November 10th, 2016

Phillip Marlowe President / Chief Logistician Acuitive Solutions Phil@AcuitiveSolutions.com

Session Four:

Driving Innovation and Collaboration

New Technologies in Logistics Impacts of Cloud Applications

Global TMS. It’s everything we do.

Privately held, founded in 2002, based in Charlotte, NC

100% SaaS / Hosted / Cloud solutions

Primary offering - Global TMS

TMS application suite - International Execution focused

Some of our Customers include:

About Us …

Global TMS. It’s everything we do.

What is this Cloud thing and why should we care?

Global TMS. It’s everything we do.

Cloud [Kloud] n

1996

A visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth’s surface. (Or, a white thing in the sky that rains).

Global TMS. It’s everything we do.

Cloud [Kloud] n

2006

Newly coined consultant buzzword to reposition SaaS (software as a service) as something even newer, more powerful, and exciting. See Hype. Embraced by venture capitalists and tech startups with lots of marketing money.

Global TMS. It’s everything we do.

Cloud = SaaS = Subscription = Hosted

Global TMS. It’s everything we do.

Cloud [Kloud] n

2016

A model of computer use in which services stored on the Internet are provided to users on a temporary basis without having physical access to the computer or applications.

Global TMS. It’s everything we do.

What is this Cloud thing and why should we care?

Global TMS. It’s everything we do.

Phil’s 5 Reasons you need to pay attention

to what’s happening in the cloud(s)

Global TMS. It’s everything we do.

1. Cloud Is A Service – Not Software

Global TMS. It’s everything we do.

2. Cost of ownership is a fraction of other models

Global TMS. It’s everything we do.

3. Things happen much faster in the cloud than they do here on earth.

Global TMS. It’s everything we do.

4. Collaboration is “King”

Global TMS. It’s everything we do.

5. 3PLs are now bundling cloud solutions into their own

Global TMS. It’s everything we do.

Phillip Marlowe President / Chief Logistician Acuitive Solutions Phil@AcuitiveSolutions.com

Cheaper

Faster

Easier

More leverage over provider

November 10th, 2016

Phillip Marlowe President / Chief Logistician Acuitive Solutions Phil@AcuitiveSolutions.com

Session Four:

Driving Innovation and Collaboration

New Technologies in Logistics Impacts of Cloud Applications