CPI Chooses MercuryGate TMS To Automate Carrier Contracts
CARY, NC (January 2, 2006) - MercuryGate International Inc. announced today that Chatsworth Products, Inc. (CPI) has chosen MercuryGate's web native, end-to-end transportation management solution (TMS) to automate the selection and management of carrier contracts and other processes.
"Throughout the process from carrier contract selection to shipment processing to freight payment there were a lot of manual processes and spreadsheets being maintained at CPI," said Rob Cook, MercuryGate Vice President of Client Services. "MercuryGate offered the perfect solution -- a TMS that can be implemented quickly and configured easily to streamline processes and provide benchmarking and analysis capabilities."
The MercuryGate TMS provides robust capabilities to automate the carrier rate bidding and negotiations process for the formation of a strategic core carrier program. Carrier contracts and rates are stored in a secure, real-time, shared environment.
The following is an overview of the most important capabilities provided by the MercuryGate system:
- Contract negotiations and online carrier contract management
- Carrier selection and cross-organization compliance
- Process improvement and automation
- Mode mix transformation and consolidation
- Multi-shipment and route optimization
- Multi-enterprise optimization and synchronization
- Automating communication with carriers
- Total supply-chain visibility
- Settlements and freight bill payment
- Key metric analysis and continuous improvement
About MercuryGate International Inc.
MercuryGate delivers solutions that allow shippers, carriers, freight forwarders and third party logistics providers to plan their transportation, execute their freight movements, and analyze the performance of all involved. Customers optimize loads, rate and route loads, spot quote through both private and public bid boards, tender freight, track movements, audit carrier freight invoices, and send customer invoices. Through a customizable workflow engine, MercuryGate customers are able to move the straightforward parcel, LTL (less than truckload), and truckload shipments as well as the more demanding multi-leg ocean, air, and rail movements. Customers may then analyze the information gathered as they move freight to provide key performance indicators on their internal business as well as on carriers, suppliers, and all parties in the supply chain. For more information, visit www.mercurygate.com.
About Chatsworth Products, Inc
CPI uses a systems approach to product development to solve the ongoing need for companies to organize, store and secure technology equipment. CPI's lines of structural support solutions, including racks, cabinets, and cable management and pathway support products, are offered through an international network of distributors and prime contractors. CPI, a 100% employee-owned company, has manufacturing facilities in Chatsworth, Calif.; Georgetown, Texas; and New Bern, N.C. For more information, visit www.chatsworth.com.