Annual Report 2013 - Mainfreight

Mainfreight
Technology
As a global supply
chain logistics company,
increasingly, our business
edge is about the way
we gather, use and share
critical information.
Our technology investment remains critical
to our evolving global business. It is a
key element in enhancing efficiency and
productivity, providing data and statistics
that allow us to deliver greater quality while
providing transparency for our customers,
providing them with an extra layer of
intelligence as well as critical supply chain
information.
Short-term Initiatives
> > Air & Ocean divisions connected on
one database platform world-wide –
completed and hosted from Chicago.
> > Mainfreight USA Domestic software
(Mainstreet) – in testing phase, for
implementation mid-2013.
> > European standardisation – currently
implementing all branches Europe-wide
to the Dutch-based TREX system.
> > Mainchain (our customer portal) –
upgrade completed May 2013.
> > Hardware refresh for Australasian
data centres – completed late 2012.
Medium-term Initiatives
> > Decision process and implementation on a
satisfactory software platform for domestic
European transportation – underway.
> > Warehousing upgrade system evaluation
and decision making on globally suitable
products or regional-based proprietary
development.
Long-term Initiatives
> > Decision and evaluation of a proprietary
Air & Ocean product of our own, or the
continuation and development of the
current software in use.
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