Bohemia, NY – TransportGistics Inc., a leader in online technology solutions for
transportation and materials management today announced the addition of Margaret
R Pardee Memorial Hospital to its list of healthcare systems and universities
using
www.TRaIDS.net to track, receive and internally
deliver shipments, parcels and goods.
TRaIDS.net enables Pardee complete mobility and end to end visibility for
multi-modal shipments from origination, through receipt to the ultimate internal
destination; a person, a warehouse bin, or a staging area.
TRaIDS provides Pardee users with real
time access to intransit and post receipt information by recording and tracking
the movement of goods from the time they leave the shipper’s building, through
the receiving process, until they reach the final internal destination.
According to Craig Bassett, Director of Materials Management, Pardee,
“TRaIDS.net was a natural move because it continues our disciplined efforts to
improve business processes and enhance service offerings to our end users.
Simply stated, TRaIDS.net helps us deliver the right results to our patients,
doctors and users.
TRaIDS.net enables Pardee to
collect
shipment data along the supply-chain such as purchasing, vendor shipping,
carrier operations, receiving and internal delivery and makes it instantly
available to authorized users through the web and
according to Bassett “we found it critical
to be able to share information in a real time environment given the ongoing
challenge to drive down transportation and handling costs and improve visibility
and accountability”
With
TRaIDS, Pardee receiving personnel automatically capture bar code data
associated with each shipment and / or goods and are assisted with staging those
shipments. Immediately upon receipt, verification of deliveries is achieved and
recipients or other interested parties are notified that their shipments have
arrived. In addition, users can track their shipments from the moment the
carrier picks them up until they are delivered to their desk, shipments can be
delivered to people as well as to locations (warehouse bins, stock rooms, etc.),
and delivery confirmation is achieved (through signature or scan of employee
id's) and electronically stored for full accountability.
TRaIDS.net
simplified the entire internal delivery process while concurrently providing a
higher degree of visibility and accountability. Pardee uses the technology to
identify both intransit and post receipt shipment whereabouts and all of the
“points of touch”. TRaIDS.net replaces traditional manual receipt / delivery
logs and enables up to the minute locations of each and every shipment. “By
using TRaIDS.net, we are assured that our internal customers are receiving the
most efficient processing of their materials, as well as intact delivery. It is
the foundation for improved service – providing information that can help reduce
internal delivery costs and delays, maximize efficiency, and reduce overall
supply chain costs” stated Bassett.
“Implementation opens the door to a world of valuable information,” said Alan
Miller, President of TransportGistics, the supplier of the ASP technology to
Pardee. “Recipients can access information at any point along the route, and
all authorized users can access as needed a secure, clear, user-friendly
interface that enables them to easily obtain location, delivery appointment,
“points of touch”, contact information and exceptions.”
Pardee Hospital
is a not-for-profit community hospital founded in 1953 in downtown
Hendersonville, NC. The main hospital is licensed for 222 acute care beds and
20 skilled nursing beds. The hospital has several locations separate from the
main campus, including a 130-bed nursing facility, an adult day care center, a
health education center, home care services, sports therapy and rehabilitation,
a women’s health center and an urgent care facility.
TransportGistics is a global, multi-product application service provider (ASP)
that provides market leading, simple, incremental solutions for transportation
management and logistics functions within the supply chain. It specializes in
helping companies manage transportation services and customer satisfaction. In
addition to TRaIDS.net, the ASP’s technology solutions include
BLGen.com which enables users to generate,
manage, store, print, and distribute shipping documents;
InsourceAudit.com a freight bill
management, shipment information and cost control portal that provides rating,
auditing, payment and reporting;
FreightTracing.com which optimizes transportation activities by aggregating
and displaying up-to-the-minute shipment information;
RoutingGuides.com which provides a
communication link and management tool with vendors to improve compliance,
TRaIDS.net which provides post receipt
tracking and accountability of packages and shipments, and
LBPServices.com which manages the
transportation functions of planning and procurement of transportation services
with better management and lower cost.