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C3 Solutions, a provider of software solutions dedicated to the area of yard management and dock scheduling, is proud to announce that it has been selected by Inbound Logistics as one of the Top 100 Logistics IT Providers.

“When choosing this year's Top 100 Logistics IT Providers, Inbound Logistics editors looked for technology providers that solved specific logistics challenges, but also acted as change agents by helping to transform overall business operations. Selections were based on how transformative logistics IT solutions impact all business activities and drive integration across internal processes as well as external processes for vendors and customers”, states Felecia Stratton Editor, Inbound Logistics.

C3’s Yard Smart product is an advanced, mission critical, enterprise yard management system that enables companies to extend visibility of inventory outside the four walls and maximize the efficiency of their yard operations.

C3 Reservations, C3’s dock scheduling system, optimizes the receiving and shipping process by scheduling appointments to the available capacity in the warehouse. Operators can simply apply relevant constraints to ensure that the warehouse 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.

“C3 Solutions was selected because its solutions work tactically to master supply chain transactions, as well as strategically to act as a change agent to drive the enterprise to more closely match demand to supply.”, says Stratton. “Inbound Logistics is proud to honor C3 Solutions for innovative solutions empowering logistics and supply chain excellence.”

“Over the last 12 years C3 has been committed to providing enterprise software for areas of the supply chain that have traditionally been overlooked. “, says Nicholas Couture President of C3 Solutions. “We are pleased that organizations such as Inbound Logistics have recognized this commitment.”

Every April, Inbound Logistics editors recognize 100 logistics IT companies that support and enable logistics excellence. Drawn from a pool of more than 300 companies, using questionnaires, personal interviews, and other research, Inbound Logistics selects the Top 100 Logistics IT Providers who are leading the way in 2012. Editors seek to match readers' fast-changing needs to the capabilities of those companies selected. All companies selected reflect leadership by answering Inbound Logistics readers' needs for simplicity, ROI, and efficient implementation.

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C3 Solutions Inc. is proud to announce that The Co-operative Group has implemented its Yard Smart yard management system at their Andover and Birtley sites. The Co-operative Group is the UK's 5th larges food retailer.

The project encompasses the implementation of an additional five sites. To support this project the Co-operative Group has built a team of in-house Yard Smart specialists capable of deploying the solution in an efficient and timely manner. The second site, Birtley, was successfully brought online with virtually no involvement from C3.

Tim Edwards, The Co-operative Food’s Project Manager for the Yard Smart implementation, said: “C3 advised on the planning stage but our project team and the site managed the implementation itself. This has given us great confidence in our ability to manage the roll-out of the system rapidly throughout our distribution network and generate the benefits we are targeting.”

The team easily implemented a robust integration between Yard Smart and Manhattan’s WMS using C3’s Web Service interfaces. Yard Smart’s Shipping Agent manages the outbound schedule by automating trailer requests, while ensuring the compliance of every departure and providing managers visibility on unfulfilled equipment requirements.

Yard Smart’s advanced features, including the Shipping Agent, allowed The Co-operative Group to achieve its key objectives in relation to this project:

• Standardized yard processes.
• Increased visibility of vehicles in the yard.
• Reducing the time to allocate vehicles to loads, thereby minimizing late deliveries to stores.
• Eliminate unnecessary vehicle movements.

“The Co-operative Group project is a good example of a complete Yard Smart implementation involving multiple sites, Web Service integration and our agent-based technology,” says Elise Crevier, Project Manager at C3 Solutions “it has also been successful from an implementation point of view”.

“Our experience with implementing Yard Smart has been and continues to be extremely positive,” says John Newton, The Co-operative Food’s Head of IS and Supply Chain Development.

C3 Solutions continues to work with The Co-operative Group to find new opportunities for Yard Smart in order to optimize their yard operations.

About The Co-Operative Group
The Co-operative Group is the UK’s largest mutual business, owned not by private shareholders but by over seven million consumers. It is the UK’s fifth biggest food retailer and a major financial services provider, operating The Co-operative Bank and The Co-operative Insurance. Among its other businesses are the number one funeral services provider, the third largest pharmacy chain and one of Britain’s largest farming operations. As well as having clear financial and operational objectives, the Group has also set out its social and sustainability goals in its groundbreaking Ethical Plan, which specifies over 50 commitments in these areas.

The Group operates 4,800 retail trading outlets, employs more than 100,000 people and has an annual turnover of more than £13bn. Further information is available at www.co-operative.coop

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.

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 .