Chiquita moves to on-demand TMS

摘要

Chiquita Brands International needed to consolidate three disparate legacy systems into centralized transportation command and control.rnSourcing both strategically and for specific lanes was time-consuming and didn't leverage the large annual transportation spend.rnThe Cincinnati-based marketer and distributor of fresh produce also wanted to maximize the use of its Chiquita-owned containers. With the acquisition of Fresh Express in 2005, Chiquita faced a series of issues relative to its TMS (transportation management system) implementation. First, Fresh Express had a legacy installed TMS package.