Challenge: The transportation services group of a leading 3PL customer with operations in all time zones was experiencing process issues with using a fleet management system in multiple databases to manage brokerage, transportation, and freight pay and audit services of their customers.
Labelmaster, a manufacturer and distributor of items for complying with regulations on the movement of hazardous materials, has added reusable crates to its product line.
The government is to spend $180mn on construction of the new Kampala Port at Bukasa in Wakiso District. Cypriano Okello, the deputy project coordinator, said the government would acquire 500 hectares of land for the port in May.
Purolator International, a provider of logistics within and between the U.S. and Canada, will add three regional offices during the first quarter of 2013.
The Association for Advancing Automation, the umbrella trade group for the Robotic Industries Association, AIA - Advancing Vision + Imaging, and the Motion Control Association, has launched a new web site, www.A3automate.org.
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