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Crowley Maritime Corporation Implements Sterling Commerce Gentran Integration Suite for Newer, More Complete B2B Integration

Solution Provides Flexibility, Visibility and Security to Crowley for Enterprise and Multi-Enterprise Integration

Dublin, Ohio – February 19, 2008 – Sterling Commerce, a subsidiary of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), announced today that Crowley Maritime Corporation has successfully implemented Sterling Commerce Gentran Integration Suite (GIS) as its business-to-business (B2B) integration platform. Crowley is a leading provider of diversified transportation, Logistics and emergency response services both domestically and internationally. Using Sterling Commerce solutions, Crowley is now able to build, deploy and manage B2B solutions more easily and quickly across diverse business partner communities.


UPS Names New District Executive

Mark Dorazio to Direct Sales in North Ohio

CLEVELAND, Oct. 1, 2007 – Mark Dorazio, a 20-year veteran of UPS (NYSE:UPS), has accepted a position as director of sales for the UPS North Ohio District. In his new role, Dorazio will direct all sales and marketing activities in the northern-most portion of Ohio with a population of more than 4 million.

Dorazio, who will be based in Cleveland, most recently served as senior marketing analyst in UPS's Northeast Region, covering deliveries throughout New York City. He began his UPS career in 1987 working part-time in Customer Service and later became a delivery driver. He then moved through a series of jobs with increasing responsibility in sales and marketing.


UPS First to Provide "Paperless" International Shipping Option

Also Creating Industry's Most Comprehensive International Returns Service

ATLANTA, Oct. 2, 2007 - UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced it will become the first package carrier to offer customers a paperless international shipping option as well as a package return capability to 98 countries and territories.

The new services - UPS Paperlesssm Invoice and international UPS Returns® - will be introduced in January and will make it even easier for customers to expand their businesses to new markets around the globe.

"This is truly a breakthrough for our customers when you look at what goes into cross-border shipping today," said Kurt Kuehn, UPS senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing. "Businesses of all sizes count on UPS to simplify international shipping and optimize their supply chains and thanks to the UPS Technology now available, we're dramatically changing the future of global shipping."


UPS Expands "Green Fleet" with 306 Alternative Fuel Vehicles

Also Launches Biodiesel Initiative At Worldport Air Hub

ATLANTA, Oct. 8, 2007 - UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced it was adding 306 alternative fuel vehicles to its "green fleet" by placing an order for 167 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) delivery trucks while taking delivery of 139 new propane delivery trucks in North America. Additionally, the company has launched an initiative to use biodiesel fuel in its ground support vehicles at the UPS Worldport® air hub in Louisville.

The CNG trucks will be deployed early next year in Dallas, Atlanta and four California cities - Los Angeles, Ontario, San Ramon and Fresno. They will join more than 800 such vehicles already in use in the United States. The propane vehicles are joining nearly 600 propane trucks already operating in Canada and Mexico.


UPS, Teamsters Agree on New Five-Year Contract

Accord Is Negotiated A Year Early

CHICAGO, Sept. 30, 2007 - UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced it had reached a tentative agreement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on a new five-year contract covering approximately 240,000 full- and part-time package employees in the United States.

The tentative contract, which now must be presented to UPS Teamster-represented employees for ratification, was negotiated nearly a year in advance of the current contract's expiration on July 31, 2008. Upon ratification, most provisions of the new agreement will take effect on August 1st, 2008.


Eskimo Cold Storage is set to improve customer service with the system Datex WMS 3PL

August 15th, 2007 (Gainesville, GA) Eskimo Cold Storage completes a system conversion and goes live with Datex International’s WMS 3PL for Cold Storage in their new facility located 5 miles south of Gainesville, GA.

