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Four Soft Q2 earnings slip by 59%
Source: IRIS (23-OCT-09)
Foursoft today announced its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009.
During the quarter, the company reported a profit of Rs 5.8 million (83.500 EUR) as against profit of Rs 14.16 million (204.000 EUR) during the same quarter last year, a fall of 59%.
During the quarter, sales of the company fell 7.88% to Rs 69.12 million (995.000 EUR) as against Rs 75.04 million (1.080.000 EUR) during the same quarter last year.
Basic earnings per share of the company stood at Rs 0.15 a share.
Hyderabad, October 16, 2009 Four Soft Netherlands BV, a subsidiary of Four Soft Limited, India (NSE: “FOURSOFT”, BSE: 532521), is pleased to announce that it has signed a new contract with Smart Logistics BV, Netherlands, to automate its freight forwarding operations by implementing 4S eTrans SME at its multiple locations. Smart Logistics is the Netherlands based freight forwarding company which provides full integrated freight forwarding services and total logistics solutions to its customers.
4S eTrans SME is a complete, freight forwarding system, designed to automate, streamline and support the multi-modal international freight forwarding operations. It provides the logistics industry with a flexible and complete software solution to manage business efficiently, increase productivity and improve the overall service to their customers.
“It was imperative for us to invest in a good IT application to automate our freight forwarding operations, provide transparency and timely access to business information for decision making and better customer service. Four Soft has worked very closely with us to fully understand the needs of our business to deliver a cost effective system that is easy for our staff to use whilst providing us with improved management information,” said Walther de Mari at Smart Logistics. “Four soft has demonstrated a flexible approach, value for money and the technical expertise to deliver and support a system that would meet our needs for many years to come.”
Simon Shore, VP-European sales, Four soft, commented, “We are delighted to have been chosen by Smart Logistics. The solution that we will implement is an example of a cost-effective freight forwarding system that will deliver significant business benefits to our customer in a very timely manner. We absolutely feel that this implementation will facilitate Smart logistics stay ahead of their competition and provides improved faster service to its customers.”
Hyderabad, September 22, 2009 Four Soft (4S) (NSE: “FOURSOFT”, BSE: 532521), a global leader offering software solutions for transportation and logistics, announced that it’s Warehouse Management Software 4S eLog® has gone live at multiple locations of Calderhead Refrigerated Transport and Coldstore’s temperature controlled warehousing.
Four Soft’s warehouse management software, 4S eLog, executed through its subsidiary Four Soft UK Limited has been implemented as a hosted solution for Calderhead from Four Soft’s Datacenter in Nottingham, UK. Calderhead is a leading logistics service provider which provides temperature controlled warehousing and transport solutions to a range of food manufacturers handling both raw materials and finished goods on behalf of their customers from their base in Redditch.
Calderhead required a modern warehouse management solution that would be able to rotate stock according to manufactured and expiration dates, a system able to automatically calculate their storage and handling charges (billing) and provide their customers with web access to their own stock levels along with being able to place orders electronically.
Mark Blackburn, General Manager, Calderhead, commented, “We have been greatly impressed with how the project has been managed, particularly given the tight time schedule. We are even more happy with the continued support from Four Soft in rolling out the software. We knew that we needed to work with the best IT solution supplier that could offer us flexible and robust system for our warehouse operations. Four Soft’s well established footprint in the industry and understanding of our goals made it easy for us to provide the best service to our customers.”
“We are very sensitive to our customers’ demands. So we needed a Solution that was flexible and capable of adapting on moment’s notice. Four Soft met that challenge easily and effectively,” he added.
Dave Pickburn, Vice President, Four Soft UK Ltd, commented “we were happy to be given the opportunity to implement 4S eLog and this has been a challenging and important project for us. We are greatly pleased with having accomplished a successful implementation of our advanced WMS offering at a low cost for our customer. This has been a rapid implementation which kept the costs low and to a minimum. My compliments to both the teams at Calderhead and Four Soft. Furthermore this solution will facilitate Calderhead in staying ahead of their competition and in providing improved and faster service to its customers.”
4S eLog built on the modern technology platform – J2EE, covers all aspects of warehouse management including multiple sites and multiple clients being managed from within a single environment. 4S eLog has full RF capabilities and offers web visibility to clients, their customers and their suppliers. With optional automated inbound and outbound processing and workflow management, 4S eLog will help manufacturing, distribution and 3PL companies move their products with greater efficiency through their warehouse facilities to their customers’ locations.
Hyderabad, September 08, 2009 Four Soft Limited (4S) (NSE: “FOURSOFT”, BSE: 532521), a global leader offering software solutions for transportation and logistics industry, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary Four Soft Netherlands BV has signed a contract with Panafresh Logistics BV, Netherlands, to automate its freight forwarding operations by implementing 4S eTrans SME across its locations. One of the emerging Netherlands based 3PL logistics company, Panafresh Logistics BV, offers high-quality, cost-effective logistics solutions for exporters and importers.
4S eTrans SME is a complete freight forwarding system designed to automate, streamline and support the multi-model international freight forwarding operations. It provides the logistics industry with a flexible and comprehensive software solution to manage business efficiently, increase productivity and improve the overall service to their customers.
“It was imperative for us to invest in a good IT application to automate our freight forwarding operations, provide transparency and timely access to business information for decision making and better customer service.” said Mr. Disseldorp, Director, Panafresh Logistics BV”After evaluating many applications, we chose Four Soft as our Strategic IT partner and 4S eTrans SME for its strong functionality related to the standard freight forwarding operations. It is a direct fit to our requirements, with little customization efforts. We are sure that this implementation would help us provide enhanced service to our customers and collaborates effectively with our agents.”
“We are pleased that our domain expertise in this area has led Panafresh to choose us to automate its freight forwarding systems and manage the growing complexities of its business,” said Mr. Richard Gralike, Managing Director, Four Soft Netherlands BV. “We are committed to creating value for Panafresh in this engagement and look forward to a long and mutually-rewarding relationship.”