Menlo Worldwide Leverages Freightgate's Tariff-Trek! For Service Contract Efficiency
(EMAILWIRE.COM, August 27, 2003 ) Huntington Beach, California -- Freightgate, Inc. (R), a leading provider of Internet applications for the Freight & Logistics Industry, today announced that CNF Service Company has selected Freightgate's Tariff-Trek! hosted solution to manage its service contracts. The deal also extends to CNF's affiliate companies who provide global logistics, forwarding and supply chain management services under the Menlo Worldwide (SM) brand.
"The Tariff-Trek! solution enables us to have superior access to our broad scope of service contract data, effectively enhancing the service we deliver to our customers," said Christine Callahan, vice president of ocean services for Menlo Worldwide Forwarding. "Freightgate and its product exceed competitive offerings when it comes to efficiency, customizability, and depth of applied knowledge. We look forward to integrating these factors into our environment."
"We are very happy to have CNF and the Menlo Worldwide group of companies as part of our family of customers. It is a clear indication of our continued commitment to forming meaningful partnerships with our customers and partners by listening to their needs and finding innovative solutions to their pain-points," said Martin Hubert, CEO and president of Freightgate.
Tariff-Trek! is the industry-leading solution to the long-standing problems associated with service contract management, distribution and organization. By replacing countless pages of inconsistent and difficult to understand rates with an interactive, searchable and user-friendly web-enabled solution, users gain a whole new level of productivity. Aside from the ability to run instant rate queries by virtually limitless combinations, Tariff-Trek! offers convenient data uploading, quotation generation and distribution, surcharge application, mode comparison and unique FAK/Cargo NOS commodity exception handling.
About Menlo Worldwide and CNF:
Menlo Worldwide was formed in December 2001 and includes the operations of Menlo
Worldwide Forwarding (formerly Emery Forwarding), Menlo Worldwide Logistics, Vector SCM, Menlo Worldwide Technologies, Menlo Worldwide Expedite! and Menlo Worldwide Trade Services. Menlo Worldwide has revenues of US$2.7 billion and employs more than 15,000 people. Its companies provide global supply chain services under the Menlo Worldwide SM brand including air freight, ocean freight, global logistics management, urgent transportation, supply chain consulting and technology, and customs brokerage and other trade services in more than 200 countries. Menlo Worldwide is based in Redwood City, Calif. and is a business segment of CNF Inc. (NYSE: CNF), a US$4.8 billion management company of global supply chain services that also has businesses in regional trucking and trailer manufacturing. CNF is located in Palo Alto, Calif. Information about CNF and Menlo Worldwide can be found on the Internet at www.cnf.com and www.menloworldwide.com.
About Freightgate (R):
Based in Huntington Beach, California, the Freightgate team has developed Internet solutions for the freight industry since 1994, such as its industry-leading PLTX (TM) Suite, which includes I-Trek!(R) Internet Supply Chain Collaboration & Visibility; GTM-Trek! (TM) for RFQ and tender management; Tariff-Trek! (TM)for service contract and quote management, FMC-Trek! (TM) for fulfilling FMC publishing requirements, and I-Sail! (TM), the interactive online sailing schedule. Other Freightgate suites include I-Train! (TM) for your training and educational requirements, and eLogistic (TM), the perfect extension for online exchanges to provide interactive shipping services to users. Freightgate's customer portfolio contains company such as Bax Global, GeoLogistics, Panalpina and Shipco. Freightgate is ISO 9001: 2000 certified. For additional information on Freightgate visit them on the web at www.freightgate.com or call (714) 799-2833.
"The Tariff-Trek! solution enables us to have superior access to our broad scope of service contract data, effectively enhancing the service we deliver to our customers," said Christine Callahan, vice president of ocean services for Menlo Worldwide Forwarding. "Freightgate and its product exceed competitive offerings when it comes to efficiency, customizability, and depth of applied knowledge. We look forward to integrating these factors into our environment."
"We are very happy to have CNF and the Menlo Worldwide group of companies as part of our family of customers. It is a clear indication of our continued commitment to forming meaningful partnerships with our customers and partners by listening to their needs and finding innovative solutions to their pain-points," said Martin Hubert, CEO and president of Freightgate.
Tariff-Trek! is the industry-leading solution to the long-standing problems associated with service contract management, distribution and organization. By replacing countless pages of inconsistent and difficult to understand rates with an interactive, searchable and user-friendly web-enabled solution, users gain a whole new level of productivity. Aside from the ability to run instant rate queries by virtually limitless combinations, Tariff-Trek! offers convenient data uploading, quotation generation and distribution, surcharge application, mode comparison and unique FAK/Cargo NOS commodity exception handling.
About Menlo Worldwide and CNF:
Menlo Worldwide was formed in December 2001 and includes the operations of Menlo
Worldwide Forwarding (formerly Emery Forwarding), Menlo Worldwide Logistics, Vector SCM, Menlo Worldwide Technologies, Menlo Worldwide Expedite! and Menlo Worldwide Trade Services. Menlo Worldwide has revenues of US$2.7 billion and employs more than 15,000 people. Its companies provide global supply chain services under the Menlo Worldwide SM brand including air freight, ocean freight, global logistics management, urgent transportation, supply chain consulting and technology, and customs brokerage and other trade services in more than 200 countries. Menlo Worldwide is based in Redwood City, Calif. and is a business segment of CNF Inc. (NYSE: CNF), a US$4.8 billion management company of global supply chain services that also has businesses in regional trucking and trailer manufacturing. CNF is located in Palo Alto, Calif. Information about CNF and Menlo Worldwide can be found on the Internet at www.cnf.com and www.menloworldwide.com.
About Freightgate (R):
Based in Huntington Beach, California, the Freightgate team has developed Internet solutions for the freight industry since 1994, such as its industry-leading PLTX (TM) Suite, which includes I-Trek!(R) Internet Supply Chain Collaboration & Visibility; GTM-Trek! (TM) for RFQ and tender management; Tariff-Trek! (TM)for service contract and quote management, FMC-Trek! (TM) for fulfilling FMC publishing requirements, and I-Sail! (TM), the interactive online sailing schedule. Other Freightgate suites include I-Train! (TM) for your training and educational requirements, and eLogistic (TM), the perfect extension for online exchanges to provide interactive shipping services to users. Freightgate's customer portfolio contains company such as Bax Global, GeoLogistics, Panalpina and Shipco. Freightgate is ISO 9001: 2000 certified. For additional information on Freightgate visit them on the web at www.freightgate.com or call (714) 799-2833.
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