San Francisco - September 27, 2010 — Varsity Logistics, Inc. and TurningPoint Systems today announced a partnership to provide distributors in the food, tobacco, candy, pharmaceutical and biotech industries with an integrated warehouse management and shipping solution built on the power and reliability of the IBM i operating system.
Both companies support distributors who run their operations on the IBM System i. The TurningPoint solution enables companies to manage their order to cash cycle, while the shipping data is passed off to Varsity ShipSoft which automates the entire shipping process.
"We are pleased to become part of the Varsity Logistics' Business Partner Program," said Elery Leblanc. "With the Varsity Logistics' offering our solution will extend to address the shipping challenges our customers face each day. This partnership gives our users the option of leveraging their IBM i investment while automating their parcel and freight shipments using multiple carriers."
Varsity ShipSoft-Parcel is a complete, integrated transportation management solution that automates the entire small package shipping process from order entry to shipment track and trace to back-end auditing and analytics. ShipSoft manages the selection of carriers, optimizes shipment pricing, and ensures label and manifesting compliance for major parcel carriers, including DHL, FedEx, UPS, BAX and the United States Postal Service. ShipSoft-Freight automates carrier and mode selection, weight, rate and label functions for LTL, truckload and rail shipments.
"The partnership with TurniingPoint Systems is an ideal match for Varsity Logistics," noted Chris Anderson, President of Varsity Logistics. "We're pleased to be offering our shipping software functionality as part of TurningPoint’s comprehensive ERP software to help their customers reduce their shipping expenses with an integrated solution."
TurningPoint Systems Inc. is a world class management information systems company for the food, tobacco, candy, pharmaceutical and biotech industries. The company offers a suite of products such as inventory software, distribution software, ERP software and consulting services. These services increase profit margins, enhance productivity, streamline warehouse distribution and improve workflow processes. TurningPoint’s products help companies reduce time to market and ensure regulatory compliance as well as optimize human, financial, and physical resource utilization. (http://www.turningpointsystems.com).