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www.foodlogistics.com FOOD LOGISTICS • SEPTEMBER 2014 47 SETTING THE PACE FOR SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS Engineered to be the Best Supply Management Company in North America Together, International Traders, Inc. (ITI) & First American Carriers, Inc. (FAC) are a comprehensive supply chain solutions and total logistics organization with a core competency and expertise in the retail and foodservice segments of the food industry. ITI & FAC are trusted by leading manufacturers, national chain foodservice operators and distributors as their fully integrated supply chain management partner managing and delivering goods in an optimized, efficient and timely fashion. Our suite of services are anchored in 5 key value compo- nents designed to deliver highly reliable and affordably flexible solutions across our customer landscape. Network Design and Engineering Redistribution and Warehousing Transportation Solutions Procurement Solutions Business Development Solutions 800 Tiffany Boulevard, Suite 300, Rocky Mount, NC 27804 Phone: (252) 407-2000 | E-mail: info@ITI-FAC.com | www.ITI-FAC.com For more information: 3GTMS, 203-567-4610, 3gtms.com CAMS SOFTWARE CORP., 866-699-2267, camspro.com GENCO, 800-677-3110, genco.com GT NEXUS, 510-808-2222, gtnexus.com ISOTRAK, 404-995-6655, isotrak.com LOGILITY, 800-762-5207, logility.com MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES, 877-596-9208, manh.com NEXT GENERATION LOGISTICS, INC., 888-607-9372, nextgeneration.com ODW LOGISTICS, INC., 262-548-1220, odwlogistics.com TRANSCORE, 800-923-4824, transcore.com TMW SYSTEMS, 216-831-6606, tmwsystems.com lent in f&b; distribution, agrees Bill Pritz, vice president of the transportation solutions group at Logility Inc., the Atlanta, Ga.-based chain supply software provider. TMS providers continue to offer new features. Transcore, an Atlanta, Ga.-based TMS provider, has introduced a freight payment service for customers whereby the carrier does not have to generate invoices for the shipper. "By speeding payment process, you make yourself more of a shipper choice to carriers," says Ken Sherman, vice president of the Intel- liTrans business unit of TransCore. Ajesh Kapoor, senior director at GT Nex- us, the Oakland, Calif.-based supply chain services provider, says the quest for visibility has always been a challenge in TMS because transportation is only one aspect of the sup- ply chain. To provide "end to end" supply chain visibility, it is necessary for users to integrate the transportation piece with other pieces, such as purchasing, inventory and other points in the supply chain. Kapoor further notes that while software technology advances, it is important for an organization to integrate as many external functions and internal functions as possible to reap the benefits of what many envision as "b2b connectivity." One of the more promising developments TMS observers are noting is a growth in pooled distribution, whereby different (oftentimes competing) shippers send shipments on a com- mon carrier. A stronger sense of cooperation could por- tend even more benefits in the future. Several observers note that social media has created a new forum for sharing operational infor- mation. The f&b; industry has shown more willingness to share operational information, but competitive issues are still keeping people from making their data accessible. ◆ Logility demon- strates its TMS life cycle beginning with shipment his- tory, moving to shipment planning, then shipment ex- ecution, then freight accounting before returning to the shipment history database.