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The Virtual Shipping Assistant is AWESOME – it’s all right there and it’s so easy to use…

It’s completely integrated within the Powerlink platform and I can move through it much faster than I could with Unishippers.

I was excited to orient our sales team to the new platform and process – they have already commented that it allows them to move faster with customers and close more sales.

Troy Vantassel – Shipping Manager – Ace Auto Salvage – Saint Paul, MN

The following software updates went live TODAY!

The Save Quote Feature – saves your last fifty quotes and flags current quotes as valid for seven days

The Residential Identifier Feature – provides a real-time advisement that you are shipping to a residential address and allows you to avoid unforeseen (and perhaps unnecessary) re-bill charges 

The Last Minute Checklist and Reminder – prompts and reminds you to enter current & accurate shipment details prior to dispatching your shipments

NOTE: We have also expanded the address book search function to conduct a wider search – you can now search by company name, zip code or any character or component of shipper or consignee address.

ISOFT Data Systems, a software developer based in Lincoln, Nebraska is happy to announce they have recently partnered with the SAV Transportation Group to provide an online shipping solution to its customers and trading partners.

Built BY shippers FOR shippers, SAV’S Virtual Shipping Assistant provides real-time access to preferred rates from a variety of truckload, less-than-truckload and less-than-container load services. ISoft subscribers can now get real-time rate quotes from over forty common carriers providing national range and reach.

“We are excited to announce this new partnership, said Tony Merritt, ISOFT general manager, but even more excited to bring this new service to our customers.”

ISoft subscribers can also get instant insurance quotes from Wells Fargo Insurance Services. This zero-deductible policy covers both new and used commodities and is perfect for shipping engines, transmissions and drive-train components as well as parts that are susceptible to damage.

MORE ABOUT ISOFT DATA SYSTEMS

ISoft Data Systems provides web design and development services and inventory management software. ISoft products are designed to help their customers minimize training time, maximize performance and stay well in front of their competitors.
MORE ABOUT THE SAV TRANSPORTATION GROUP

Initially founded in 1987, The SAV Transportation Group is a 3^rd Party Logistics Company that provides, strategic sourcing, supply chain strategy and a variety of mode-management solutions.

They operate an independent fleet, a comprehensive brokerage and a progressive e-commerce division and are a direct provider of Truckload (TL), Less-than-truckload (LTL), and Less-than-container load (LCL) services.

The SAV Transportation Group has recently been recognized as “Innovators of the Year” by heavy Duty Trucking Magazine and their VIRTUAL ONLINE SHIPPING ASSISTANT has been installed in over 5000 new, used & aftermarket parts facilities within the auto and truck parts arenas.

To request a “demo” and/or learn more about this program contact tony Merritt (ISoft General Manager) at 402-435-3850 or Steven P. Haas (SAV’s Director of Integrated Solutions) at: 763-489-4258 or at shaas@savtrans.com

Partslogistics.com an internet based parts sourcing provider based in Fargo North Dakota has recently announced that they have partnered with the SAV Transportation Group to provide an online shipping solution to its customers and trading partners.

 Built BY shippers FOR shippers, SAV’S Virtual Shipping Assistant provides real-time access to preferred rates from a variety of truckload (TL), less-than-truckload (LTL) and less-than-container load (LCL) services. Partslogistics.com subscribers can now get real-time rate quotes from nearly fifty common carriers providing national, regional and micro-regional reach.

Partslogistics.com subscribers can also get instant insurance quotes from Wells Fargo Insurance Services. This zero-deductible policy covers both new and used commodities and is perfect shipping high value aviation components that may be highly susceptible to damage.

MORE ABOUT PARTSLOGISTICS.COM

Owned by AV Support, and located in Fargo North Dakota, Partslogistics.com is an Internet-based parts sourcing service. Since 1994, they have pioneered the online marketplace for parts sourcing professionals and their online community spans the globe while concurrently connecting buyers with sellers and easing the tasks of parts procurement and RFP circulation.

To learn more about this program and/or request an online demonstration of this new shipping application you may contact Shawn Johnston at 701-271-9111 or Steven P. Haas (SAV’s Director of Integrated Solutions) at: 763-489-4258 or at shaas@savtrans.com

Diesel rose 2.3 cents to $4.01 a gallon, and has topped $4 per gallon for the first time in more than six months.

The Department of Energy has also reported that Gasoline has dropped 6.8 cents to $3.368, which is its biggest decline in seven weeks.

Diesel is now 83.9 cents over the same week last year and Gasoline is now 49.2 cents over a year ago according to the DOE.

The Twin Cities Roundtable of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals will be hosting a STATE OF THE INDUSTRY panel discussion on Thursday October 27^th at the Ramada Plaza (1330 Industrial Blvd. NE) at 5:30pm

The panel which includes Rick Mattson (moderator), Dan George (3M), Marlon Philippi (Pentair) and Steve Carter (Target) will share their biggest challenges and potential solutions; how their companies are responding to the current challenges and how their organizations are assisting manufacturers, retailers and distributors faced with shrinking supply chains. Additional challenges include labor issues, rising operational costs, volatile fuel prices, and pending federal initiatives. Call Brad Emch (CSCMP) president at the SAV Transportation group at: 763-489-4223 for more details

October 12, 2011 – Plymouth Minnesota

Hollander, Inc and SAV Transportation Announce Strategic Partnership to Reduce Freight Costs for Automotive Recyclers.

Hollander, a Solera company (NYSE: SLH), and a leading supplier of business solutions for automotive recyclers today announced a joint promotion and development agreement with SAV Transportation.

This partnership offers Hollander Powerlink® customers seamless access to SAV’s Virtual Shipping Assistant which provides freight shipping services leveraging negotiated rates with regional and national carriers.

“Our goal is to provide a complete workflow solution for automotive recyclers to improve their bottom line. SAV as our logistics partner enhances the shipping workflow, seamlessly passing data directly from the Powerlink Yard Management System to SAV’s Virtual Shipping Assistant to obtain rate quotes, schedule pick-up and track delivery of freighted goods at very competitive rates,” said Rich Lauria, Managing Director at Hollander.

“We are excited and honored to enter in to this strategic partnership with Hollander, said Mike Abbott, President and Founder of the SAV Transportation Group, and even more excited about what this program will do to reduce both labor and freight costs for Hollander customers.”

Initially founded in 1987, the SAV Transportation Group is a Third Party Logistics provider specializing in the design, development and management of efficient and effective supply chains.

About Hollander, Inc.

Since 1934, Hollander has delivered trusted business solutions to the automotive recycling industry. The Hollander Interchange™ is the most widely used database to identify automotive parts that interchange, setting the industry standard for communicating part fit and availability. Today more than 6,000 automotive recyclers rely on Hollander products – from yard management solutions to parts databases. Hollander is part of Solera Holdings, Inc., an integrated group of leading automotive claims solutions companies.