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Isotrak Ltd. and C3 Solutions Inc. announce a strategic partnership to integrate their respective industry leading systems. This partnership will enable Isotrak and C3 customers to increase the benefits that they already experience with Yard Smart and ATMS (Active Transport Management System).

The respective systems exchange information that will allow customers to solve unique operational challenges. For example, estimated time of arrival (ETA) information can be sent from trucks that are destined to yards managed by C3’s Yard Smart. As these arrival times are updated, Yard Smart’s intelligent agent software will adjust the trailer selection based on real-time events to avoid unnecessary trailer moves, or direct time sensitive loads to their destinations without delay, thereby reducing operational costs and CO2 emissions.

“Integrating telematics information into the yard operation is a powerful feature for our customers”, states Nicholas Couture President of C3 Solutions. “The real time data of over-the-road assets provided by Isotrak’s ATMS system make's C3's powerful forecasting features more precise and can improve the productivity and vehicle processing time at the gate.”

“We are always looking to increase our customers return on investment in our solution”, reports Greville Coe, Sales and Marketing Director at Isotrak, “Partnering with companies such as C3 Solutions allows our customers to gain substantial additional benefits at minimal cost.”
C3 Yard Smart customers can take advantage of the Isotrak integration functionality with Yard Smart version 4.2. The functionality will be available to Isotrak customers in the 6.2 release of the ATMS transportation execution system.

About C3 Solutions
C3 Solutions is a leading provider of software solutions dedicated to the area of yard management and dock scheduling. C3’s customers are fortune 1000 companies in the retail, manufacturing, transportation and post and parcel industries. C3’s products include its award winning yard management software, Yard Smart and its on-demand dock scheduling system - C3 Reservations. Founded in 2000 and based in Montreal QC, C3 Solutions has customers in the United States, Canada and Europe. For more information on C3’s products, schedule a free on-line demonstration .

Isotrak customers save over £100,000,000 per year by using their mobile assets more efficiently.

Isotrak helps companies save money, improve customer service, reduce their environmental impact and win new business, all by using mobile assets more efficiently. Isotrak provides best-in-class software products and professional service solutions, driven by a combination of real-time visibility and performance measurement, interpreted from GPS satellite tracking and vehicle telematics data. To help customers focus on the job of managing transport, rather than managing technology, Isotrak delivers its products on a proven ‘managed service’ platform, backed by a high-availability Service Level Agreement (SLA), and accessible through any modern web browser.

Established in 1996 as a division of NFC, Isotrak became a separate company in July 1999 and today supports over 35,000 vehicle connections for customers including Asda, Eddie Stobart, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s, Skanska Utilities, Tesco, and the Royal Mail and many more

Lindesberb, Sweden -  C3 Solutions, a provider of software solutions dedicated to the area of yard management and dock scheduling, is pleased to announce that Meritor, a global leader in providing drivetrain mobility and braking solutions for original equipment (OE) manufacturers of trucks, trailers and specialty vehicles, has successfully implemented C3 Reservations at its Lindesberg manufacturing plant in Sweden.

The Lindesberg manufacturing plant was confronted with increased volumes and the need to improve its shipping and receiving processes.  The operation had out grown its current procedures which included emails, faxes and phone calls from carriers to setup appointments.  After an extensive survey of the market Meritor selected C3 Reservations.

“We had several key criteria during our evaluation, the product needed to be easy to use for both our staff and our carriers and it needed to be easy to implement since we had limited IT resources at our disposal”, explains Lars Heindahl   Transportation Manager at Meritor.  “With our implementation of C3 Reservations we have improved our goods receiving efficiency by 50%”.

C3 Reservations provides the richness of functionality and user interface that is expected in desktop software but delivered via the internet.  On-Demand or cloud software reduces a company’s total cost of ownership by eliminating on-site servers and the associated IT costs.

