Food Logistics

NOV-DEC 2013

Food Logistics serves the entire food supply chain industry with targeted content for manufacturers, retailers, and distributors.

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SPECIAL REPORT: FL100 DS1 Requirements Planning, DS1 Retail Planning DS1 Sales & Operations Planning, DS1 Advanced Planning & Scheduling, DS1 Collaboration, DSX Forecast Management, DSX Requirements Planning, DSX Retail Planning, DSX Sales & Operations Planning, DSX Advanced Planning & Scheduling, DSX Collaboration. Worth noting: Demand Management, Inc.'s DSX product suite includes new modules that seamlessly integrate with its forecasting and supply planning platforms. Demand Solutions products also are available via a cloud-based offering, helping to make growth accessible for smaller companies, or any organization that must be more budget- and headcount-minded and needs an entry point to using SCM solutions. DEMATIC Corp., Grand Rapids, Mich. Web site: www.dematic.com Year founded: 1939 Number of employees: 4,500 Number of food customers: 50+ Solution name(s): Multishuttle automated case picking and palletizing. Worth noting: The Dematic Multishuttle is very flexible and can be implemented in existing warehouse/ distribution operations using very little space. The Multishuttle can stage, buffer, sort and sequence at very high speeds, yielding a lower cost per case picked resulting in a quicker return on investment. DiCentral, Houston, Texas Web site: www.dicentral.com Year founded: 2000 Number of employees: 60 Number of food customers: 10 Solution name(s): DiWeb, DiIntegrator, DiTranslator, DiFlatfile, Base2, DiEnablement, DiTesting, Managed Services. Worth noting: Our solutions touch thousands of companies across the food and beverage supply chain helping reduce costs, increase revenues and provide environmentally sustainable practices. England Logistics, Salt Lake City, Utah Web site: www.englandlogistics.com Year founded: 1997 Number of employees: 300 Number of food customers: 750 Solution name(s): Truckload, Less-Than-Truckload, Cold Chain LTL, England Carrier Services Suppy Chain Management. Worth noting: England Logistics has introduced EDGE, the industry's leading TMS platform for complete supply chain management. Whether it's a small package, oversized load, or anything in between, England Logistics has the technology and know-how to make the move. enVista, Carmel, Ind. Web site: www.envistacorp.com Year founded: 2002 Number of employees: 203 Number of food customers: 55 Solution name(s): N/A Worth noting: enVista is unique in that the company enables food and beverage clients to leverage one strategic partner that consults, implements and operates across supply chain, transportation, IT, retail, and ERP. ExtenData, Englewood, Colo. Web site: www.extendata.com Year founded: 2002 Number of employees: 25 Number of food customers: 26 34 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013 • FOOD LOGISTICS Solution name(s): MobileConductor Worth noting: MobileConductor is highly configurable solution for the mobile supply chain. It is scalable to serve companies with five vehicles up to large organizations with 1,000+. The solution can be deployed on-premise, or as a cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. Fortna Inc., Reading, Pa. Web site: www.fortna.com Year founded: 1950 Number of employees: 300 Number of food customers: N/A Solution name(s): Professional Consulting and Design Services Worth noting: Fortna can help clients solve their supply chain challenges with offerings from network strategy, to distribution design and installation, and system implementations. The productivity improvements we identify for our clients are backed by our satisfaction commitment. HighJump Software, Minneapolis, Minn. Web site: www.highjump.com Year founded: 1983 Number of employees: 450 Number of food customers: 820 Solution name(s): HighJump Supply Chain Advantage, HighJump Direct Store Delivery Suite, HighJump TrueCommerce EDI Solutions. Worth noting: HighJump Software offers companies with complex, growing supply chains one of the most flexible and scalable warehouse management systems available due to its open architecture. The HighJump solution can be easily configured to meet specific industry or business needs in nearly any country in the world, which makes upgrades fast and seamless and results in a low total cost of ownership for customers. InfinityQS International, Fairfax, Va. Web site: www.infinityqs.com Year founded: 1989 Number of employees: 75+ Number of food customers: 100+ Solution name(s): ProFicient Worth noting: With InfinityQS ProFicient, manufacturers can utilize data that has already been collected and stored within the Manufacturing Intelligence Hub to calculate OEE. ProFicient Insight, a Web-based portal that delivers executive-level Manufacturing Intelligence to anywhere in the world, can then visualize these calculations and easily display them in a wide range of formats including bar charts, pie charts or arch charts. Infor, New York, N.Y. Web site: www.infor.com Year founded: 2002 Number of employees: 12,700 Number of food customers: 1,500+ Solution name(s): Infor Food & Beverage Suite, PLM/Infor Optiva, Infor Supply Chain Management, Infor Enterprise Asset Management, Infor Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Infor Distribution, Infor Human Capital Management, Infor Financial Management Worth noting: With increasing demand for enterprise software that mimics the latest social media Web sites in usability and appearance, Infor recently released Infor Ming.le, a comprehensive platform for social collaboration, business process improvement and contextual intelligence. www.foodlogistics.com

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