Circle Launches Domestic North America Service.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 1999-- Service expansion adds full domestic forwarding capability via 52-office USA network, complements international transportation, brokerage, logistics Circle International, leveraging 100 years of international air and ocean transportation, customs brokerage and logistics experience, announced today it has inaugurated domestic freight forwarding throughout its 52-office United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. operating network. The expansion marks a major milestone as Circle for the first time will operate a dedicated program for customer freight shipments moving exclusively between points within the United States. The initiative enhances Circle's capabilities as a single-source provider of integrated logistics and supply chain management solutions, noted David I David I, king of Scotland David I, 1084–1153, king of Scotland (1124–53), youngest son of Malcolm III and St. Margaret of Scotland. During the reign of his brother Alexander I, whom he succeeded, David was earl of Cumbria, ruling S of the Clyde . Beatson, Circle's chairman, 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. . "For 100 years we have been recognized as an international transportation leader," noted Beatson. "With our expansion into domestic U.S. service, we provide another asset that our customers can utilize to further simplify and streamline their logistics requirements." Marketed as CircleConnect, the program provides door-to-door time-certain transportation for commercial air freight air freight n → flete m por avión air freight n → fret aérien air freight air n → Luftfracht f shipments within the United States. Three levels of service are provided for business-to-business customers: next business day with delivery by 5 p.m.; second business day with delivery by 5 p.m.; and economy deferred, with delivery on the 3rd or 4th business day following pickup. The service is designed to bring convenience and simplicity to Circle's clients, who can now benefit from a single carrier for pickup, transit and delivery of their shipments, regardless of destination. "Our customers continually seek ways to improve supply chain efficiency, to gain the most leverage from their transportation and logistics spend," noted Randy T. Clark, executive vice president and 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. for 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. . "For some time they have asked us for a domestic option. We are already handling shipments between domestic locations at the beginning or end of an international movement. The infrastructure is already in place. We've formalized for·mal·ize tr.v. for·mal·ized, for·mal·iz·ing, for·mal·iz·es 1. To give a definite form or shape to. 2. a. To make formal. b. the process and created a dedicated service product." Clark added that Circle's improvements to its operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. now enable it to manage domestic forwarding services on the same computing platform See platform. , with full visibility and tracking via the Internet, as for international air freight forwarding shipments. Beatson emphasized that the domestic expansion cod. "For our customers, we move closer to the sinor international clients." He added that as the company builds domestic volumes, current on-forwarding service for international shipments will improve as lane density le group of providers." He added that Circlyees and 323 offices in over 100 countries, Circle provides worldwide transportation and logistics services that include air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, materials management, trade procurement, warehousing and inventory control programs, and global supply chain management services. More information about San Francisco-based Circle is available at www.circleintl.com. |
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