Eskimo Cold Storage is a new company that opened its doors in the spring 2007. It is located in Gainesville, GA, south of Highway 129, in the triangle between I-85 and I-985. Eskimo’s facility is 125,000 square feet with a capacity to store over 16,000 pallets of frozen food products and serves primarily the poultry industry. The system used until now did not provide the solutions needed to handle their operations. “We started our operations with an in-house system, but unfortunately, it was not providing us with everything that we needed” commented Karen Reece, VP. The turn-key solution selected provided the company with an increased visibility of their inventory, mobility in their warehouse, and real-time information, which allows the company to provide a higher level of customer service.

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Schneider National Leverages Oracle(r) Applications and Infrastructure Software to Enhance Enterprise Growth, Efficiency

Company Selects Oracle to Improve Customer Experience

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. 30-JUL-2007 05:15 AM Schneider National, a Premier provider of transportation, Logistics and intermodal services, has selected Oracle(r) Applications and infrastructure software to create a fully integrated transaction and data environment, Oracle announced today. The goal is to equip the company for significant domestic and global growth while continuing its commitment to continually improve the customer experience.
Schneider National has a multi-dimensional business model, offering customers end-to-end domestic and international Logistics solutions. As Schneider expanded its service offerings and geographic footprint, the company needed a more flexible and quick-to-deploy information platform. Executives realized the requirement for a better system to stay ahead of the competition and prepare for future domestic and global growth. Schneider evaluated multiple vendors who offered a broad range of integrated applications that could support quote-to-cash and other core business processes. Based on the success of its existing investment in Oracle's Siebel applications, as well as the combination of Oracle's proven database and middleware software, the Oracle E-Business Suite and transportation management applications, the company selected Oracle.

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Pegasus Logistics Group Streamlines Fulfillment Solution

Company Chooses Cadre Technologies’ Cadence for Competitive Advantage

DENVER, Colo., July 12, 2007 – Pegasus Logistics Group, a worldwide transportation Logistics company, has chosen Cadre Technologies as its Logistics software provider. Pegasus Logistics Group will soon be integrating Cadre’s most advanced warehouse Logistics software, Cadence®, into their global transportation management solution.

Pegasus Logistics Group was founded in 1994 near Dallas, Tex., and is one of the fastest growing Logistics companies in the country. Pegasus executives know this growth must be supported by a sophisticated picking, packing and tracking system to maximize efficiency for their company and its clients. Several Logistics and fulfillment software providers showcased their Technology for Pegasus, but Cadre’s Cadence system emerged as the most comprehensive and customizable solution. With real-time data, merchandise tracking and other vital capabilities, coupled with Cadre’s superior Customer Service and knowledgeable staff, Cadre was the clear winner.

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Transplace Selects LOG-NET to Support Its Burgeoning International Supply Chain Management Offering

PLANO, Texas, July 6 PRNewswire — Transplace, Inc., a leading provider of Logistics Technology and transportation management services, today announced its selection of LOG-NET, Inc., a leader in international web-based Supply Chain visibility and execution solutions, as a Technology partner to support its international division. Launched in 2006, Transplace International has built an experienced management team and staff and developed an infrastructure to execute global Supply Chain Management for growing international customers. The integration of LOG-NET represents the next step in the evolution of the division.

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Australian 3PL Star Track Express Selects HighJump Supply Chain Advantage Suite

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. – June 27, 2007 – HighJump Software, a 3M company, a global provider of Supply Chain execution solutions, today announced that Star Track Express has selected HighJump Supply Chain Advantage suite. Star Track Express, a Technology leader with consistent double-digit growth, selected the HighJump solution to support its rapidly growing business. The Australian provider of third-party Logistics (3PL) and express road and airfreight transport plans to use the system in warehousing operations across the country to increase productivity through greater automation and improved fulfillment capabilities.

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Christian Salvesen Moves to Increase Efficiency Using Warehouse Management System from RedPrairie

Christian Salvesen Selects RedPrairie’s solution for new warehouse implementations. The move to a single platform over a period of years will cut operational overheads, deliver efficiency improvements and enable rapid and reliable implementations of new warehouse locations.

Stokenchurch, UK – Leading Third Party Logistics provider Christian Salvesen has announced its decision to purchase RedPrairie’s warehouse management solution, initially for new site implementations and thereafter on a planned replacement programme as existing systems become obsolete.

