Ensenda Leverages Web Services Technology to Help Customers Reduce Supply Chain Costs.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 2003 Leading Local Delivery Service Enables Easy Integration Between Its Delivery Management System and Customer Order Fulfillment Order fulfillment (in BE also: order fulfilment) is in the most general sense the complete process from point of sales inquiry to delivery of a product to the customer. Sometimes Order fulfillment Systems Many companies understand the promise Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. offer for easy integration between disparate applications, but for many, truly leveraging Web services is still a new frontier New Frontier President John F. Kennedy’s legislative program, encompassing such areas as civil rights, the economy, and foreign relations. [Am. Hist.: WB, K:212] See : Aid, Governmental . Ensenda, Inc., the leading local delivery company that services all of 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. , currently employs Web services technology to offer its customers easy integration between their order management applications and Ensenda's local delivery management system. "Our customers look to Ensenda to simplify and streamline their local delivery processes," said Gene Wojciechowski Gene Wojciechowski is a sports columnist, best known for his work with ESPN. Born in Salina, Kansas, he became a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine in January 1998, having worked as a football reporter for the network since 1992. , Ensenda's vice president of technology. "Ensenda recognized early on the value of Web services protocols Following is an outline of most of the protocols used to deliver Web services. The services prefixed with the "WS-" are often called the "WS protocols" or "WS* protocols." See Web services. to ensure customers could integrate their systems with ours quickly, without complex programming or unnecessary expenses, and built a powerful delivery management system to help customers immediately reap the benefits of our local delivery services." Ensenda provides customers access to its network of over 10,000 local delivery personnel through a Web-based system that offers online order scheduling, routing, tracking, and reporting capabilities. Using Web services, customers can integrate Ensenda's technology with their existing e-commerce and order management applications and automatically route orders to Ensenda delivery providers in 135 markets across the U.S. and Canada. Ensenda helps its customers quickly realize the benefits of a Web services integration without requiring them to have extensive Web services expertise by providing SOAP APIs for all its major customer functions. Ensenda also offers sample code in Java, Perl and C#, as well as a dynamically linked library (library) Dynamically Linked Library - (DLL) A library which is linked to application programs when they are loaded or run rather than as the final phase of compilation. This means that the same block of library code can be shared between several tasks rather than each task suitable for use with .NET in a Microsoft Commerce Server Microsoft Commerce Server is a Microsoft tool for building e-commerce systems. It uses Microsoft .NET technology. Commerce Server replaced Microsoft Site Server. Versions for Windows
"With transportation offering a major opportunity for cost savings, we will see increasing demand for new services and technologies that make the delivery process more efficient," said META Group's Dwight Klappich. "Vendors that are already leveraging Web services are ahead of the game as businesses look for new products and services that help them increase business efficiencies, without over-spending on new software and lengthy integrations." Ensenda's comprehensive local delivery services, technology and Web services integration options provide its customers numerous cost-saving opportunities and eliminate the need to contract with individual delivery firms in every market, or maintain a proprietary local delivery fleet. Ensenda also provides alternate integration options, such as FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to , to serve the needs of customers who are not yet ready to complete a Web services integration. About Ensenda Ensenda is North America's largest local delivery services provider, offering a breadth of services to reduce delivery time, lower supply chain costs, and streamline internal distribution processes. Ensenda provides an unmatched level of service through a growing team of 10,000 delivery personnel in 135 markets in the 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. and Canada. Ensenda provides inbound and outbound delivery services for distribution centers, stores, branches and warehouses, with web-based technology that allows customers to manage all local deliveries through a single point of contact. Ensenda is a privately-held company, headquartered in San Francisco, Calif. For more information, visit www.ensenda.com. |
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