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As variability escalates in the transportation function — and the rise of omni-channel selling creates new cost and service pressures — JDA Software Group, Inc. has announced new capabilities in the JDA® Transportation portfolio that help companies make smarter, more strategic shipping and delivery decisions.

Scandit has unveiled a new mobile app suite for the transportation and logistics industries designed to greatly enhance enterprise profitability and operational efficiency.

Infor has announced the availability of Infor Supply Chain Execution (SCE) in the Cloud. According to Infor, this solution combines best-in-class Warehouse Management, Labour Management, 3PL Billing and Transportation Execution in a single, unified solution.

IT systems have a big impact on productivity and cost efficiency within any transportation provider.

By David Upton, managing director, DA Systems Ltd.

Within the next 15 years, London's population is tipped to exceed 10 million people, making it the most heavily populated city in Europe after Moscow. It's already very busy and transportation management technology will inevitably play an essential role in cutting the impact the logistics operations inevitably have on the environment.

BSH Group, manufacturer of domestic equipment, has strongly improved its transportation tendering and planning processes. Increased transparency, due to better data accuracy, has led to both cost savings and a reduction of the administration workload.

Chief editor Ed Holden spoke with some of the major players within the field of transportation management about current key talking points within this fascinating technology field; including changing demand trends, security and how transportation solutions might continue to develop in the near future.

Special Technology Report:
Transportation Management

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Kewill has acquired the IBM Sterling Transportation Management System (TMS), a SaaS-based multimodal transportation management system.

The global transportation of goods is getting tougher. Organisations operating in high risk countries face daily threats of theft, terrorism, smuggling and product safety in their supply chain.