C3 Reservations optimizes the receiving and shipping process by scheduling appointments to the available capacity in the manufacturing plant or warehouse.  Operators can simply apply relevant constraints to ensure that the plant receives a balanced schedule that streamlines the operation.   C3 Reservations reduces phone calls, faxes and manual emails that are involved with the traditional back and forth of appointment scheduling because carriers request appointments via a self-service web portal.

C3 Reservations also provides advanced functionality to manage electronic documents associated with an appointment and allows companies to effectively measure their carriers or suppliers adherence to their shipping and receiving policies.

“Meritor is an excellent example of an operation that required a point solution that needed to be delivered in a quick timeframe and at a low cost.”, states Marc Tomkinson Director of Product Innovation, “At C3 we are committed to deliver advanced logistic solutions with a reduced total cost of ownership”.

About C3 Solutions

C3 Solutions is a leading provider of software solutions dedicated to the area of yard management and dock scheduling.   C3’s customers are fortune 1000 companies in the retail, manufacturing, transportation and post and parcel industries.  C3’s products include its award winning yard management software, Yard Smart and its on-demand dock scheduling system - C3 Reservations.  Founded in 2000 and based in Montreal QC, C3 Solutions has customers in the United States, Canada and Europe.  For more information on C3’s products, schedule a free on-line demonstration .

Nokia, Finland -  C3 Solutions, a provider of software solutions dedicated to the area of yard management and dock scheduling, is pleased to announce that Nokian Tyres, the largest tyre manufacturer in the Nordic countries has deployed C3 Reservations at its key European manufacturing plants and European distribution centers.

Nokian had several key challenges regarding appointment scheduling in their European operation.  Raw materials needed to arrive on time at manufacturing plants, finished products needed to be brought to regional distribution centers, and finally product needed to be delivered from distribution centers to local dealers.  Furthermore to meet Nokian’s requirements the solution had to be web-based, easy to deploy and functional in multiple languages.

Upon a survey of the market there was one clear choice – C3 Reservations.  It’s a long way from Nokia Finland to C3’s headquarters in Montreal Canada; however it wasn’t an obstacle for the deployment of C3 Reservations.  C3’s concise and straight forward approach allowed for a seamless implementation in facilities throughout Europe including Vsevolozhsk, Russia and Nokia, Finland.  C3 Reservations is an On-Demand system hence the solution is delivered to Nokian through “The Cloud”.

C3 Reservations optimizes the scheduling to each type of facility within the network.  Nokian is now able to automate the communication between schedulers and 3^rd parties, expand the visibility of product movements throughout the enterprise, and in addition to all of this provide a means to consolidate paperwork for each shipment.   International shipments require volumes of necessary paperwork and visibility of this paper is crucial to expedite the movement of goods for Nokian Tyres.   As appointments are made Nokian simply attaches the relevant electronic paperwork to the appointments allowing personnel at the distribution centers to process trailers before they arrive.

“C3 Reservations was the only product that was able to meet our strenuous requirements.”, states Veikko Laukkanen Project Manager at Nokian Tyres.  “We knew that we needed an advanced appointment scheduling system we just didn’t believe there was one out there.”

“More and more we are seeing that companies require features other than automated appointment taking from their Dock Scheduling system.” explains Greg Braun VP of Business Development at C3 Solutions.  “Whether it’s specialized customs documentation, shipment packing slips or load integrity photos, companies need to consolidate all of the electronic documents relating to a shipment or receiving appointment.”

C3 Reservations provides the richness of functionality and user interface that is expected in desktop software but delivered via the internet.  On-Demand or cloud software reduces a company’s total cost of ownership by eliminating on-site servers and the associated IT costs.

About C3 Solutions

C3 Solutions is a leading provider of software solutions dedicated to the area of yard management and dock scheduling.   C3’s customers are fortune 1000 companies in the retail, manufacturing, transportation and post and parcel industries.  C3’s products include its award winning yard management software, Yard Smart and its on-demand dock scheduling system - C3 Reservations.  Founded in 2000 and based in Montreal QC, C3 Solutions has customers in the United States, Canada and Europe.  For more information on C3’s products, schedule a free on-line demonstration .

