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TransLoad Software Designed To

Optimize Freight Loading Efficiency

TransPack Software Systems, nc., of Fort Washington, Pa., has mnounced the availability of its

FransLoad software, which is designed to help optimize the effi- ciency of freight loading. The soft- ware works by arranging mixed- size products in trailers, containers and railcars. Shippers can there- fore determine, in advance, if all the cargo in a shipment will fit in the planning vehicle, how much space to allot, and how many vehicles will be required for the shipment. This information can be used to select equipment, manage shipping costs and increase customer satisfaction due to accurate planning.

In calculating load plans,

TransLoad takes into account user- specified stacking and height restrictions, case orientation, inbound/outbound stop ordering and palletizing requirements. The software produces 3-D, color coded diagrams that demonstrate how cargo should be loaded for optimum results.

TransLoad can reportedly be used as a standalone unit or in conjunc- tion with existing routing or order entry systems. It runs under

Windows, Win95 or Windows NT on individual or networked PC work- stations. According to Ken

Stevenson, president of

TransPack, "We developed

TransLoad in response to a market

September, 1996 need. Private and common carriers alike are looking for an easy-to-use load planning system that inte- grates package specifications, pal- letizing and load planning."

For more information on TransPack

Software Systems, Inc.

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Container Service Corp.

Installs Wireless LAN

Solution

Trans Pacific Container Service

Corp. (TraPac), a U.S. marine ter- minal company, has installed an

AS/400 Wireless LAN solution at its

Port of Seattle terminal in order to increase the speed of cargo loading and unloading. With the IBM solu- tion, TraPac personnel can load and discharge ships' containers, track- ing the movement of inventory to the yard with use of the Yard

Processing Package, which runs on laptop computers aboard mobile vans.

The vans move to the location of container loading, so that drivers can capture up-to-the-second infor- mation regarding what cargo is being stored where. This data is entered into the Yard Processing

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