Christian Salvesen is a major European Logistics business employing some 13,000 staff and operating in seven countries. Their capabilities span the range of Supply Chain operations across the industrial, consumer and food sectors. Working in partnership with major customers, inventories are optimised and consignments are delivered when required, with reverse Logistics operations ensuring that packaging is recycled and maximum transit packaging is returned. Christian Salvesen’s customers include Asda, Danone, Carrefour, Ford, GM, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Tesco and Unilever.

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DHL Exel uses Paragon software to reduce costs & improve service at BP, cutting fleet requirements by 13% and more

On-target route and fuel savings achieves reduction in carbon emissions

Dorking, Surrey, 06 June 2007: Central to its goal to reduce operating costs and improve customer service, DHL Exel has adopted Paragon Software Systems' routing and scheduling solution for use on its BP forecourt and convenience stores contract.

Previously, DHL Exel operated a system of fixed routes delivering chilled and ambient goods to 300 BP stores throughout England from its Lutterworth depot, supported by outbases at Belshill and the Golden Fleece Services at Junction 42 of the M6. By adopting Paragon's flexible, automated solution, DHL Exel has been able to reduce its 61 routes to between 47 and 53 per day.

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Global Logistics Giant Builds Presence in Czech Republic with Manhattan Associates

MOL Logistics Selects Manhattan Associates' Supply Chain Solutions to Manage Distribution Facilities as it Grows Local Business

LONDON and ATLANTA, June 7, 2007 - Leading Supply Chain solutions provider, Manhattan Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: MANH), today announced that MOL Logistics (Czech) s.r.o., the subsidiary of the global giant MOL Logistics (Japan) Co., Ltd., has deployed the Warehouse Management component of Manhattan Associates' Integrated Logistics Solutions™, built on Microsoft .NET at two warehouses in the Czech Republic. The Logistics services specialist has already reported improvements in visibility and productivity as well as greater control of operations and procedures.

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ROE Logistics, a Global Provider of Logistics Services, Selects TECSYS to Augment Customer Service and Support High Growth

MONTREAL, — TecSys Inc. (TSX: TCS), an industry-leading Supply Chain Management software company announced today that ROE Logistics, a Montreal-based global provider of Logistics services has selected TECSYS’ warehouse and distribution management software solutions to support the Company’s aggressive growth and deliver increased value to its clients across Canada and the U.S.

ROE Logistics’ goal is to be the “Vital Link in their customer’s distribution chain”, offering innovative and fully integrated Logistics solutions for international freight forwarding, warehousing and distribution. In addition, the Company offers end-to-end fulfillment, custom clearance and shipping of dangerous goods for its clients. Over the past five years, ROE Logistics has experienced 20% annual growth, making it one of the fastest growing 3PL providers in Canada.

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WePack Logistics Implements Cadre Technologies’ LogiView Supply Chain Management Software

Third party provider increases visibility of its entire supply chain

DENVER, Colo., – Cadre Technologies is proud to be partnering with WePack Logistics, a multi-service third-party Logistics provider based in Paris, Tex., as WePack’s provider of its Supply Chain Management system. Founded in 1984, WePack delivers competitive and dependable distribution services to clients, including Campbell Soup Company. Cadre’s LogiView® is a Web-based software solution that allows Logistics companies to track and manage inventory levels and movements throughout a supply chain.
The LogiView application is easy to use and meets the demands of customers requiring real-time, easy access to information during all phases of the merchandise fulfillment process.

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Mallory Alexander Selects Descartes for Multimodal Shipment Visibility

WATERLOO, ONTARIO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (TSX: DSG)(NASDAQ: DSGX), a global on-demand software-as-a-service (SaaS) Logistics solutions provider, announced that Mallory Alexander International Logistics - a global Third Party Logistics company headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee - has selected Descartes to provide visibility into its multimodal shipments.

Mallory Alexander has selected Descartes' Visibility & Event Management and Reporting Services applications to track, report and manage over half a million annual shipments across multiple transportation modes.

