• On-line inventory management service
• Proprietary Internet service
• Designed to customer specification in conjunction with warehouse pick and pack operations

Document Creator

• Document creation to reduce need for internal systems
• Bill of Ladings & packing slips
• Customs documents
• Commercial invoice documents
• Document storage & retrieval
• As back-up for transportation or distribution centre operations
• For claims and O.S.&D. purposes
• For Sarbanes Oxley auditing

ASN Application

• An application for shippers that eliminates paperwork errors
• Provides complete line of sight on all shipment documentation (SKU Level)
• Utilizes Standard BOL & CCI Document formats
• EDI Integration with Customs Brokers and Warehouse Management Systems

Dock Scheduler

• Manages Door pressure
• Provides a complete line of site of all inbound and outbound shipments
• On-Line Document retrieval
• Hot Load management
• Robust performance reporting
• Resource planning and scheduling

Automated Trip Optimizer (ATO)

• The purpose of the system is to allow the users to select variables and use those variables to auto build the trips and save them to the database, so that it can be accessed from with TDS.
• The system will speed up the process of building trips and grouping the geographically favorable orders together based on time windows, LTL and TL rating as well as freight details of each order.
• The system is capable of recognizing any orders that belong together creating a trip which is geographically feasible as well as which would create  cost savings when sent together on the same truck rather than sending them LTL
• Build efficient loads, dispatch over the most direct routes, to save fuel and driver time, maintain timely delivery of goods & achieve the overall lowest cost per unit
• Supports multi-client co-mingling opportunities
• Receive, enter orders electronically (EDI, web)
• Match customer requirements to carrier specialties
• Automate load consolidation planning
• Prioritize carriers for automatic load tender
• Online Carrier Portal for accepting/rejecting and updating progress of loads
• Monitor loads en route
• Expedite settlements with contract carriers, customers

Business Continuity

Lakeside has set up several Internet-based systems to provide real time services to its customers and suppliers – services like virtual warehousing, online carrier audits and e-commerce. Our dependence on technology calls for fail-safe systems to ensure continuous operations. At Lakeside, we have implemented a comprehensive Business Continuity Plan to keep our operations running so our customer's supply chains will continue to operate smoothly. And most important, the Lakeside team knows what to do. They are ready to take the necessary actions to keep the business running and honour commitments to customers.

“As I like to say, we're never in the dark with Lakeside. In combination with Lakeside, we are able to accommodate our customers in the event of a regional disaster. Lakeside's comprehensive business continuity system allows us to stay in contact and keep the supply chain running."

Peter McPherson, Transportation Manager, Ciba Specialty Chemicals

"It was the ultimate in customer service - to have Lakeside up and running during the power outage. Our first concern was our customers in Canada. Lakeside was able to keep our product moving without interruption! Their response to business continuity was unprecedented! We had continuous telephone and EDI contact with Lakeside straight through the blackout."

Doug Ward, Manager, Inbound Transportation, Ocean Spray Comment after 2003 Power Outage in northeastern U.S. and southern Ontario