Food Logistics serves the entire food supply chain industry with targeted content for manufacturers, retailers, and distributors.
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SPECIAL REPORT: FL100 develop and offer WMS, our software has been referred to as "bullet proof." John Galt Solutions, Chicago, Ill. Web site: www.johngalt.com Year founded: 1996 Number of employees: 45 Number of food customers: 500+ Solution name(s): Atlas Planning Suite, ForecastX Wizard Worth noting: John Galt's Scenario Analysis tool allows clients to automatically determine the optimal forecast and segment their products, customers, and other segments of their business to optimize the efficiency of the entire planning process. Jump Technologies, Eagan, Minn. Web site: www.jumptech.com Year founded: 1998 Number of employees: 15 Number of food customers: 115 Solution name(s): JumpTrack Worth noting: Jump Technologies, Inc., has been merging smart devices with cloud computing to solve business problems associated with materials management and proof-of-delivery since before "the cloud" was called "the cloud." The company owns three technology patents. Junction Solutions, Denver, Colo. Web site: www.junctionsolutions.com Year founded: 2002 Number of employees: 205 Number of food customers: 57 Solution name(s): JunctionFB Worth noting: JunctionFB designed with vertical market functionality for business process is unique to the Dairy, Produce, Meat, Seafood, Confections, Baked Goods and Beverage and CPG industries. It is an endto-end Food & Beverage solution-set that addresses every aspect of supplier, production, inventory, and distribution management, and supports complex regulatory compliance requirements. JustFoodERP, Allentown, Pa. Web site: www.justfooderp.com Year founded: 1999 Number of employees: 75 Number of food customers: 100+ Solution name(s): JustFoodERP Worth noting: JustFoodERP is the only Microsoft Dynamics-based ERP software that features rich food industry specific functionality built for food distributors and processors. KNAPP Logistics Automation, Kennesaw, Ga. Web site: www.knapp.com Year founded: 1952 Number of employees: 2,170 Number of food customers: 52 Solution name(s): KiSoft Beverage Solutions, KiSoft AUTOMOVE, KiSoft RMS (Reusables Management), KiSoft WMS, KiSoft Pick-it-Easy, OSR Shuttle. Worth noting: KNAPP suggests automation in a sensitive way, only where it makes sense, in order to stay flexible and prepared for further change and growth. Therefore, a broad range of solutions is available and offered, tailor-made to the clients. LLamasoft, Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich. Web site: www.llamasoft.com Year founded: 2000 Number of employees: 150-200 38 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013 Number of food customers: 150 Solution name(s): Supply Chain Guru, Transportation Guru, K2 Enterprise, Data Guru. Worth noting: LLamasoft was the first company to combine enterprise level simulation with full-feature network and inventory optimization within a single modeling application. LogFire, Atlanta, Ga. Web site: www.logfire.com Year founded: 2007 Number of employees: 95 Number of food customers: 4 Solution name(s): LogFire Cloud-Based Inventory & Warehouse Management. Worth noting: LogFire Cloud-based Inventory & Warehouse Management is a "true" cloud-based, multi-tenant and multi-entity structure, which supports a company's various business operating units within a common business solution for improved supply chain management. LogFire was named by Gartner as a "visionary" in their 2013 Magic Quadrant WMS Report. Logility, Atlanta, Ga. Web site: www.logility.com Year founded: 1996 Number of employees: 180 Number of food customers: 175 Solution name(s): Logility Voyager Solutions Worth noting: Logility Voyager Solutions is a full suite of best-of-breed solutions that enable food and beverage companies to increase supply chain visibility, reduce inventory, better leverage demand signals from customers and distributors to create more precise demand plans, and actively manage product portfolios while building stronger collaboration with partners and suppliers. Logistix Solutions, LLC, Herndon, Va. Web site: www.logistixsolutions.com Year founded: 2006 Number of employees: 50 Number of food customers: 10+ Solution name(s): Logix Supply Chain Optimization and Distribution Network Design. Worth noting: Logistix Solutions software is easy to use, reasonably priced and yet has powerful functionality including Distribution Network Design, as well as Transportation Optimization capabilities in one "holistic" or integrated system. Lucas Systems, Wexford, Pa. Web site: www.lucasware.com Year founded: 1998 Number of employees: 52 Number of food customers: 28 Solution name(s): Jennifer FoodSelect, Jennifer Bottle Pick, Jennifer VoicePlus. Worth noting: Lucas is the largest independent provider of voice-directed warehouse applications in North America. Jennifer FoodSelect is a voice solution offers foodservice and grocery distributors, smaller companies or DCs a complete, robust voice solution rather than sacrificing functionality that was traditionally available only to large DCs. Made4net LLC, Hackensack, N.J. Web site: www.made4net.com Year founded: 2005 Number of employees: 40+ Number of food customers: 200 Solution name(s): WarehouseExpert, YardExpert, RoutingExpert. • FOOD LOGISTICS Worth noting: Made4net's WMS is a solution that was designed to support the food and beverage industry, from its conception. The product was developed in Microsoft technology, which allows a great level of configuration of business rules, as well as user personalization. Manhattan Associates, Atlanta, Ga. Web site: www.manh.com Year founded: 1989 Number of employees: 2,438 Number of food customers: 15 of the Top 20 Grocery Retailers, 10 of the Top 20 Grocery Wholesalers. Solution name(s): Manhattan SCOPE (Supply Chain Optimization, Planning to Execution) Solution Suite. Worth noting: Manhattan Associates helps drive the commerce revolution with unmatched insight and technology solutions, connecting front-end revenue and relationships with back-end execution and efficiency–optimized on a common technology platform. MAVES International Software, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Web site: www.maves.com Year founded: 1972 Number of employees: 40 Number of food customers: 27 Solution name(s): ViewPoint Logistics (WMS, TMS, Financials) Visible Logistics (WMS, TMS, Financials) EzWare (WMS, TMS, Financials). Worth noting: ViewPoint Logistics provides a user defined BI (Business Intelligence) tool that enables faster and more accurate decisions based on timely information. Information keys actions and is launched from a central user interface (Web browser). Our support staff provides customers with years of industry expertise and the latest enhancements to technology with the operations of 3PL warehousing and logistics. MercuryGate International Inc., Cary, N.C. Web site: www.mercurygate.com Year founded: 2000 Number of employees: 128 Number of food customers: 16 Solution name(s): MercuryGate TMS, Mojo Transportation Optimization and Carma Carrier Management. Worth noting: MercuryGate TMS is a highly configurable, cloud-based Transportation Management System that can be customized to fit your company's individual workflow processes. Mettler Toledo, Columbus, Ohio Web site: www.mt.com Year founded: 1901 Number of employees: 10,000 Number of food customers: 11,694 Solution name(s): MultiMount Weigh Modules Worth noting: Mettler Toledo is a provider of weighing analytical equipment for the entire food production process. From quality control to the warehouse, we have the products to support food customers and their needs. MobileDemand, Hiawatha, Iowa Web site: www.ruggedtabletpc.com/ Year founded: 2003 Number of employees: 22 Number of food customers: 218 Solution name(s): MobileDemand rugged tablet PCs: xTablet T7200, xTablet T1200, xTablet C1300. Worth noting: Our Windows Professional rugged tablet PCs have an integrated numeric keypad, the only company in the industry with such an offering. That, www.foodlogistics.com