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• It's Out! New Warehouse & Logistics Software Directory! This expanded edition includes additional information on software companies & their solutions. Now taking orders for this newest edition and will start shipping on March 15th. Order online now.
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• Five warehouse operation books have been added to our Warehouse Operations & Faciliy Layout book catalog page. Keep sending us your suggested & recommended book titles!
  

• New White Papers!
• New - Inventory Slotting - Product Profiling - Excellent !
• New - e-SCM: Part 1 - Prerequisites To Success
• New - e-SCM: Part 2 - Managing The Extended Enterprise
• New - e-SCM: Part 3 - Cracking The Bullwhip Effect
• New - Sharing Secrets - Collaborative Customer Conversation - Great !
• In the last newsletter, IDII announced these white papers:
• New - 7 Steps to a Successful WMS Installation - Excellent !
• New - Collaboration ‘Start Sleeping With The Enemy
• New - Slow Moving Inventory ‘All dressed up and nowhere to go‘
• New - Appointment Scheduling- Achieving the Positive Ripple Effect
  

Software Company News

• EXE Technologies (WMS, 3PL, YMS, Nasdaq:EXEE) announce new EXceed(TM) Data Exchange software solution. EXceed Data Exchange is a J2EE compliant application that supports secure communications over the Internet and private networks. Customers will be able to use standard EXceed Data Exchange communication and transformation capabilities to integrate EXE applications with popular applications from other enterprise software vendors.

  "Over 90% of e-Commerce transactions are via EDI formats. EXceed Data EXchange enables trading partners to eliminate VAN charges by using secure Internet protocols for transactions. Richard Lackey, chief technology officer for EXE. "EXceed Data Exchange seamlessly handles legacy EDI formats as well as XML, and utilizes widely accepted messaging and security standards. We understand that no enterprise system today can survive if it exists in a silo of its own data. Instead, integrated solutions are necessary to expedite the flow of goods through the supply chain."

• Cadre Technologies (WMS, TMS, OMS) announced new module, Cadence Container Packing Assistant (CPA). This new module helps distributors and fulfillment companies plan packing, picking, box sizes, shipping weights and costs for each order. It is built to coordinate order, product and shipping information with Cadence Warehouse Management System (WMS), Order Management System (OMS) and Transportation Management System (TMS). For more details - See Main Article.
  
  
• Logistics.com Inc. (TMS) announced new versions of OptiYield Driver&Load 6.0 and Drop&Swap
  3.0, real-time truckload motor carrier optimization solutions. Driver&Load locks in the best possible assignments of drivers to loads while maximizing utilization, and then Drop&Swap monitors dispatched trucks to find definite opportunities for service improvements at low cost.

  Drop&Swap includes three components. The first is ETA Monitor, which tracks the progress of enroute trucks and notifies the carrier of jeopardized deliveries. The second is Swap Finder, which suggests enroute swaps to solve jeopardized deliveries or driver get-home commitments. The third, Capacity Creator, finds enroute drivers with extra time on their loads who may be able to assist with pickup and delivery runs around terminals or rail yards. Another new feature of Drop&Swap 3.0 is on-demand swapping. Now, any customer service representative or dispatcher can instantly call up recommendations to get any driver home, rescue a late delivery or provide capacity to move a load to or from a customer's yard.

• McHugh Software International, Inc.(WMS, TMS, LMS, SCV, SCEM) Announces LENSä 3.0 with Complete "Order to Delivery" Visibility and Event Management. This new release adds "cradle to grave" shipment visibility, roles-based collaborative processing, and sophisticated event management capabilities to a system already known for its extensive order and inventory visibility. The result is complete order to delivery visibility and process management across the supply network. LENSä 3.0 incorporates McHugh's new event management technology.
  
  For example, a supplier might enter shipment information which is visible to the customer. During shipment, the carrier can provide shipment status, including notification that the shipment will arrive late. The event management system detects this late shipment "event" and pro-actively informs the customer, who enters a new receiving schedule. Upon shipment arrival, the carrier or customer can provide proof of delivery confirmation, thus closing the order processing loop. McHugh's LENSä visibility system is pre-integrated with McHugh's industry leading warehouse, labor and transportation management solutions, and is easily integrated with non-McHugh systems through open application program interfaces (API's).
  
  
• McHugh Software International, Inc.(WMS, TMS, LMS, SCV, SCEM) announced the release of a powerful new Event Management (SCEM) infrastructure. McHugh's event management system provides configurable event definition and automated response workflow for all of McHugh's DigitaLogistixä components, including warehouse management, transportation management, labor management and supply chain visibility. Events can also be accepted from other systems, providing a global view of operations. Once events are detected at the execution level, McHugh's event management system can provide notification by telephone, pager, fax, and e-mail, and can initiate automated response workflow in McHugh's execution components or through outside systems. Events can also be automatically escalated and require acknowledgement to ensure problems are addressed on a timely basis.
  
