TORONTO, ON-Progistix-Solutions Inc. (PSI) announced today a new, strategic outsourcing partnership with Pitney Bowes Canada. Under the agreement, PSI will assume the national distribution of finished goods, supplies and spare parts for Pitney Bowes which is closing its Canadian distribution center as part of a global supply chain reorganization initiative. Integrating Pitney Bowes and PSI's SAP platforms has created a real-time order-to-delivery operations network for office equipment, supplies, and spare parts, resulting in significant operational, financial and customer service benefits.
"This partnership highlights the benefits we focus on delivering to our clients. Successful outsourcing delivers upfront capital cost reductions, ongoing business process improvements and creates the platform to build new revenue sources," says Fred Kulach V.P. Business Development and Marketing at PSI. "Pitney Bowes is our client but the tight performance measures in our agreement focus on service levels to the thousands of corporate customers served by Pitney Bowes."
The Pitney Bowes - PSI partnership creates a more efficient network, coupling lower operating costs with accelerated movement of finished goods in the supply chain and a reduced order to cash cycle.
"In looking for a partner to manage our Canadian fulfillment operations, we had a wide range of options. After a thorough search we chose Progistix. They have deep local infrastructure, and outstanding business process design skills. They took the time to understand our business and provide us the room to grow to meet aggressive expansion plans," commented Dave Manara, V.P. Operations. "IT integration is a challenge in any business. Progistix speaks the same IT language as us. SAP is a complex architecture that they have installed and understand. We have built a benchmark operation for Pitney Bowes worldwide. We are excited to partner with Progistix because we can serve our internal and external customers better."
Progistix-Solutions Inc., a member of the Canada Post Group of Companies, is Canada's largest Canadian owned, logistics services provider. In transportation management, merchandise fulfillment and field service logistics, Progistix 700+ employees are experts in outsourcing and supply chain management. Serving world-class organizations such as Bell Canada, Xerox, Pitney Bowes and Siemens, the company delivers outsourced logistics solutions which reduce cost, improve business process execution and scale to meet new business conditions. For additional information on the company, visit www.progistix.com.
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Headquartered in Stamford Connecticut, Pitney Bowes Inc. is a $4.4 billion global provider of integrated mail and document management solutions and serves over 2 million customers worldwide. The company operates in more than 130 countries through a combination of dealer and direct sales and marketing organizations. Pitney Bowes of Canada Ltd. provides customers from coast to coast with a broad range of mailing and shipping products, including addressing equipment, copiers, printers, facsimile equipment and production mail systems. Pitney Bowes of Canada Ltd. has approximately 1,000 employees located in offices in major cities across the country. The head offices for our Global Mailing and Management Services units are located in Toronto. The company has a direct sales force of approximately 250 sales professionals located in offices throughout the country. For additional information on the company, its products and solutions visit www.pitneybowes.ca.
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