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Echo Global App Improves SCM Agility
By Joe Purcell
Expert Author
Article Date: 2011-07-22
Keeping track of shipments is essential to managing supply chains. Supply chain managers succeed and fail based on their ability to quickly respond to the ebb and flow of demand. In the rapidly changing economy it is difficult to keep up with the high volume of information without the help of technology. Echo Global's new free mobile application hopes to give needed visibility to managers for tracking shipments.
Echo Global Logistics Inc. recently announced the launching of EchoTrak, their new free mobile application for tracking shipments. The company specializes in technology for supply chain managers. Douglas Waggoner, CEO, notes that they seek to maintain their reputation as "'a market leader in innovative solutions.'"
The application enables managers to get real-time information on their shipments wherever they are. EchoTrak offers many features including:
- Search for shipments
- View shipments that are in transit, booked, and delivered
- Create watch lists
- Save and rate quotes with detailed pricing for domestic routes
The application is available on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Android. There are other applications to try, but certainly EchoTrak adds another great instrument to the toolbox of supply chain managers.
About the Author:
Joe Purcell is a technology virtuoso, cyberspace frontiersman, and connoisseur of Linux, Mac, and Windows alike.
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