Paperloop.com Forms Strategic e-commerce Partnership With Schneider Logistics; Leading Logistics Company Brings Real-Time Technology to Manage the Physical Movement of Goods.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2000 Paperloop.com, the premier global information and business exchange for the paper, printing and converting industries, and Schneider Logistics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Schneider National Schneider National, Inc. is the largest privately owned truckload carrier based out of Green Bay, Wisconsin. The company was founded in 1935. The company is the third-largest of all trucking & logistics companies in the United States based on annual revenue. , Inc., North America's largest truckload truck·load n. The quantity that a truck can hold. truckload n → camión m lleno transportation and logistics company, today announced an alliance in which Schneider's business-to-business (B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business ) e-commerce logistics services will be utilized on paperloop.com's Web site. Under the agreement, Schneider will become the "ship now" button for paperloop.com's worldwide community of paper, printing and converting managers. Schneider has developed new tools to support B2B e-commerce (Business to Business Electronic-COMMERCE) Refers to one business selling to another business via the Web. See e-commerce. , including a system which will provide rate quotes via the Internet. By the second quarter 2000, paperloop.com users will have access to Schneider's new e-commerce transportation management capabilities to direct the flow of product purchased on the site, as well as to manage their own outbound finished goods. Once a paperloop.com customer makes a shipment request, Schneider's system will instantaneously provide rates for multiple shipment options based on desired transit times and shipment characteristics. As soon as a shipment is underway, paperloop.com customers will be able to track their shipments and, when the shipments are complete, Schneider will handle freight bill payment. "We selected Schneider Logistics because we believe they will provide our customers with the most advanced and efficient methods of pricing, shipping and tracking their products," said Colin Campbell There have been several notable people named Colin Campbell: in Scottish history:
Campbell commented that key to the company's selection was Schneider's ability to provide instantaneous, customized transportation; to aggregate and manage multiple modes of transportation capacity; to provide real-time information such as rate quotes, order status, and delivery confirmation; and most important, to bring substantial savings to paperloop.com's e-commerce customers. "The agreement with paperloop.com demonstrates that servicing freight transportation today is as much about information and communications as it is about tractors and trailers," said Chris Lofgren, chief information and logistics officer for Schneider National. "Schneider's real-time technology allows us to manage the physical movement of goods for e-commerce sites like paperloop.com." Schneider currently provides logistics services to more than two-thirds of the Fortune 500 companies and a growing number of B2B e-commerce companies. "Schneider National already does business with many of the leading paper companies and we are excited to offer this next evolution in service with B2B e-commerce," said Don Schneider, president of Schneider National, Inc. "Our goal at Schneider is to be the logistics and transportation provider of choice for B2B Internet marketplaces." 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. Forrester Research Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Corporate facts
About paperloop.com Paperloop.com is the premier information and business exchange for the global paper, printing and converting industries. A newly established joint venture, paperloop.com combines the breadth and depth of Miller Freeman's extensive industry content, contacts, and conference resources-including Pulp & Paper and Pulp & Paper International-with the financial backing and investment expertise of Pegasus capital. This combination enables paperloop.com to deliver timely information to its site visitors, enabling them to make better-informed buying decisions. The company, with offices in 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. , Europe and Asia, directs its existing publishing, conference, trade show and Internet ventures from its San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden headquarters, providing a complete range of transactional and information services See Information Systems. for manufacturers, suppliers, printers, converters, the financial community and end-users across multiple mediums including the Internet, print publications, conferences and trade shows. For more information, visit www.paperloop.com. About Schneider Logistics Schneider Logistics, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Schneider National, Inc., provides comprehensive logistics solutions and world-class supply chain technology to business partners throughout North America and Europe. Schneider offers a wide range of services, including outsourced freight management and freight payment, analysis and transportation re-engineering, computer-based systems Computer-based systems Complex systems in which computers play a major role. While complex physical systems and sophisticated software systems can help people to lead healthier and more enjoyable lives, reliance on these systems can also result in loss of for shipment control, and carrier management. Headquartered in Green Bay, Wis., Schneider National, Inc. is North America's largest truckload transportation and logistics company, with revenues of $2.7 billion. The company has a long history of using information technology to help its customers compete more effectively, and is ranked within the top 100 companies on the InformationWeek Top 500 List of Leading IT Innovators. For more information on Schneider, visit . |
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