Hormel Selects Manugistics to Optimize Its Nationwide Transportation Network
Company Will Take Advantage of Manugistics Transportation Management and
E-Chain Solutions to Collaborate on Transportation Via the Internet
ORLANDO, Fla., July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Manugistics Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: MANU), today announced that Hormel Foods Corporation has chosen Manugistics' supply chain software to optimize its nationwide transportation network and utilize the communication capabilities of the Internet to improve deliveries and service to its customers as well as to lower transportation costs.
Hormel will use Manugistics Transportation Management to simultaneously optimize transportation plans and execute all transportation moves -- inbound, outbound, and inter-company -- including freight pay, tracking, and reporting. In addition, Hormel plans to link all its contract carriers to a central logistics-planning center via the Internet for real-time collaborative load tendering, using Manugistics e-Chain Solution. By combining the e-Chain Solution with Transportation Management, Hormel will have the ability to receive, explore, sort, and prioritize loads, enhancing communication with carriers by automatically tendering loads via the Internet.
"This is a critical step in our ability to optimize our transportation network for cost-savings and customer service improvements. Manugistics was the only company that could demonstrate inbound, outbound, and inter-company moves simultaneously," said Gary Bickler, manager of corporate transportation, Hormel. "In addition to understanding our transportation needs and how to extend the solution to the Internet for working with carriers, Manugistics understood our industry and the supply chain challenges we are facing."
Hormel Foods Corporation is a multinational manufacturer and marketer of consumer-branded meat and food products, many of which are among the best known and trusted in the food industry. By improving visibility into movement of products from global suppliers to its customers, including retail grocers, foodservice, and industrial customers, Hormel hopes to further reduce delivery time of products to its customers and ultimately to the end consumers.
"Manugistics Transportation Management and e-Chain Solutions will help Hormel plan and manage the movement of freight to its facilities, improve tracking of freight through its supply chain, and ensure that the right products get to the right customers at the right time," said Jeff Holmes, senior vice president, product solutions and alliances, Manugistics. "By simultaneously improving availability of its products and lowering transportation costs, Hormel can significantly impact its bottom line results."
Headquartered in Rockville, MD, Manugistics Group, Inc. is a leading provider of customer-centric supply chain optimization and has the largest global client base of any supply chain provider. The company's solutions are used by nearly 900 companies to improve the flow of product within and among companies from raw materials or parts through manufacturing to delivery of product to the end customer. Manugistics' solutions uniquely allow its clients to create and optimize their supply chains around their customers and are quick to implement, adapt easily to change, and deliver rapid results. Its clients include leading companies such as Campbell Soup, Compaq, DuPont, General Electric,
Harley-Davidson, Mobil, Nestle, Timberland, United Distillers and Vintners, and Wal-Mart.
Manugistics, the Manugistics logo, and working as one are registered trademarks. All other product or company names mentioned are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective owners. Additional information about Manugistics can be found at the company's site on the World Wide Web, at manugistics.com
SOURCE Manugistics Group, Inc.
CO: Manugistics Group, Inc.; Hormel Foods Corporation
ST: Florida, Maryland
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