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Generix Group announces 100 new features for the collaborative supply chain

16.12.2011

Geodis Logistics boosts its international development on the retail and consumer goods' market with IT solutions from Generix Group

Generix Group, vendor of Collaborative Business solutions, announces 100 new features in its Generix Collaborative Supply Chain range. To mark the occasion, Geodis Logistics, number 4 in logistics services in Europe, testifies to the role of innovative IT solutions in its international development on the retail and consumer goods' market, which represents €380 million, or 35% of its turnover.

By boosting this collaboration, Generix Group consolidates its position with logistics and transport providers.

Geodis accelerates its development on the FMCG Retail market

Already present on the retail and consumer goods' market (FMCG/Retail), Geodis Logistics strengthens its expertise on this market with a range of IT solutions based on the Generix Collaborative Supply Chain (GCS) suite by Generix Group. Geodis Logistics thus has access to all products in the GCS range, as well as to the vendor's research and development programmes. "A global player in the logistics chain, we give our corporate customers innovative and upgradeable solutions in line with the requirements of this demanding market", emphasises Jean-Paul Vignal, Managing Director of Geodis Logistics, "…our range of services meets their challenges to optimise physical and information flows. We offer our Distributor and Industrial customers a top-of-the-range service, allowing them to generate loyalty and to serve their own customers in compliance with their promises. Generix Group solutions round out our portfolio of applications and allow us to keep this promise and to widen our range of servicesin four areas: flexibility, pooling, innovation and productivity".

4th logistics provider in Europe, Geodis Logistics sees international development as an essential aspect of its growth: «Our international development requires the use of homogeneous and integrated solutions that guarantee the sharing of good practices within our group…", states Jean-Paul Vignal. Further, Geodis Logistics operates solutions in Licence or On Demand mode to offer flexibility and quick implementation to all customers.

Generix Group, a privileged partner of Logistics & Transport Service Providers

International player in the supply chain, Generix Group serves a high number of global companies in the field of Logistics and Transport services. Geodis' strategic choice confirms Generix Group's position on this market. « Due to current economic constraints, more and more industrial and retail firms are outsourcing their logistics services. At the same time, service requirements expected from Logistics and Transport providers are increasing. Whatever their size, whether they are local or international, Service Providers must display qualities of speed and flexibility to make their customers loyal and to win new ones. To succeed, they have tooffer ranges of attractive services and react very quickly to their demands, all the while adjusting the cost of their service", emphasises Jean-Charles Deconninck, Chairman and CEO of Generix Group.

Their service commitments do not only concern stock management for customers, but also supply, transport through to the end customers, returns' management, and new logistics diagrams related to e-commerce.

Generix Group gives Logistics & Transport providers the means to act on optimising storage, transfers and the total cost of ownership of products.

100 new features for the Collaborative Supply Chain

Thanks to a policy for innovation and investment, Generix Group announces 100 new features in its Generix Collaborative Supply Chain range.

• New activities: creation of an e-logistics pack, launch of the Yard Management System product to optimise dock occupation and truck management in the yard, broader functionalities to optimise the TMS transport solution, and improved multi-site warehouse management functionalities.
• New features for better exchanges: equipped with collaborative portals that can be accessed via the Web, supply chain solutions facilitate exchanges with customers, suppliers or carriers and encourage follow-up of commitments (Collaborative cockpit KPIs)
• Legal developments: regulations regarding hazardous materials, alcohol, etc. (ADR 2011, Gamma project)

Range of On-Demand application services: Generix Group speeds up

European leader of SaaS ( Software as a Service) applications for the supply chain, Generix Group offers a range of On-Demand services for warehouse management, transport management, pooled procurements, EDI, etc., all managed and controlled via collaborative portals. With the SaaS model, it is possible to implement, anywhere in the world, a flexible business application package in a very short timeframe, at low cost. "In SaaS mode, an On-Demand logistics platform can be rolled out in under one month… ", stresses Jean-Charles Deconninck, "We currently offer a range of logistics tools that can be implemented in less than one month; this corresponds perfectly to the needs for speed and flexibility expressed by Logistics providers".

The new features for 2011/2012 include a range of services for food companies. The maturity of our solutions, their interconnection and their availability in the cloud enable Logistics and Transport providers to widen their range of services with an economic model that sets them apart.