Jun 4, 2010 12:08 PM

England Logistics Inc announced the selection of McLeod Software’s PowerBroker platform as its brokerage software system. McLeod was selected from among several vendors based on a set of criteria established by England’s management. England Logistics is a wholly owned subsidiary of C R England Inc.

The third-party logistics (3PL) company will implement McLeod’s enterprise-wide PowerBroker brokerage system with McLeod’s Agent Access, Container, EDI for Logistics, Private Notification Network, and Rapid Alert Notification System modules. The 3PL firm will also use McLeod’s DocumentPower Enterprise suite of document management tools that encompasses Workflow, Rendition Billing, and Rendition Settlement. Other key services and technologies to be used include Carrier Insurance Monitoring, Internet connectivity, Web Document Retrieval, and McLeod’s new Responsibility Filtering module.

Jason Beardall, England Logistics’ Vice President, Truckload Sourcing, stated, “The selection of McLeod’s PowerBroker platform falls appropriately in line with our aggressive, strategic growth plans. After significant due diligence, we’ve found their product to be first in class and, more importantly, found McLeod to be a leader in forward-thinking development.”

England Logistics is the 13th-largest non-asset based transportation providers in the industry, offering a portfolio of services ranging from full truckload sourcing, dry and temperature-controlled LTL and parcel, special projects engineering, global sourcing, complete supply chain engineering, and warehousing.

For more information, access www.englandlogistics.com or visit www.McLeodSoftware.com.