Menlo Worldwide Forwarding Awarded Global Contract by Integrated Device Technology.Business Editors/High-Tech 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)--Oct. 27, 2003 Integrated Device Technology IDT (NASDAQ: IDTI) was founded in 1980 as a semiconductor vendor. Employing approximately 2500 people worldwide, headquartered in San Jose, California and operating a fab in Hillsboro, Oregon, the company both designs and fabricates semiconductor components. , Inc. (IDT IDT Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA, USA) IDT I Don't Think IDT Identity Theft IDT Interrupt Descriptor Table IDT Integrated DNA Technologies IDT Inactive Duty Training IDT Instructional Design & Technology ), a worldwide leader in manufacturing semiconductor solutions for advanced network services, has awarded a multi-million dollar international freight-forwarding contract to Menlo Worldwide Forwarding (previously Emery Forwarding), the global heavyweight freight forwarding company. Menlo Worldwide Forwarding is part of the Menlo Worldwide group of leading global supply chain services providers. Menlo Worldwide is owned by 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). The contract includes door-to-door air freight service along with the implementation of rigorous security standards throughout the shipping lanes of Hong Kong, Manila, Penang, San Francisco and Shanghai. IDT is using MyMenlo extranet, Menlo's proprietary website portal, for real-time tracking, event notification and detailed shipment reports. To ensure billing accuracy and ease of auditing, Menlo is providing a streamlined billing process that utilizes predictable assessorial charges and like methods, regardless of shipment origin or destination. Contract implementation began October 13. "IDT selected Menlo Worldwide Forwarding based upon the careful evaluation of factors such as pricing, customer references, experience within our industry, flexibility, global presence, information systems and implementation strategies," said Chris Potter, logistics analyst for IDT. "We are pleased with the knowledge, energy and professionalism of the Menlo team, and we look forward to a long and successful partnership with them." "This is a prestigious contract with a prestigious company, and it further endorses the value of our comprehensive menu of global solutions," said Ser Luck Teo, vice president of sales and marketing, Asia Pacific, Menlo Worldwide. About IDT IDT (Nasdaq:IDTI IDTI Integrated Device Technology Inc ) creates preemptive pre·emp·tive or pre-emp·tive adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of preemption. 2. Having or granted by the right of preemption. 3. a. semiconductor solutions that accelerate packet processing for advanced network services. The company's semiconductor devices are designed into equipment for the core, metro, access, enterprise, small office/home office See SOHO. , data center and wireless segments of the network. Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., the company employs approximately 3,100 people worldwide and has design capabilities in several North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. locations, as well as in Sydney, Australia and Shanghai, China. IDT has a manufacturing facility in Oregon, and test and assembly facilities in the Philippines and Malaysia. More information about IDT can be found at www.idt.com. About Menlo Worldwide Forwarding Menlo Worldwide Forwarding is one of the supply chain service providers operating under the Menlo Worldwide(SM) brand. These companies also include Menlo Worldwide Logistics, Vector SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. , Menlo Worldwide Technologies, Menlo Worldwide Expedite! and Menlo Worldwide Trade Services. Collectively, they employ 15,000 people and provide global supply chain services in 200 countries. Menlo Worldwide Forwarding provides international air and ocean forwarding, North American overnight, expedited, second-day and economy air freight and global project management services. Menlo Worldwide, based in Redwood City, Calif., is a $2.7 billion business segment of CNF Inc. (NYSE:CNF). More information about Menlo Worldwide Forwarding and Menlo Worldwide can be found at www.menloworldwide.com. |
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