FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LEANLOGISTICS NAMED TOP 100 TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION PROVIDER BY FOOD LOGISTICS MAGAZINE
Market-Leading Transportation Management Network Recognized
HOLLAND, MICHIGAN – JANUARY 17, 2006 – LeanLogistics, the leading provider of Web-native Transportation Management Systems (TMS), announces its recent selection for the second consecutive year as one of Food Logistics magazine's Top 100 Technology Solutions. LeanLogistics won for best practice application implementation with major food industry and CPG clients, including Barilla America, Chiquita, Meijer, PepsiAmericas, Pinnacle Foods, Procter & Gamble, and Unilever. LeanLogistics On-Demand TMS(tm) enables companies to significantly reduce transportation costs and improve customer service levels.
"Companies in the food and CPG industries are challenged with an increase on three fronts -- transportation costs, carrier shortages, and customer service levels," said Dan Dershem, president of LeanLogistics. "LeanLogistics' clients derive maximum benefits of increased efficiencies, lowered transportation costs, and on-time deliveries using On-Demand TMS(tm)."
Food Logistics magazine recognizes LeanLogistics' innovative software, On-Demand TMSTM, which provides transportation management functionality for food industry retailers and suppliers, supporting collaborative relationships among them and their transportation providers. Forward-looking companies are focusing on transportation as a critical information and synchronization hub. With streamlined implementation and costs aligned with benefits, On-Demand TMS(tm) provides the fastest, most certain method of reaching best-in-class performance.
The Food Logistics Top 100 Technology Solutions Providers, first introduced in 2004, identifies leading software, hardware, and IT service providers that focus on the unique needs of manufacturers, retailers, grocery wholesalers, convenience store and food service distributors, and other companies that comprise the food supply chain. Providers are selected based on input from Food Logistics readers, the magazine's editors, and industry analysts and consultants.
ABOUT LEANLOGISTICS®, INC.
LeanLogistics meets the latest needs of major shippers of goods with its far-reaching, Web-native Transportation Management System -- On-Demand TMS(tm). Customers reduce their transportation cost and increase efficiency with a typical payback of less than one year - Return on CashTM.
Customers select LeanLogistics On-Demand TMSTM to optimize shipping, addressing new and old challenges, such as obtaining carrier coverage, managing ever-changing networks, controlling inbound freight, creating continuous-move opportunities, and settling Freight Bills quickly and accurately.
On-Demand TMS(tm) is a strategic, end-to-end solution. Its functionality includes: Procurement, Planning and Optimization, Execution Management, Financial Settlement, and a competitive Electronic Marketplace that promotes intense information sharing for synergies that benefit all trading partners.
LeanLogistics hosts its On-Demand TMSTM in a robust computing environment accessible from any Web browser. Customers maximize ROI with little or no Information Technology (IT) expense. The technology easily integrates with leading ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), and Order Management Systems (OMS).
LeanLogistics' customers include companies such as Unilever, Barilla America, Orange Glo International, Procter & Gamble, PepsiAmericas, and Meijer. LeanLogistics was founded by veterans of transportation and third-party logistics (3PL). It is a privately held corporation with headquarters in Holland, Michigan. For additional information, visit http://www.LeanLogistics.com or call 616.738.6400.
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