Norfolk Southern Units Help
Customers Track Shipments Across Transportation Modes
NORFOLK, VA and FORT WAYNE, IN - To help shippers easily
track shipments across transportation modes, MODALGISTICS,
a leader in supply chain solutions, and TransWorks, a leader
in business process automation, have combined their transportation
management systems to create a new Web-based application.
"We are offering customers the best that both companies
provide," said MODALGISTICS President David Lawson. "Integrating
MODALGISTICS' over-the-rail visibility with TransWorks' over-the-road
capabilities will give shippers end-to-end visibility."
"The new application provides shippers with automated
solutions that cut across the different business processes
created by using various modes of transportation," added
TransWorks' President Tim Minnich.
The Web-based application (see www.modalgistics.com) includes
carrier tendering and selection; bill of lading creation and
transmission; pickup and delivery scheduling; equipment/yard
management; and visibility of both inbound and outbound orders
from suppliers and customers. Automated back-office processing,
such as document management and auto-payment, also are employed
to complete the loop on the entire shipment process.
MODALGISTICS, a Norfolk Southern business unit, provides
consulting, technology and operational support to maximize
supply chain efficiency within the industrial manufacturing
and commodity-based business sectors. MODALGISTICS enables
its customers to increase the efficiency and visibility of
their supply and distribution networks through Internet-based
technology, strategic supply chain consulting, data management
and outsourced operational support.
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TransWorks, www.trnswrks.com, is a wholly owned subsidiary
of Norfolk Southern. Based in Fort Wayne, Ind., it develops
and implements automated transportation technology and services
and provides integrated, end-to-end solutions for carriers,
shippers and transportation intermediaries.
Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) is one of the nation's
premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway
subsidiary operates 21,500 route miles in 22 states, the District
of Columbia and Ontario, serving every major container port
in the eastern United States and providing superior connections
to western rail carriers. NS operates the most extensive intermodal
network in the East and is the nation's largest rail carrier
of automotive parts and finished vehicles.
For further information contact:
(Media) Susan Terpay, 757-823-5204
(MODALGISTICS) Michael Miller, 404-962-5909, michael.miller@modalgistics.com
(TransWorks) Rick Whitmore, 260-487-4470, rick.whitmore@trnswrks.com
(Investors) Leanne McGruder, 757-629-2861
Norfolk Southern Corporation
www.nscorp.com
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