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Jan 15, 2008 California Cartage Goes Live With Navis™ Yard at New State-of-the-Art Distribution Center Major Integrated Logistics Company Implements Navis™ Yard Management to Speed the Flow of Goods

OAKLAND, Calif.--Navis, a Zebra Technologies company and the world’s first company to automate marine terminal operating systems (TOS), has announced that California Cartage Company (Cal Cartage), a privately-held company based in Long Beach, Calif., has gone live with Navis Yard at two of its new distribution centers in Savannah, GA. The implementation of Navis Yard has helped Cal Cartage streamline the flow of goods for some of the world’s largest retailers. This best of breed yard management solution has given Cal Cartage greater control over, and visibility into, its yard operations.

Navis Yard Management has brought Cal Cartage new DC real-time inbound and outbound visibility, enabling Cal Cartage actionable information to help make immediate decisions that have improved resource utilization. In turn, this has reduced yard congestion, shortened turn times, and ultimately provided better customer service.

“Navis Yard has helped us increase throughput and visibility while speeding inventory to major retailers’ distribution centers,” said Michael Ridgway, Operations Analyst with Cal Cartage. “This process helps our retail customers get their inventory when they need it, whether it’s to support promotions or quickly replace out-of-stock items.”

Cal Cartage decided on Navis Yard based on strong endorsements by Navis customers, as well as Navis’ proven track record helping companies gain enhanced efficiency, organization and accuracy. “Our decision to go with Navis Yard had a lot to do with the visibility and real-time information about what’s going on in our yard. This kind of transparency is becoming an industry standard,” said Ridgway. “Previously, everything was done on paper, and it was a much slower and less reliable process. You need to know what’s in the yard at any given moment to satisfy your customer. This kind of accuracy, speed and organization from Navis Yard has become expected and demanded.”

Navis’ industry-leading solutions have also provided Cal Cartage greater reporting efficiency and real-time inventory updates, enabling the company to know at any given time what inventory it has, where it is, and where drivers are as well as chart their performance. “All of our customers enjoy the reporting we’re now able to provide,” said Ridgway. “The accuracy in information and reporting we’re able to share with our customers is crucial to show our performance. It’s what our customers expect and rely on to measure how well we are doing. The Navis system has changed the way we serve our customers.”

“Navis Yard has increased the efficiency of Cal Cartage and the major retail clients they serve,” said Michael Dempsey, Vice President of Market Development at Navis. “Our software has exceeded service level goals at Cal Cartage by leveraging real-time inbound and outbound visibility. That means no more priority containers with unknown contents sitting in the yard. Our partnership has streamlined the flow of goods from Cal Cartage to their retail customers. And we have helped Cal Cartage lower its operational costs by increasing the efficiency and transparency of their new distribution centers.”

Cal Cartage joins Navis’ notable client list that includes market-leading brands such as Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated, Albertsons, Perdue Farms, Inc., Jo-Ann Stores and Dot Foods. Navis has added other new clients in the past year to its already impressive DC installed based, which include AutoZone, Johnson & Johnson, Pep Boys, Academy Sports and Supervalu.