best practice based processes lead users through a standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. shipment processing workflow enhanced by company specific routing guide rules, minimizing opportunities for costly diversions from the optimized plan. A central repository of all controls, documentation, and shipping requests mitigates the labor-and training-intensive nature of carrier-specific shipping processes. In addition, the flexible, dynamic Spring '07 software allows companies to update their global controls in real time, supporting continuous improvement of logistics management. * Global Freight Carrier Integration - Agistix Spring '07 extends the user's ability to manage packages of all sizes with domestic and international freight shipment capabilities--adding significantly to the flexibility and convenience of Agistix LMA. Specific features include integrated rating, booking, and tracking through a single interface which provides organizations with flexibility to change carriers or routing guides seamlessly without changing internal processes. Companies can easily deploy optimized global logistics plans across the enterprise. * Expanded reporting capabilities - Agistix Spring '07 further expands the library of standard reports available in real-time. Data can be viewed by totals, averages, carriers, users and even as on-the-spot, shipment-specific information. Agistix reports are easily imported into any required data format, allowing easy reconciliation with enterprise information. All shipping data is relative across carriers so organizations can monitor all shipping activity through one place as well as analyze lane and carrier performance in order to control costs. Agistix Spring '07 delivers actionable Giving sufficient legal grounds for a lawsuit; giving rise to a Cause of Action. An act, event, or occurrence is said to be actionable when there are legal grounds for basing a lawsuit on it. business intelligence, enabling organizations to refine their shipping operations and business processes over time. 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 An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality , 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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