USAITA, SHIPMATRIX ENTER INTO MARKETING ALLIANCE
The United States Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel and ShipMatrix Inc. have entered into a marketing alliance to provideShipMatrix's shipment visibility software to USAITA's members.
USAITA, based in New York, is a non-profit industry association representing the interests of the textile and apparel importing community. Since it was founded in 1989 it has grown from nine companies to more than 200. The association said it was attracted to ShipMatrix to help its members derive value from information about their parcel shipments.
Pittsburgh-based ShipMatrix provides software which offers visibility of shipments from shipper's dock to consignee door, while generating information about the status of shipments and providing on-time service performance on parcel carriers' capabilities.