Elogex To Provide Catalyst For A More Efficient Du Pont Supply Chain

Compiled ByDeborah Austin The Polyester Enterprise and Nylon Enterprise business units of Du Pont & Co. have chosen the Elogex Network as foundation for a collaborative logistics community designed to optimize transportation and distribution across a base of Du Pont suppliers, customers, and service providers. With the solution -- from Elogex Inc., a provider of collaborative commerce solutions for logistics - Du Pont aims for supply-chain efficiencies in its Nylon and Dacron businesses, by collaborating with suppliers and customers to share transportation and warehousing capacities. It expects added benefits from such factors as coordination of overlapping freight flows and common logistics service providers within Du Pont's trading partner community. Du Pont, a $26.9 billion science-based manufacturer, is headquartered in Wilmington, Del. Elogex is headquartered in Charlotte, N.C.