PECO Pallet Upgrades Technology Platform with MercuryGate EzVision
ITASCA, IL – March 30, 2022 - PECO Pallet, Inc., one of North America’s largest providers of pooled rental pallets to the beverage, grocery, and consumer products industries, announced today it has deployed MercuryGate EzVision in a major upgrade of its transportation planning and execution software platform.
The successful conversion marked the conclusion of a strategic initiative to upgrade PECO’s operations with best-in-class transportation management capabilities, noted Mike Greene, senior vice president of transportation and supply chain for PECO.
“We had been using an earlier version of MercuryGate’s TMS software for some time,” he explained. “Converting to EzVision allowed us to port over all existing data while also reengineering internal processes to take advantage of mo ....
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