Emery Worldwide Names New Directors of Marketing and of Electronic Commerce.Business Editors/Transportation Writers 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.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 2000 Emery Worldwide Emery Worldwide was a cargo airline, once was one of the leading carriers in the cargo airline world. Emery started in 1946 and was the first freight forwarder to receive a carrier certificate from the United States Government. , a global heavyweight cargo transportation company and a subsidiary of CNF CNF Configuration (File Name Extension) CNF Conference CNF Conjunctive Normal Form CNF Could Not Find CNF Chin National Front (Burma) CNF Canadian Nature Federation CNF Cornell NanoScale Facility Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CNF), has appointed two seasoned industry veterans as director of Marketing and Business Development and director of Electronic Commerce and Industry Development. Charles Bruno has been named director of Marketing and Business Development, and Ron Stevenson has been appointed director of Electronic Commerce and Industry Development. Bruno, an 18-year employee with the company, will be responsible for the company's marketing communications Marketing communications (or marcom) are messages and related media used to communicate with a market. Those who practice advertising, branding, direct marketing, graphic design, marketing, packaging, promotion, publicity, sponsorship, public relations, sales, sales , advertising and new business proposal development programs as well as industry and association sales development programs. Prior to this appointment, Bruno was Western Area sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → for Emery, a position he held since 1993. Stevenson, a 20-year veteran of Emery and its predecessor CF AirFreight air·freight n. 1. A system of transporting freight by air. 2. The amount charged for transporting freight by air. air , will direct Emery's electronic commerce strategy and will coordinate development of customer-focused solutions to include the full integration of Emery's industry-leading IT capabilities. A graduate of San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. State University, Stevenson had been the general manager since 1989 for Emery's San Jose service center, which serves companies in the Silicon Valley. Emery's electronic commerce operations are divided into four customer-oriented components: E-Finance, E-Customer, E-Reports, and E-Solutions. E-Finance substantially reduces paperwork handling and expense by offering electronic data interchange See EDI. (application, communications) electronic data interchange - (EDI) The exchange of standardised document forms between computer systems for business use. EDI is part of electronic commerce. (EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. ) invoicing and Excel spreadsheet e-mail invoicing. The E-Customer program offers a number of powerful Internet-accessible tools that enable customers to automate the shipping process, providing reliable, up-to-date information. Emery's redesigned web site, launched in April, features a "Document Center" that enables shippers to generate, complete and print domestic and international shipping forms. The site continues to offer established Emery online resources including shipment tracking and an electronic service guide. The E-Customer program also includes the Gemini PC System, using Emery-provided hardware and software at customer locations to provide automated shipment processing. Emery's web-based "ImPower" program, introduced in January, improves management of U.S. imports by enabling customers to access vendor and carrier compliance information, monitor port-of-entry activity and receive updated billing information. E-Reports enables customers to monitor and manage their supply chain. Electronic management reports show performance by lane and service, shipment activity, import and export activity, and transit times. Superscan reports proactively monitor shipment status, with daily reports sent automatically. E-Solutions includes customized operational EDI and image processing of shipping and brokerage records. Emery has developed a broad range of customized solutions including inventory management, warehouse management, multimodal Two or more modes of operation. The term is used to refer to a myriad of functions and conditions in which two or more different methods, processes or forms of delivery are used. On the Web, it refers to asking for something one way and receiving the answer another; for example requesting transportation management, supply chain visibility, and order management systems and several EDI programs. Emery Worldwide specializes in time-definite transportation services for business-to-business shippers of heavyweight cargo. A $2.4-billion company, Emery provides global air and ocean freight transportation, logistics management and customs brokerage services to manufacturing, industrial, retail and government customers. Based in Redwood City, Calif., Emery operates in 229 countries through a worldwide network of more than 500 service centers and agent locations. CNF, Emery's parent company, is a $5.6-billion management company of global supply chain services with businesses in regional trucking, air freight, ocean freight, customs brokerage, global logistics management and trailer manufacturing based in Palo Alto, Calif. For other Emery Worldwide news, visit the Emery Web site http://www.emeryworld.com. |
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