  McHugh is also introducing "ALx," a configurable alert icon that notifies the appropriate manager or supervisor that an alert or exception condition has occurred, and displays the appropriate severity level. When a user clicks on the icon, they are taken directly to the event to review or update the predefined response, or initiate other corrective action. This enables immediate problem resolution not available in current SCEM systems.
  
  

• Vastera (Nasdaq: VAST, ITL, GTM) Acquires Imanet (Global Trade Management) of Canada. Imanet is an international leader in software applications for the customs brokerage, international trade and supply chain logistics industries. Vastera will bolster its existing solutions with critical Canada-specific functionality including support for CADEX and ACROSS (certified electronic integration to Canadian Customs), and the Customs Self Assessment (CSA) program for which Imanet is the first software provider to undergo testing with the Canadian government. Imanet will also provide Vastera enhancements to its already comprehensive intelligent trade content; the country-specific rules and regulations that govern global trade. Finally, Imanet brings Vastera deep global trade domain expertise specific to Canada, which Vastera will use to augment its existing managed services capabilities in that country.

• Vastera (Nasdaq: VAST, ITL, GTM) Acquires PRISMA of Mexico. PRISMA Tecnología Computacional, S.A. de C.V., is the dominant provider of software solutions for GTM in Mexico.
  Vastera will bolster its existing solutions with critical Mexico-specific functionality including support for Maquiladora, PITEX and fiscal deposit regimes. PRISMA will also provide Vastera enhancements to its already comprehensive intelligent trade content; the country-specific rules and regulations that govern global trade.
  
  

Quotes to Ponder - List of Quotes to Ponder from prior issues.

• "Live by the moment; after all, life is a series of moments."
  -Trent Woodard
  

• "Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou
  mayest be wise in thy latter end."
  Proverbs 19:20

"Warehouse Management Handbook" See Reviews & Order From Amazon
"Warehouse & Distribution Automation Handbook" See Reviews & Order From Amazon
"Warehousing Tips" by Ken Ackerman See Reviews & Order From Amazon

"What To Look For In Warehouse Management System Software" Order From Amazon or IDII
Obal, Philip	See reviews and more information on this book at Amazon.com

"ADVANCED WMS RFI Search Bundle" Available from IDII only
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Valuable Future Events - List Your Event or Convention

Logility's Connections 2002: Focus on Supply Chain Value - Webcast Series for 8 consecutive Tuesdays, starting March 12, 2002, exploring business and technology issues that drive measurable results in record time. For more information, visit www.logility.com/conn2002.

2002 Material Handling Show & Conference - NA2002 - April 8 to April 11, 2002 - Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI, USA - 800-232-1537 or visit http://www.na2002.com

Supply Chain Expo - April 16 to 18, 2002 - Rosemont, IL, USA - 800-964-9665 or visit http://www.supplychainexpo.com

National Conference on Operations & Fulfillment - NCOF - April 29 to May 1, 2002 - Nashville, TN, USA, 212-790-1500 or visit http://www.ncof.com

Logistics & e-Supply Chain Forum, May 9 to 12, 2002 - New York, NY, USA - 212-651-8700 or visit http://www.logisticsforum.com

Distribution/Computer Expo - DC Expo 2002- May 21 to May 23, 2002 - Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, USA - 800-338-4112 or visit http://www.logistar2.com

ASRS/AGVS Users' Association 2002 Annual Conference - "Integrating ASRS/AGV's/Carousels Into Facility Operations" - June 9-12, 2002 - Hyatt Newporter, Newport Beach, CA

The ASRS/AGVS Users' Association will host its annual conference in Newport Beach, California in June. Twelve presentations, plant tours, numerous breakout sessions and special interest sessions will offer many opportunities to meet with fellow ASRS – AGVS – Carousel users and system suppliers to hear the latest information regarding technology advances and warehouse management systems, and to see solutions to operational and management problems for your organization. Special features of the 2002 conference are the keynote breakfast, plant tours and lunch that follows, and the annual conference vendors' night. Past attendees have said that the ASRS/AGVS Users' Conference is like no other in that it gives all attendees, both users and vendors, many opportunities to discuss common problems, company system needs, etc., and to hear what other users have done to implement their systems of ASRS – AGV's – Carousels into their operations. More information at www.ASRS.org
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