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Visiship Appointment Scheduling |
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Transportation Management
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Cogent releases appointment scheduling capabilities for Visiship customers. The new capabilities will allow clients to manage loading and unloading activity at their facilities. Carriers can schedule new or change existing appointments and Visiship coordinates the rest. Facility personnel can view each day’s schedule with details on carriers arriving by time slot and they can record key events such in/out gate and start/end times.
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Shell Rolls Out Tankworks to New Ethanol Terminal |
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Terminal Operations and Inventory Visibility
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| Shell Oil’s Motiva unit has added the Providence, RI terminal to their Tankworks sites. Providence is receiving rail shipments of ethanol for customers and will use Cogent’s Tankworks system to manage the rail process and to deliver information services to customers. The web-based system provides inventory and transaction status and reports.
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| 2007 |
3PL Implements Rail Connector |
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Rail Routing API and Integration
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| A leading forest products 3PL has lowered its technology costs by implementing Cogent’s Rail Connector in conjunction with ALK’s PC*MILER|Rail. The 3PL integrates the ALK routing & mileaging engine with internal systems for rail rating and tracking. Adding Cogent’s Rail Connector provides native .NET components to reduce integration and support time/effort as well as enhance stability in a server-based environment.
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| 2007 |
Visitrack Identifies Fleet Sizing Opportunity |
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Rail Transportation and Fleet Management
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| A chemicals shipper identified major rail fleet reduction opportunity after just six months after implementing Visitrack. By using Visitrack’s fleet sizing tool, the shipper was able to identify the ideal fleet size by product/plant, based on transit statistics, dwell times and demand patterns. |
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Ethanol Rail Management Process |
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Inbound Rail Management and Inventory Visibility
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| Cogent has collaborated with Shell Oil’s Motiva unit to design an ethanol rail tracking and terminal management process that is unique to the industry. The process is built on Tankworks, a Cogent web-based system for managing supply movements and customer inventories at product terminals. It enables Motiva to efficiently manage the railcar receiving process and to provide customers access to timely inventory and transaction information services. |
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| 2005 |
Visiship Delivers Results for 3PL |
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Transportation Management
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| Following Visiship implementation, a third party logistics firm is lowering costs, raising service levels to customers and increasing margins. This 3PL provides a range of services to clients, including rate management, load tendering & coverage and freight settlement. Following a comprehensive review process, they selected Visiship because of its ability to support their multi-client environment. |
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| 2004 |
RateSmart Lowers Freight Costs for Chemical Mfr. |
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Rate Management
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| Using Visiship TMS technology, Cogent performed a quantitative study of this chemical manufacturer’s LTL carrier selection. The analysis detailed a 10% freight savings opportunity through optimal carrier selection using the company’s existing rates. The chemical shipper has implemented Visiship RateSmart across all modes for its customer service reps and plants to use for rating and carrier selection. Visiship is driving freight costs down and is able to track carrier selection for each shipment, including deviations from the best choice. |
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TMT Joint Venture Formed |
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Transportation Management
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Cogent announces the formation of Transportation Management Technologies, LLC (TMT). TMT is joint venture founded to provide transportation management solutions (TMS) to shippers and 3PLs. The joint venture founders each have tremendous experience in a variety of essential roles, including technology development, shipper transportation, third party logistics and carrier operations. Cogent will develop the technology and manage service delivery of TMT’s hosted solutions. TMT’s core product will be called Visiship TMS.
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| 2003 |
Metropolitan Logistics E-Business Integration |
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Business
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Technology Integration
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is pleased to be working with Metropolitan Logistic Services to develop
electronic integration and web services for customers of Metropolitan's
Load Management Center (LMC). This project will allow customers to
communicate freight orders, perform rate inquiries, optimize transportation
and access the reporting engine of the LMC. |
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2002 |
OptiNet Product Release |
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Transportation
Optimization
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| Cogent
announces the release of the OptiNet system for transportation network
planning and optimization. OptiNet provides transportation operators
the ability to optimize route/mode selection, equipment repositioning
and load/backhaul planning. OptiNet has consistently demonstrated
operating cost reductions through optimal network planning. |
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| 2002 |
TankWorks Implemented at Major Oil Distributor |
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Inventory
Management
and Scheduling
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announces it's initial implementation of TankWorks for a major oil distributor in the northeast U.S. The implementation covers scheduling, marine, and rail management as well as BOL documentation, inbound tracking and yard management. TankWorks was also demonstrated at the OPIS Fleet Fueling Conference, August 18-20. |
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Intermodal Equipment Repositioning
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Transportation
Optimization
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introduces software components to optimize intermodal equipment repositioning.
Working with a major ocean carrier, Cogent demonstrated a 10% reduction
in empty rail repositioning expense by modeling the carrier's intermodal
network rates and equipment distribution requirements. |
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| 2002 |
TankWorks Release
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Inventory
Management
and Scheduling
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| Cogent
is pleased to announce the release of TankWorks,
a product scheduling and inventory management system for liquid bulk
terminals. TankWorks provides the users with the ability to schedule
and fulfill product movements by rail, marine, pipeline, truck and
internal tank. The system also manages product inventory and transactions,
and allows customers to access current inventory positions via the
internet. |
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| 2002 |
Network Analysis Capabilities
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Network
Optimization
and Routing
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| Cogent
announces the development of network optimization tools to support
its consulting group. The addition of these powerful capabilities
enable Cogent to deliver analysis and solutions which target areas
including empty equipment repositioning, dispatch optimization and
transportation planning. |
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| 2001 |
GPS Tracking
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Equipment
Tracking
and Tracing
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| Cogent
is working with leaders in the intermodal transportation industry
to develop GPS device-based tracking solutions for transportation
assets. As part of a pilot project, we are currently processing tracking
data from GPS-equipped chassis and designing chassis management capabilities. |
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| 2001 |
ShopKeeper
Release |
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Asset
Management
and Maintenance
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| Cogent
Solutions is proud to announce the release of the ShopKeeper Fleet
Maintenance System. ShopKeeper
is designed to manage maintenance activities and transactions for
all types of transportation equipment. |
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| 2001 |
Terminal Scheduling Project |
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Inventory
Management
and Scheduling
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| Cogent
Solutions was recently selected to design and develop a Terminal Inventory
Scheduling system for a major northeast liquid bulk distribution terminal. The system will manage
all product movements through the plant and provide customers with
current inventory positions. |
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North American Intermodal Routing Analysis |
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Network
Analysis
and Service Design
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| Cogent's
consulting group completed a comprehensive review of the North American
inland distribution network for a major ocean carrier. The analysis
identified a multi-million (USD) cost reduction opportunity achievable
through service network optimization. |
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