Bridget McCrea, Logistics Management, January 2009 Kik Custom reports: Visibility over shipments has improved dramatically, as have the reporting systems that the team uses to make sound decisions.

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When KIK Custom Products was ready for a state-of-the-art transportation management system to replace its existing, multiple legacy systems, Chet Barrows knew that the fastest, most painless route from point A to point B would not be a traditional purchase-and-install option.

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Making the system especially attractive, he adds, was the fact that it required no additional hardware, nor did his team have to worry about whether it would integrate with KIK’s existing IT solutions.

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Barrows says the TMS has allowed his company to operate in a paperless environment that includes functions like electronic tendering and acceptance. Visibility over shipments has improved dramatically, as have the reporting systems that Barrows’ team uses to make sound decisions.

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Source: The State of On-Demand: Catching Fire in Logistics Management, January, 2009