New York, NY (PRWEB) June 11, 2012
Choice Logistics, the leading provider of critical service parts logistics, announced today that it has formally launched its transportation management solution. Known as Choice Transportation Management Services (CTMS), the solution is already delivering a strategic advantage to early adopters.
Through Choice Logistics, we have identified important insights and substantial savings for our company as we optimize international shipments in partnership, said Nigel Weston, Vice President of Supply Chain for Elekta Limited, a human care company pioneering significant innovations and clinical solutions for treating cancer and brain disorders. The analysis and visibility of key performance indicators from CTMS is a critical component of our strategic plan, enabling us to make continuous improvements in our service supply chain.
In the past, Choice Logistics managed international overnight shipments by leveraging the available transportation options of its vendor base to provide a spectrum of services to its clients. CTMS is the result of significant investments in people, process, information, and technology to actively manage transportation services. Choice Logistics opened its own accounts with major carriers and developed an extensive decision support platform that enables the selection of the most efficient and effective carrier and shipping lane for each and every shipment, worldwide. Its Global Logistics Center (GLC) manages overnight international shipments of critical service parts by the minute, allowing clients to schedule field service engineers with precision. The CTMS dashboard is continually refreshed with order activity, alerting the GLC to any potential for delays so that an intervention can be arranged.
In the world of high-tech service parts logistics, international overnight shipping options are as critical as same-day delivery, said Michael Notarangeli, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Choice Logistics. CTMS provides the level of governance and visibility our clients require to make strategic decisions, such as centralizing high-value inventory or expanding internationally.
Elekta has been a Choice Logistics client for more than seven years, and the majority of its shipments of service inventory are international overnight. With a lean staff, Elekta depends on Choice Logistics to deliver critical spare parts for hospitals and treatment centers as promised and to keep its supply chain staff informed of any exceptions. The Choice Logistics team includes transportation analysts who mine the CTMS data generated and find new opportunities for cost savings and customer service enhancements every week.
About Choice Transportation Management Service (CTMS)
CTMS is a new, value-added service option from Choice Logistics, offering active management of critical overnight shipments, even those delivering a single service part or replacement product. With a decision support engine built upon real-world experience in carrier and lane selection, CTMS provides technology companies with the same level of information, access and control for international overnight deliveries as they have with Choice Logistics same-day domestic services. CTMS is currently available in Europe, with a specialized traffic desk in Tilburg, Netherlands, that is linked to the Global Logistics Center in New York City. CTMS will be available worldwide by the end of 2012.
About Choice Logistics
Choice Logistics provides customized logistics solutions that enable global technology manufacturers, value-added resellers, and third-party service organizations to meet the high-availability requirements of their customers. Its global network of strategic stocking locations, linked by dependable transportation solutions, a unified technology platform, and a performance-driven culture, turns time-critical systems support into premium service offerings that generate profitable revenues, build solid reputations, and strengthen customer relationships. To learn why service-driven companies such as Avaya, Bayer Healthcare, Canon, Cisco, Cox Communications, Dell, EMC, and Pendum trust Choice Logistics as their service parts logistics partner, call 1-800-861-6900, extension 4107, or visit the company’s website at http://www.choicelogistics.com.