Del Monte Foods Selects GT Nexus
Staff -- Logistics Management, 10/2/2007
ALAMEDA, Calif.— Spokesmen for GT Nexus announced that Del Monte Foods Company has selected its trade and logistics portal to serve as the food giant’s international transportation management and shipment visibility platform. The platform was successfully used for the 2007 ocean transportation bid, including optimization of the transportation spend and carrier allocations. The company’s finalized ocean contracts have been digitized, making them easier to manage and monitor by Del Monte and its ocean carriers, say spokesmen.
One of the US's largest manufacturers of branded canned fruit, vegetables, pet foods and snacks, tuna, and broths, Del Monte reported sales of more than $3.4 billion for fiscal 2007. The company has been growing rapidly over the past few years, causing a significant growth in ocean spend and making tighter contract management a priority.
"As a leading CPG manufacturer, we face huge challenges in managing an ever more complex transportation network. Using the GT Nexus portal gives us visibility and control over that network," states Bill Pollard, VP Customer Service and Transportation at Del Monte. "Increasingly, global transportation is a strategic initiative for us and GT Nexus gives us a whole new, smart way to manage our global freight movement and spend."
According to spokesmen, GT Nexus is providing the entire platform on-demand, over the Web,. This, they say, removes the need for software installations and maintenance. Internal users at Del Monte, as well as the carriers and other logistics partners who serve them, can now work together through a common set of Web applications.
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