Software maintains global visibility of containers/contents.
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Web-enabled TrenStarCM v3.1 container management solution enables companies to track physical status of containers and be alerted if shipments do not arrive with contents intact. Software tracks shipments in near real-time via the Web, and manages, tracks, and links contents to high-value mobile assets. It can be used as stand-alone system or as part of company's mobile asset management, logistics services, and supply chain technology solution.
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TrenStar Releases Upgraded Container Management Software
Improved and fully Web-enabled TrenStarCM 3.1 helps clients meet new security requirements and maintain global visibility of containers and contents
DENVER, Colo. - March 18, 2003 - TrenStar, Inc., a global leader in mobile asset management solutions, announced today the release of Version 3.1 of TrenStarCM, a leading container management solution. Improved security features of TrenStarCM 3.1 enable companies in asset-intensive industries like food and chemical to track the physical status of a container and be alerted if it does not arrive with its content intact. Along with offering clients enhanced security against tampering, TrenStarCM 3.1 provides true integration of container tracking information that links contents with containers. TrenStarCM 3.1 provides a more precise level of content data on each container and is fully Web-enabled to streamline the way the user collects and accesses that data over the Internet.
"As the logistics world gears up for the inevitable increase in security requirements, linking multiple interfaces, systems, services and sites together to produce a homogeneous security IT solution is proving to be a challenge," says TrenStar CIO Wayne Aronson. "Supply chain companies and government organizations won't be able to depend on multiple third parties to provide seamless visibility of shipment goods and containers. TrenStarCM 3.1 was built with security concerns in mind and offers our clients one software system to track not only the physical container but also its contents in near real-time via the Web."
TrenStarCM is designed to effectively manage, track and link contents to high-value mobile assets like beer kegs, intermediate bulk containers (IBCs), roll cages and other forms of returnable packaging. TrenStarCM can be delivered as a stand-alone system for container management and tracking or as one part of TrenStar's comprehensive mobile asset management, logistics services and supply chain technology solution. TrenStar's new release is based on software proven for clients including BP, ExxonMobil, Ford, Toyota, DaimlerChrysler, 3M, Dow Chemical, DNA, Scottish Courage Breweries and Carlsberg-Tetley Brewing.
About TrenStar
TrenStar is the leading global provider of mobile asset management solutions. Mobile assets include the containers used to move raw materials, work-in-progress and finished goods through the supply chain. The drive for the improved flow of assets and information requires leading technologies combined with logistics expertise. TrenStar's three-part solution combines asset management, logistics services and supply chain technology to reduce required capital and operating expenses while dramatically improving supply chain performance. TrenStar offers its Mobile Asset Management solution with a revolutionary "pay-per-use" business model, which allows customers to deploy best-of-breed technology and supply chain solutions while avoiding significant upfront implementation costs.
TrenStar focuses on the brewing, food/beverage, chemical, air cargo and automotive industries among others. Our products and services are being used by Scottish Courage Breweries, Carlsberg-Tetley Brewing Company Limited, Givaudan, Sanyo, Toys R Us,The Body Shop, Burberry, and Prada Stores. Our affiliate serves ExxonMobil, Ford, Toyota, DaimlerChrysler, 3M and Dow Chemical. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, TrenStar has international offices in the United Kingdom, Australia and South Africa. For additional information, please visit us at trenstar.com.
TrenStarCM Testimonial
According to Renier Ackermann, general manager of Parts Logistics, DNA Supply Chain Limited, a Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed supply chain management services company with customers in 21 countries throughout the world: "TrenStarCM's ability to interact with DNA'S technology has been crucial in the management of the total picture for us. Since installing the TrenStarCM system we have noted a considerable improvement in productivity. With the total visibility of our equipment that the system offers and now with the ability to manage our business exceptions, we have been able to substantially decrease our rental costs of equipment and reduce inventory holding -- all of which has a direct benefit to the company's bottom line."
