LSUK to Make Annual Savings of Over £100,000 by Electronically Processing One Million Documents

LSUK - Leading UK supplier of automotive parts and technical expertise - will be electronically storing and processing over one million business documents with Version One's portfolio of document management and imaging solutions. With these solutions tightly integrated into LSUK's Infor ERP system, all inbound and outbound documents will be electronically processed, stored, retrieved, delivered and authorised, making cost savings in excess of £100,000 each year. LSUK is implementing Version One's software in a two-phased approach beginning October 2007...more

snapfulfil Nominated for Worldwide Industry Award

Hosted, no capital cost warehouse system snapfulfil has been nominated for the Sybase Innovators Award. Held annually, the awards celebrate innovators worldwide who have used "technology to create cutting-edge applications and success for their organizations."

Sybase, the largest enterprise software and services company exclusively focused on managing and mobilising information, organise the awards in several categories. The snapfulfil system, based on the snapondemand hosted service, has been nominated for the Information Anywhere category, which focuses on mobile enterprise applications...more

Alaskan Airline to Reach New Heights of Efficiency with Version One's Document Management

Northern Air Cargo (NAC), Alaska’s largest scheduled all-cargo airline, is implementing Version One’s document management technology. This technology, which will be accessible directly from NAC’s CedarOpenAccounts eFinancials software system, will improve invoice processing efficiency whilst eliminating $24,000 of document archiving costs every year.

John Eckels, Senior Director of Administration and Finance from Northern Air Cargo says, “We’re currently drowning in paper! When a purchase invoice arrives into the accounts department, it’s coded and then manually passed to two different managers for approval. These managers could be located in any of our three head office buildings. Once approved, the invoice is passed back to accounts and paid. The paper invoice is stored in an onsite filing cabinet and after two years, it’s stored in an offsite archiving facility. With thousands of purchase invoices being processed in this way every month, the time, cost and storage implications are staggering!”..more

Northgate appointed ICT Supply Chain Partner for Leicester by Miller  Consortium

Northgate Information Solutions is delighted to announce its appointment by the Miller Consortium, preferred bidder on the Leicester Building Schools  for the Future (BSF) project, as its Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Supply Chain Partner. The project will entail a total of  16 secondary schools being entirely rebuilt or refurbished over the next few years, with the first 4 schools scheduled to be ready in 2009. The ICT service given to the schools as part of the project will last for 5 years  initially and carries an approximate value of £27 million....more

Global Opportunities Ahead As Meridian IQ Announces Name Change to YRC Logistics

Global logistics company, Meridian IQ, announced that as of 2nd July it will change its name to YRC Logistics. A wholly owned subsidiary of YRC Worldwide Inc., this is to better reflect the company’s expertise in logistics and its relationship to YRC Worldwide.

YRC Logistics will fulfil the global logistics services of the YRC Worldwide companies. Andy Martin, Vice-President and  Managing Director of YRC Logistics, explains; “This is an exciting time for the organisation. The adoption of the global YRC name shows a commitment by YRC Worldwide to the continued dynamic growth of the company and to future investment into the logistics industry...more

Hemel Hempstead Logistic Centre awarded Customs accreditation

Simon Barnes at the state of the art, HMRC accredited Type A Customs warehouse

Global logistic company Meridian IQ’s state of the art logistic centre, based in Hemel Hempstead, has gained authorisation from HM Revenue & Customs to operate a “Type A customs warehouse”, which will provide cash flow benefits for Meridian IQ clients.

The 33,000 square foot facility will now be able to store multiple clients’ products in a suspended status. All duties and VAT will not be due until the goods are actually shipped, improving cash flow for companies storing products at the Centre....more

THE CITYSPRINT GROUP ACQUIRES BURGUNDY CARS - Deal further establishes position as a major business services group with annualised revenues of £70 million -

The CitySprint Group has acquired Burgundy Cars. The Group, comprising CitySprint the UK’s largest SameDay Courier network and WestOne Cars, has in the past five years grown its business at an average compound growth rate of 10% per annum. This double digit growth has been achieved by focussing on professionalism, high levels of service and being the best within the sectors it operates. This latest acquisition further establishes the Group as a major business services provider and will see annualised revenues increase to £70 million....more

New iVan web site aims to get fleet managers thinking about funding

A new web site has been launched by TLS Vehicle Rental that aims to get fleet managers and other van users thinking about funding issues.

Hosted by iVan, an interactive online character, www.tls.co.uk/askivan illustrates the pros and cons of different vehicle acquisition methods in an unbiased manner.

iVan gives short, factual presentations online about different funding approaches alongside fleet testimonials from a variety of archetypal commercial vehicle operators...more

Business leaders get the definitive guide to trading with China

Global logistics experts from Meridian IQ (UK) Limited, in conjunction with the China-Britain Business Council and HM Revenue & Customs, will hold a series of seminars across the UK on how to successfully conduct business with China....more

Company car comeback continuing, latest research shows

According to its quarterly Company Car Trends (Q4 2006) report into developments in the fleet sector, this tendency is overwhelmingly true for both those who need a car to do their job and those who are eligible for a company car as a perk...more