http://www.locom.com/ Latest LOCOM news and project reports. de-de LOCOM Software GmbH 8 Now XCargo, the best software for planning logistics and transports, automatically generates freight matrixes from existing, evaluated shipping data. You can now geo-code coordinate formats and apply complex planning models directly to Excel data via an interface to the planning platform Logistics Designer. The newest Version 4.7 was released by LOCOM Software in December 2011. http://www.locom.com/en/news/xcargo_4.7_tariff-calculation.html By thoroughly redesigning the concern's logistics, for two years Geberit has already been operating with an entirely new dimension of logistics and this has been acknowledged by the German Award for Supply Chain Management 2011. The basic component was to centralize essential functions at Pfullendorf - a strategic decision that LOCOM was invited to help plan and support. http://www.locom.com/en/news/award-supply-chain-management-2011-geberit.html Sony Europe Limited is one of Europe's leading providers for consumer entertainment electronics. In order to improve control for logistics costs along the high tech supply chain and to plan logistics budgets in better detail, Sony Europe Limited has chosen LOCOM and introduced Logistics Designer. http://www.locom.com/en/news/budgetplanning-supply-chain-controlling-sony.html As an internationally active enterprise for medical and care products, the HARTMANN GROUP is present in more than 30 countries and close to its customers with its own locations for production, sales, and logistics. HARTMANN uses LOCOM’s Logistics Designer to simulate its complex network of almost 100 locations and to optimize costs, service levels, and capacities. http://www.locom.com/en/news/logistics-network-optimization-hartmann.html Lorenz Snack-World has made sustainable logistics a central theme, right down to the design of its supply chain. To know exactly what emissions arise within the logistics network and where potential savings lie, this food manufacturer uses the Logistics Designer by LOCOM. Simulation based on detailed performance data creates transparency for emissions and costs and a firm basis for operational planning. http://www.locom.com/en/news/sustainable-logistics-lorenz.html New version XCargo 4.6 updates emission calculation and map material. Get the newest release of this proven desktop tool for logistics planning, transport cost and distance calculation issued in November 2010. Get yours by the end of this year at the more favorable introductory price. http://www.locom.com/en/news/xcargo-4.6-emissions-map.html Starting in April 2010, Hans-Peter Reisch and his advisory team trend-logistics have become part of LOCOM Consulting GmbH. Reisch and his team bring to LOCOM more than 25 years of experience in out-sourcing, logistics contracting, and medium-sized business consulting. http://www.locom.com/en/news/reisch-trend-logistics-joins-locom.html In the current economic crisis many shippers are re-examining their outsourcing methods and capacities. LOCOM Consulting's concept Extended 4PL (X4PL), developed in cooperation with partners, enhances conventional models and increases efficiency, improving both quality and reliability for customers. http://www.locom.com/en/news/extended-4pl.html In search of potential savings, particularly in a strained economy, many companies look inward. Supply chain organization is an important factor. LOCOM's software package Logistics Designer effectively supports planning logistics networks, formulating calls for bids and controlling incoming tenders. Printing ink manufacturer Siegwerk and automotive parts supplier ZF Friedrichshafen have chosen Logistics Designer. http://www.locom.com/en/news/transparency-savings-supplychains.html Corporate group Kuehne+Nagel’s central Division for Operations Technology & Solutions Engineering completes multifaceted projects in planning and simulation. The division uses Logistics Designer to model networks in certain projects. http://www.locom.com/en/news/network-simulation-kuehne-nagel.html