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Mary Kelly, Media Relations
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ALK Technologies Joins Manhattan Value Partners Program
Customers to experience a more collaborative solution
Princeton, New Jersey—February 22, 2011—ALK Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has joined the Manhattan Value Partners (MVP) program of its longstanding business partner Manhattan Associates, a leading provider of supply chain optimization solutions.
“ALK Technologies and Manhattan Associates have provided integrated solutions to shippers and carriers for more than 20 years,” said Craig Fiander,
Vice President of Marketing - PC*MILER Solutions. “I am confident that our customers will benefit immediately by the steps we have taken to formalize
and strengthen this strategic alliance.”
ALK’s PC*MILER routing, mileage, and mapping software is integrated with the Transportation Planning & Execution and Carrier Solutions, found
in Manhattan Associates’ Transportation Lifecycle Management solution suite.
Transportation Planning & Execution is a Web-based solution used by shippers for strategic capacity planning, dynamic optimization and execution
of shipments, and end-to-end visibility of all shipping activities. Manhattan’s Carrier Solutions are used by motor carriers to optimize load planning,
routing and profitability analysis. More than 50 percent of the top 100 motor carriers in North America are customers of both Manhattan Associates
and ALK Technologies.
Fuel&Route® is an example of a Carrier Solution that integrates with PC*MILER. By using the real-time toll cost data, truck-specific routing and
industry-standard mileages of PC*MILER, Fuel&Route® calculates the true, total cost of dispatch and optimizes the daily route and fuel purchase
plans for drivers, complete with turn-by-turn directions.
“As an MVP partner, the level of support and integration with PC*MILER will deepen and further complement our supply chain solutions,”
said Jeff Cashman, Senior Vice President of Business Development at Manhattan Associates. “Customers will experience a more collaborative solution
that will help them meet their supply chain initiatives.”
Through this formalized relationship customers will experience an accelerated integration of new releases. This will reduce complexity and the amount
of time for deployment, which in turn will reduce the time to realized savings through optimization. Customers will also see enhanced support through a formalized collaborative program.
Manhattan Value Partners (MVP) is designed to benefit both Manhattan and its partners through a tailored program of joint marketing, sales and
development efforts. Manhattan partners include software and hardware providers, third party integrators and consultants that bring added value
to customer engagements through vertical industry knowledge or technical specialization.
About Manhattan Associates, Inc.
Manhattan Associates continues to deliver on its 21-year heritage of providing global supply chain excellence to more than 1,200 customers worldwide
that consider supply chain optimization core to their strategic market leadership. The company's supply chain innovations include: Manhattan SCOPE®
a portfolio of software solutions and technology that leverages a Supply Chain Process Platform to help organizations optimize their supply chains from
planning through execution; Manhattan SCALE™, a portfolio of distribution management and transportation management solutions built on Microsoft.
NET technology; and Manhattan Carrier™, a suite of supply chain solutions specifically addressing the needs of the motor carrier industry. For more
information, please visit www.manh.com.
About ALK Technologies
Since 1979, ALK Technologies has developed innovative mobile navigation and transportation technology solutions. ALK's award-winning
CoPilot Live GPS software is the navigation based services platform of choice for mobile operators, hardware OEMs and systems integrators globally.
ALK's PC*MILER routing, mileage and mapping solutions are used by over 22,000 transportation, logistics and manufacturing companies worldwide.
For more information on ALK Technologies, visit: www.alk.com or www.alk.eu.com.
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