Malt-O-Meal Selects ESYNC to Serve Up Hot Supply Chain Projects!

| MCM staff

Toledo, Ohio- ESYNC, a leading supply chain consulting firm, has been selected by Malt-O-Meal to continue as a consulting partner for the definition, design and implementation of several supply chain execution projects. These initiatives include:

– Deployment of a best-of-breed Warehouse Management System (WMS)
– Process flow mapping
– Engineering redesign of the distribution center layout to improve throughput
– Custom design and development of a macro-inventory control module
– RFID Trading Partner Compliance solutions design and deployment
– Integration with existing MRP and TMS applications

Report Details Warehouse Market, Explains Pricing, Gives Benchmarks

| Jeff Morris

A new report estimates the size of the U.S. commercial warehousing market at $25.7 billion. The report, “An Overview of Warehousing in North America,” is the second from Armstrong & Associates Inc., a Stoughton, WI-based supply chain management consulting firm specializing in market research, mergers and acquisitions and outsourcing, and also the publisher of Who’s Who In Logistics. This detailed report — significantly expanded from that issued last January — covers major service providers, prices and value-added services.

If There’s a Fire in the Warehouse, You’re All Set!

| Jeff Morris

Here’s a novel approach to meeting the need for hourly workers in your warehouse or distribution center: use the local fire department as a labor pool. That’s one of the creative ideas in the annual “Looking Ahead” report from industry newsletter Distribution Center Management.

FSI Announces ISO Certification

| MCM staff

FSI, the marketing fulfillment and logistics services company, announced today that it has been ISO 9001:2000 certified. This follows an independent audit by BSI, Inc a quality management registrar. Doug Peterson, Vice President of Operations stated,

Hundreds of QuickBooks Users Switch to NetSuite

| MCM staff

SAN MATEO, CA – January 6, 2005 – NetSuite, Inc., today announced that since
the launch of the company’s NetSuite Small Business in August 2004, hundreds
of companies using QuickBooks Pro have switched to NetSuite.

AIDC Channel Organizations Support Emerging Applications

| Jeff Morris

Recent research by Natick, MA-based Venture Development Corporation, “The 2004 Global AIDC Industry Business Planning Service,” reports that AIDC (automatic identification and data capture) system resellers continue to expand support coverage for emerging application solutions.