Quehenberger Logistik Brings INTTRA Services to Austria
June 01, 2004
Quehenberger Logistik integrates INTTRA services in just eight weeks
Parsippany, NJ, USA, Copenhagen, Denmark, and Bergheim, Austria - June 1, 2004 - INTTRA (www.inttra.com), the industry leader in ocean cargo e-commerce connectivity, today announced that Quehenberger Logistik AG & Co KG, a major logistics service provider in Europe, has completed the integration of its systems with the EDI-enabled INTTRA-Link solution. Quehenberger Logistik ( http://www.quehenberger.com/), part of the Thiel Logistik AG group, has a strong competence in information technology, and as a result, Quehenberger Logistik was able to complete the integration in just eight weeks. Quehenberger Logistik chose the INTTRA-Link solution to provide a seamless flow of shipment information from INTTRA carriers to Quehenberger's customers for bookings, shipping instructions and status events. INTTRA-Link is the EDI-enabled solution that standardizes and supports door-to-door ocean transportation services for customers around the world.
"INTTRA offers the best solution for connecting our system with our carriers. We want to see all carriers on the INTTRA platform. That is the most important thing to us", said Thomas Eisen, Director at Quehenberger Logistik. Quehenberger Logistik prides itself on the level of service and the quality of information it supplies to their customers. Maintaining control over shipment status is imperative to the many large international corporations that Quehenberger Logistik provides logistics services for. "The quality of data that Quehenberger provides its customers is extremely important," Thomas continues. "INTTRA-Link provides the Quehenberger organization with a competitive advantage because of the quality and quantity of status event data that INTTRA provides, not only to us but also to our customers."
"Quehenberger Logistik and INTTRA's integration teams prepared aggressive project plans and both sides did an excellent job at working together and completing the two projects in under eight weeks," stated Marc Matschullat, Director, INTTRA Regional Sales. "Quehenberger will achieve cost savings and greater overall efficiencies translating into improved customer service for Quehenberger's customers."
About Quehenberger Logistik Group
With a total of 1,600 employees and 85 branches, the Quehenberger Logistics Group is one of the most efficient logistics companies in Austria, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe, offering its customers individual solutions for any logistic requirement anywhere in the world. In Austria, Quehenberger has a full-coverage network of more than 34 locations, guaranteeing 24-hour service for any cargo. 172,000 m2 storage facilities make it possible to provide any kind of warehousing to the customers. For further information, please go to www.quehenberger.com.
About INTTRA
Incorporated in January 2001 and financially sponsored by a group of leading ocean carriers and logistics providers, INTTRA creates efficiencies for the ocean transportation industry by standardizing and optimizing traditionally inefficient processes. INTTRA enables shippers, freight forwarders, third party logistics providers, brokers, importers, and industry portals to manage the scheduling, booking, documentation, Bills of Lading, and tracking of cargo and the negotiation of freight services across multiple shipping lines in a single integrated process. With headquarters in Parsippany, NJ U.S.A., and offices in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Hong Kong, China, INTTRA meets today's demand for simplicity, transparency, neutrality, and confidentiality across the global supply chain, and delivers connectivity by establishing global shipping standards.
For additional information, contact your INTTRA participating carrier or visit INTTRA's Web site at (www.inttra.com).