Leader in advanced yard management systems (yms) recognized as one of the top technology companies in North America that supports and enables logistics excellence. 

ALAMEDA, CA, May 15, 2013 - PINC Solutions, the leading provider of advanced yard management and supply chain solutions, has been recognized as Top 100 logistics IT provider by Inbound Logistics Magazine in 2013.

“Every April for the past 17 years, Inbound Logistics editors have selected 100 logistics technology companies that enable logistics and supply chain excellence. PINC Solutions was recognized by Inbound Logistics for leading the way in 2013 and positioning enterprises for the years ahead,” said Felicia Stratton, Editor at Inbound Logistics magazine.  “PINC excels at providing solutions that drive supply chain excellence and answer IL readers' need for simplicity, ROI, and efficient implementation. Inbound Logistics is proud to honor PINC Solutions for continuing to offer our readers solutions that optimize logistics and supply chain excellence.”

“We are very excited to be selected as one of the top technology companies for supply chain management in North America,” said Dr. Aleks Gollu, CTO of PINC Solutions. “PINC’s goal is to facilitate commerce by enabling companies to move inventory faster through the supply chain. The secret? Make our customers’ yards more efficient and connected resulting in a more agile, predictable supply chain with much lower cost of operation.”

Methodology

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, phone calls, personal interviews, and other research, Inbound Logistics selects the Top 100 Logistics IT Providers who are leading the way in 2013. 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. 

About Inbound Logistics

Inbound Logistics is the pioneering publication of demand-driven logistics practices, also known as supply chain management. IL's educational mission is to guide businesses to efficiently manage logistics, reduce and speed inventory, and neutralize transportation cost increases by aligning supply to demand and adjusting enterprise functions to support that paradigm shift. More information about demand-driven logistics practices is available at www.inboundlogistics.com.

About PINC Solutions

PINC Solutions is the leading provider of real-time supply chain asset visibility and advanced yard management management solutions, with Fortune-500 customers in manufacturing, retail, logistics, and transportation sectors. PINC has pioneered the development of cost-effective RTLS using passive RFID technologies that minimizes capital investment required in the infrastructure. PINC’s award-winning products are designed with a scalable architecture for businesses of any size, and are expandable with modular components as customers’ needs grow. Available as turnkey solutions with optional hosting and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), these systems have proven their value through immediate efficiency improvements in customers’ daily operations, typically generating positive ROIs in less than a year.  For more information, please visit www.pincsolutions.com. 

Media Contact

PINC Solutions: Rafael Granato (press@pincsolutions.com, +1 510-474-7500)

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Global B2B Trade Publication Highlights Leading Supply Chain Executives

Alameda, CA—Feb. 22, 2013—Dr. Aleks Gollu, PINC Solutions’ founder and chief technology officer has been selected 2013 “Pros to Know” by Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine, an international B2B publication that provides mission-critical editorial to address the issues and challenges of the supply chain.

“Our annual list of Provider Pros to Know highlights the many thought-leaders who are helping to shape the supply chain industry and advance supply chain as a respected discipline in the enterprise,” said Barry Hochfelder, editor of Supply & Demand Chain Executive. “Their efforts in developing the tools, processes and knowledge base necessary for supply chain transformation, and in promoting new approaches to supply chain enablement, have earned them a place on this year's Provider Pros listing.” 

Dr. Aleks Gollu drives further innovation for PINC Solutions’ best-in-class supply chain visibility and advanced yard management solutions. His vision helps Fortune-500 companies (such as Kraft Foods, Kimberly-Clark, Supervalu, Exel and others) gain real-time access to trailer, container and shipment status across their supply chain. PINC’s customers use the resulting visibility and efficiencies to accelerate their supply chain at reduced cost.

Dr. Gollu’s leadership has also enabled PINC and its customers to receive more than 15 industry awards. In 2012, PINC was selected by Gartner as a “cool vendor” in supply chain management, a recognition that no other company in PINC Solutions’ business segment has ever achieved.

“New technologies for supply chain management, like PINC’s advanced yard management, provides real-time, central access to data previously scattered across multiple IT systems, faxes, and voice mails,”  said Dr. Aleks Gollu, CTO and Founder of PINC Solutions.  “The efficiencies gained from real time visibility and accompanying best practices, enable executives to better meet demand and shorten order fulfillment cycles, all while reducing inventory and transportation costs. I’m delighted and honored to be recognized by this prestigious publication.”

About PINC Solutions

PINC Solutions is North America’s leading supplier of supply chain visibility and advanced yard management solutions with Fortune-500 customers in the manufacturing, retail, logistics, and transportation sectors. PINC has pioneered the development of cost-effective real-time location systems (RTLS) using passive RFID technology that minimizes capital investment required in the infrastructure. PINC’s award-winning products are designed with a scalable architecture for businesses of any size, and are expandable with modular components as customers needs grow. Available as turnkey solutions and delivered through a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, these systems have proven their value through immediate efficiency improvements in customers’ daily operations, typically generating positive ROI in less than a year. To learn more about PINC Solutions, please visit www.pincsolutions.com. 

About Supply & Demand Chain Executive

Supply & Demand Chain Executive is the executive's user manual for successful supply and demand chain transformation, utilizing hard-hitting analysis, viewpoints and unbiased case studies to steer executives and supply management professionals through the complicated, yet critical, world of supply and demand chain enablement to gain competitive advantage. Supply & Demand Chain Executive is a publication of Cygnus Business Media. Visit us on the Web at www.SDCExec.com and on smart phones and tablets at www.SDCExec.com/mobile. 

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RFID Journal, the world leader in RFID news, published this month an exciting story about Supervalu's advanced yard management deployment. 

"Supermarket operator Supervalu is keeping a close eye on trailers at its Lancaster distribution center, via a radio frequency identification solution that tracks their locations without the use of any fixed readers. The company gathers its location data from passive RFID tags mounted on trailers and interrogators installed on yard trucks. Since its installation 18 months ago, the Yard Hound system, provided by PINC Solutions, has enabled the firm to reduce its fleet of trailers by approximately 70 vehicles, while also decreasing labor by 80 hours per week."

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