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• NEW! New Advance Transportation Management System RFI is available. The Advance TMS RFI is designed to rapidly speed up the TMS software selection process significantly. Features include 900 precise questions with pop-up text that clearly explains each question, validated responses, and color highlighting that matches vendor responses. Includes a time saving TMS Score Card. Saves 10 to 15 man days of time!
  
  
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• SOFTWARE VENDORS - Next Edition of the Warehouse & Logistics Software Directory is wrapping up. You must complete our survey by August 28th to be in this September's issue. Deadline is approaching rapidly. Contact IDII for a survey form.
  
  

• New White Papers
• New - Seven Ways to Boost Order Accuracy to Near Perfect Levels - Very Good
• New - Seven New Ways to Immediately Increase Order Fulfillment Speed - Very Good
• New - 7 Ways Your Competitors are Reducing Costs & Improving Customer Service—and How You Can Too - Very Good
  
• In the last newsletter, IDII announced these white papers:
  
• Read It - Cost Justifying a Warehouse Management System - Very Good
• Read It - 10 Symptoms of Poor Supply Chain Performance - Excellent
• Read It - How to Turn Lost Sales Into Buying Demand - Excellent
• Read It - Usage-Based Licensing Will Cost More Than You Think
  

Software Company News

• Kewill Systems (TMS, SMS, LSE: KWL) announced that G-Log (TMS, ITL) will offer Kewill’s parcel shipping technology as part of its global logistics solution. G-Log will work closely with Kewill to integrate Clippership® and Kewill.Ship™ shipping and carrier management functionality directly into G-Log’s global logistics and transportation software. This integration will enable G-Log customers to automate their transportation routing and cost calculations for multiple parcel shipments,
  
  

• LIS SOFTWARE (WMS) meets US FDA CFR requirements for Electronic Signature Capture. LIS's Dispatcher-WMS now complies with Federal regulation 21 CFR 11 to help UK/British exporters target the US pharma market. The latest release of the product complies with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) 21 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 11, concerning electronic records and electronic signature capture.
  

  
  

• Logility (TMS, CPFR, WMS, SCEM) Achieves CPFR(R) Interoperability in UCC-sponsored Test. Logility Voyager Collaborate(TM), Logility's collaborative planning solution, successfully completed UCC's sponsored data interoperability testing for sales forecasts, sales forecast revisions and product activity as defined by the VICS CPFR standards. The testing, sponsored by the UCC and conducted by the Drummond Group Inc. (DGI), is an effort to expand the market for CPFR applications by ensuring interoperability between products that are offered by different vendors.

• Manugistics 7 Receives Certification for VICS CPFR Interoperability. Manugistic's NetWORKS(TM) Collaborate solution has achieved certification in the first interoperability test for software products supporting the VICS CPFR initiative. The testing, which was the first of its kind to demonstrate the interoperability of various systems employing the VICS CPFR standard in real-world conditions, was sponsored by the Uniform Code Council and conducted by the Drummond Group. The certification reinforces the readiness of the NetWORKS Collaborate solution to serve as a global platform for collaborative business processes.
  
  
• OMI (1984, SCM, WMS) Acquires Assets and Technology of Web-based Exchange Novopoint.com. OMI announced plans to integrate Novopoint's advanced collaboration, sourcing, contract management and visibility applications within OMI's suite of products. Novopoint's real-time, internet-based business applications enable Consumer Product Goods manufacturers and their suppliers to dramatically improve the order process, provide quality analysis and have visibility on inbound shipments with significant reductions in inventory and transaction costs.
  
  
• Pfastship (SMS, TMS) announces Latest Version of Pfastpack Module. This module includes:
  • EDI 856 Transaction Sets
  • Advanced Ship Notice (ASN)
  • Compliance 128 Labels
  • Pack Verification
  • Line Item Detail (Carton & Pallet Contents)
  • Serialized Part Number and Lot Code Verification
  • Accurate electronic COD based on carton content
  • International Customs Documentation
  • Hazardous Materials Documentation
    
  
  
• RosettaNet Merges With the Uniform Code Council (UCC). Under the agreement, RosettaNet will become a subsidiary of the UCC, while continuing to operate as a separate entity serving its members. The merger is aimed at strengthening the development and adoption of business-to-business (B2B) standards across the industries served by the two organizations and expanding the standards-based business opportunities for respective member companies. A primary goal of the relationship is to accelerate B2B integration via industry implementation efforts for XML standards and emerging services.
  
  
• SupplySolution, Inc. (Supply Chain Solutions) and MetricStream, Inc.(EPM) announced a partnership that will combine quality and inventory management functionality into SupplySolution’s i-Supply Service, a widely used fulfillment solutions in the manufacturing industry. i-Supply provides real-time inventory visibility between trading partners at multiple layers within the supply chain. As of June 2002, over 203 supply chains are being managed by the i-Supply Service.

  “MetricStream’s highly configurable solution is built on a strong analytics framework that offers browser-based capabilities to measure parts’ quality and consequently offer manufacturing process improvements,” said Chris Moritz, CEO of SupplySolution. “The powerful combination of tools and services will enable manufacturing businesses to keep a watchful eye on the quality of parts that are being supplied and instantly produce notifications if problems arise.” MetricStream’s solution not only alerts the user that a quality-problem exists, but it also automatically can take corrective action and trigger whatever steps are needed to resolve the issue.
  

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

• "The world is at your fingertips, play your favorite tune and sing it in your own voice."
  --Trent Woodard
  

• "By forbearance a ruler may be persuaded."
  - Proverbs 25:15
  

• Acronym Finder - Great for Buzzwords, Keywords, Acronyms - Acronym Finder
  

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Valuable Future Events - List Your Event or Convention

Supply Chain & Logistics 2002 Conference - September 10 - 12, 2002 - Georgia International Convention Center, College Park, GA. This event will have a sharp focus on logistics, while incorporating the critical components of warehousing, transportation, distribution and e-commerce. http://www.supplychainlogistics.com

Frontline Solutions' Supply - September 23 - 26, 2002 - McCormick Pace, Chicago, IL. 250 technology & service providers, and over 100 conference sessions help you understand and compare the latest generation of data-capture, mobile computing, warehousing, and collaborative technology. Visit http://www.frontlinexpo.com or call 1-800-331-5706.

Council of Logistics Management Annual Conference - Sept 29 - Oct 2, 2002 - San Francisco, CA. This year's conference offers 36 tracks (educational) on supply chain, logistics, CPFR, technology, and Sunday is a software showcase day. See http://www.clm1.org