Kewill
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
|
| Type | Public LSE Techmark / FTSE Fledgling : Kewill |
|---|---|
| Founded | London (1972) |
| Headquarters | UK, USA, Europe, Asia |
| Key people | Paul Nichols, CEO Management Team |
| Industry | Computer software |
| Products | Enterprise Software |
| Website | www.kewill.com |
Kewill PLC is a notable developer and provisioner of software systems enabling dynamic Supply Chains.
Contents |
[edit] Products
Kewill trades on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: KWL) is notable for Logistics systems systems enabling dynamic Supply Chains. Key product sets: Order-to-Delivery, Trade Management Compliance, Shipping Management. Functionally these solution sets recently termed Local or Global Trade Management. GTM/LTM trade systems track orders, freight packages and comply with international trade logistics and industry technical standards. Physical goods flow within supply chain between business and across borders. Multiple modes of transportation are supported meeting security and customs clearance requirements. End-to-end supply chain execution systems reduce business risk by helping increase transparency of physical goods in today's virtualized supply chains.
Kewill's trade solutions enable organizations of all sizes to trade locally, nationally or globally by synchronizing the physical movement of goods via internet-based integration and messaging. Hub and Spoke solutions are provided via software as a service (SaaS) hosting.
In many cases Internet orders pull goods straight from factories or in transit supply chains enabling organizations to orchestrate the physical movement of goods without handling the physical goods. This type of virtualization connects business systems via web services over the Internet, increasing productivity and lowering prices.
Kewill transportation solutions typically tie into multiple parcel carriers (DHL / FedEx / Purolator / UPS ). Enterprise shipping systems can be multi-modal: shipping containers, trains, trucks, to point of distribution, or distribution centre bypass direct to consumer.
[edit] Founding
Kewill, unlike most companies that associated with the Internet frenzy, has been in business for over 30 years. After "Kewill" (Ke and Will name taken from its 2 founders names) was founded in 1972 by Kevin Overstall and William Loeffen - it became consistently profitable trading on its reputation for Production Scheduling and Materials Management software. These applications evolved with PC networks into mid market ERP applications. With the advent of the Internet, Kewill was repositioned and expanded into e-Commerce and transportation solutions under CEO Geoffrey Finlay the founding ERP suites sold off during the dot com nuclear winter. Due to great fall from grace in the stock price and the market shift to profit revenue away from growth the market pressures forced new leadership on Kewill. Paul Nichols current CEO experienced in senior roles with both Logica and IBM, rebuilt Kewill's senior management team and the companies product portfolio of specialist software products enabled for local, and international trade logistics.
[edit] Leadership
| CEO | from | to | FD | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Nichols | August 2002 | present | Karen Bach | August 2009 | present |
| Paul Nichols | August 2002 | present | Guy Millward | Oct 2002 | June 2009 |
| Robert Malley | July 2001 | August 2002 | Barbara Moorhouse | Oct 2002 | |
| Geoffrey Finlay | April 1998 | July 2001 | Barbara Moorhouse | Oct 1998 | |
| Kevin Overstall | Inception | April 2001 | Richard Broad | Sept 1992 | Sept 1998 |
[edit] Locations
Kewill headquartered in the UK with offices located in cities associated with software for global trading in Asia, Europe, North America and the UK. locations.
[edit] Related logistics links
- Supply Chain Management
- Supply chain management software
- Globalization, / The World Is Flat
- FedEx consolidated returns system, / Logistics Today coverage
- Kewill Wins Ariba/APICS Corporate Award of Excellence for Kewill.View