"After a thorough evaluation of Logistics solutions currently available in the market, it was clear to us that Descartes provided the only truly multimodal tracking and tracing system that could meet both our immediate and future business needs," said Tinamarie Sauter, COO of Mallory Alexander. "Since its applications are supported by the Descartes Global Logistics Network, we can collaborate more effectively with our customers and partners, and further boost the reliability of the services we offer. Descartes allows us to have a single source to view our shipments regardless of transportation provider or mode of transport."

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DSV Solutions selects Macquarie Goodman European Logistics to develop a 49,000 m2 distribution centre in Venlo

Venlo, – DSV Solutions, a global supplier of transport and Logistics services, has selected Macquarie Goodman European Logistics (formerly Eurinpro), an integrated industrial property group listed on the Australian Stock Exchange to develop a 49,000 m2 distribution centre in Venlo, Netherlands. It will be one of the largest Logistics centres in the Venlo area. Construction is scheduled to start in July and end in March 2008.

DSV Solutions’ decision to develop a new distribution centre was driven by their requirement for more tailored warehouse space following an increase in storage requests from existing clients, a rise in new customers and the need to consolidate two warehouses into a single facility.

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Kerry Logistics Selects GT Nexus Portal for Multi-Carrier Shipment Visibility Platform

Leading Asia-based 3PL to use on-demand hub to track and manage shipments across all ocean carriers

Alameda, CA and Hong Kong, — GT Nexus announced today that Kerry Logistics has awarded it a contract to launch a multi-carrier ocean shipment visibility platform over the GT Nexus portal. The system will provide status information from every major ocean carrier in Kerry’s network, representing most of the world’s top lines.

With its headquarters in Hong Kong, Kerry Logistics has operations in 260 cities in the Asia Pacific region and their global network covers six continents.

GT Nexus will capture shipment status data from carriers through existing integrated feeds, standardize the data and then make the information viewable online. Personnel in any Kerry office can access the platform through standard Web browsers.

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DHL Express Implements Next-Generation Business Intelligence with MicroStrategy

DHL Express UK Expands Use of MicroStrategy as Its Sole Standard for Enterprise Business Intelligence

McLean, Va., – MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of Business Intelligence software, today announced that DHL Express has expanded its deployment of MicroStrategy to support its Business Process Optimization and Enterprise Business Intelligence programs, which will provide reporting and analytics for key areas across the company. DHL Express is a subsidiary of DHL, the global market leader of the international express and Logistics industry.

DHL Express is using MicroStrategy throughout the organization for reporting and analysis of key business areas, including sales, marketing, finance, and operations. With a diverse, vast network and delivery schedules as tight as those operated by DHL Express, having a clear, up-to-date, and actionable view of the business is of immense importance. With MicroStrategy, DHL users will gain enhanced insights into their business, providing valuable sales and Customer Information by product and geography to better understand both key customers and service level performance, leading to new business opportunities and improved service.

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Nippon Express Chooses Freightgate's I-Sail!

Huntington Beach, California - Freightgate, Inc. ®, a leading provider of Internet applications for the Freight & Logistics Industry, today announced that Nippon Express has selected Freightgate's I-Sail! and I-Book! tools for publishing ocean freight schedules and booking freight on-line. I-Sail! and I-Book! are just two modules in the PLTX suite of hosted solutions which addresses the entire Logistics management lifecycle - from Procurement to audit and payment.

"To the fine staff at Freightgate: Thank you for your prompt phone calls following my queries and for your Technology expertise. I am so very pleased that you know how buyers of our services think and how we like to present ourselves to the 'world out there,'" said Ron Sullo - Senior Manager of Business Development for Nippon Express. "I've spent time and money with other companies who don't seem to understand the global Logistics market and that our expertise is in an area by itself; and I must say FreightGate is the first company that seemed to instinctively know exactly how to place us effectively on the Internet "...and thank you once again... you make it so easy and so nice", continued Mr. Sullo.

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