American Port Services Fuels Significant Growth by Increasing Supply Chain Efficiency and Visibility with AGI Worldwide; Increased Capabilities Enable Leading Logistics Services Provider to Boost Revenues with the 'Who's Who' of Retailing.ATLANTA -- AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) A machine intelligence that resembles that of a human being. Considered impossible by many, most artificial intelligence (AI) research, projects and products deal with specific applications such as industrial robots, playing chess, Worldwide, a top global provider of supply chain execution solutions and services, today announced that American Port Services (APS), a leading third-party logistics A third-party logistics provider (abbreviated 3PL) is a firm that provides outsourced or "third party" logistics services to companies for part, or sometimes all of their supply chain management function. provider, has significantly grown their business by successfully leveraging AGI's supply chain expertise, industry best-practices and technology. Armed with a supply chain to continually meet the demands of the world's largest retailers, APS experienced immediate benefits by signing a host of new customers from the 'Who's Who' of retailing. After deploying new warehouse and yard management packages in early 2003 to manage multiple clients across four million square feet of warehouse space, APS still found themselves challenged to improve operational efficiency, expand service offerings and provide visibility beyond the four walls of their distribution centers. The company decided to seek out a strategic partner with extensive retail logistics experience, and after a thorough evaluation selected AGI. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. George Powers, president of APS, "AGI understands the drivers of our industry, our business, our systems and our retail customers, and their expertise has enabled us to rapidly deploy multiple new systems, processes and technologies that offer immediate business benefits to our clients." Powers continues, "A warehouse management system alone was just not enough to address the needs of our large customers, so we turned to AGI to help us build the supply chain we needed to attract major retail players. Their commitment to our success has gone above and beyond our expectations." After a thorough assessment of existing capabilities against market drivers, AGI worked with APS to identify, define and deploy flexible supply chain processes, software and technology that would set them apart from other logistics providers. From optimizing warehouse management processes to implementing real-time location system (RTLS RTLS Real-Time Location System RTLS Return To Launch Site RTLS Run Time Library Services ) and radio frequency identification See RFID. (RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. ) technology, AGI provided comprehensive supply chain expertise that drove critical retail initiatives. The key to APS' success with AGI has been not only the ability to tightly integrate all of the right solutions together into a single, scalable supply chain strategy, but also to provide global event management and 24x7 visibility into inventory, order and shipment information via AGI's VizTrack solution. Ty Cobler, vice president of operations at APS, stated that, "With VizTrack, our customers have real-time visibility across the supply chain which enables faster, more accurate decision-making. This capability enables them to dramatically improve their efficiency, reduce errors and react to their client needs more effectively, among other benefits." "With greater variability and complexity across the supply chain, logistics services providers like APS are increasingly turning to AGI for new levels of flexibility and visibility across their operations," said John Bryant John Bryant may refer to:
About American Port Services Located in Savannah Savannah, city, United States Savannah, city (1990 pop. 137,560), seat of Chatham co., SE Ga., a port of entry on the Savannah River near its mouth; inc. 1789. , Ga., American Port Services (APS) is a third-party logistics provider. The services that APS provides for its clients include all modes of transportation, distribution centers, yard management services, cross-docking facilities, export-packing capabilities, DC space, a company-owned truck fleet and world-class computer systems. APS currently manages more than four million square feet of warehouse space. Customers include major retailers, manufacturers and shippers who use APS as a sole-source logistical provider. For more information on American Port Services, visit www.amportserv.com. About AGI Worldwide AGI Worldwide is a leading global provider of supply chain execution (SCE SCE (in Scotland) Scottish Certificate of Education SCE n abbr (= Scottish Certificate of Education) → Schulabschlusszeugnis in Schottland ) solutions and services. We provide clients with a full range of consulting and technology implementation services helping to improve operational and logistics performance. We have extensive experience in a wide range of services, including strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , solution design and development, software selection and implementation, process re-design and improvement, as well as existing systems integration. Our consultants are experienced in a diverse set of industries, consulting activities, and various packaged software See software package. implementations. For more information, visit www.agiworldwide.com. |
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