Esher, United Kingdom - C3 Solutions is pleased to announce the general availability of version 4.1 of its award winning Yard Smart product. Yard Smart is a yard management system that allows customers to dramatically improve the productivity of their yard operations and extends visibility of inventory across the enterprise.

With version 4.1, customers now have the option to manage their tractor operations. New functionality includes specialized tractor zones, a new module to record the inventory of tractors in the yard and the ability for users to apply putaway rules to tractors. Yard Smart now strategically parks tractors based on user defined business rules, in the same way that it manages trailers.

“Driver availability is a key issue in today’s transportation environment,” notes Greg Braun Vice President of Business Development at C3 Solutions, “Saving just 30 minutes per day of a highway driver's time is a huge win, with Yard Smart’s new tractor management, operators know where their tractors are at all times avoiding drivers to search the yard."

The new tractor management features are geared towards operators with a private fleet operation and trucking companies.

Version 4.1 also includes functionality that further improves Yard Smart’s data store, enhanced application monitoring tools, and it expands the integration between Yard Smart and C3’s dock scheduling system C3 Reservations.

Yard Smart version 4.1 will be on display at the Logistics Link South exhibition in Esher, UK February 16th.

About C3 Solutions

C3 Solutions is a leading provider of software solutions dedicated to the area of yard management and dock scheduling. C3’s customers are fortune 500 companies in the retail, manufacturing, transportation and post and parcel industries. C3’s products include its award winning yard management software - Yard Smart - and its on-demand dock scheduling system - C3 Reservations. Founded in 2000 and based in Montreal QC, C3 Solutions has customers in the United States, Canada and Europe.    For more information on C3’s products schedule a free on-line demonstration.

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Esher, United Kingdom - C3 Solutions announces the general availability of version 11.02 of its web-based Dock Scheduling System – C3 Reservations. With this latest version C3 Solutions reinforces its commitment to deliver On-Demand enterprise logistics software. C3 Reservations is an appointment scheduling system that allows customers to streamline the flow of goods into their facilities by dramatically reducing phone calls, faxes and emails from carriers and suppliers. In addition, real-time dashboards and reports track dock productivity and measure carrier/supplier conformance to scheduled due dates. C3 Reservations customers realize significant improvements in scheduling productivity and enterprise visibility of appointments for shipping/receiving activities. C3 Reservations can function stand-alone or integrated into C3’s yard management system Yard Smart.

With version 11.02, C3 Reservations allows customers to integrate corporate information without any assistance from IT departments. New features provide users the ability to upload appointment information from Excel spreadsheets directly into the system. Other new features increase the already powerful constraint model and provide greater user customization through enhanced email template capabilities and additional customer specific data fields.

“Our goal has always been to provide a powerful scheduling tool that can effectively function with or without integration into corporate systems”, states Marc Tomkinson Director of Product Innovation at C3 Solutions. “With our new Excel spreadsheet import tool, customers can immediately gain all of the benefits of an integrated system at a fraction of the cost.”

C3 Solutions will be demonstrating C3 Reservations at the Logistics Link South exhibition in Esher UK, February 15th and 16th. For more information on C3 Reservations visit C3 at stand 169.

About C3 Solutions

C3 Solutions is a leading provider of software solutions dedicated to the area of yard management and dock scheduling. C3’s customers are fortune 1000 companies in the retail, manufacturing, transportation and post and parcel industries. C3’s products include its award winning yard management software, Yard Smart and its on-demand dock scheduling system - C3 Reservations. Founded in 2000 and based in Montreal QC, C3 Solutions has customers in the United States, Canada and Europe. For more information on C3’s products, schedule a free on-line demonstration.