For Immediate Release

Best Practices Innovations By LeanLogistics Clients Featured In AberdeenGroup Study Of Transportation Management

Orange Glo International and Unilever Foods Use On-Demand TMS To Address Business Challenges

Holland, MI – July 20, 2005 – LeanLogistics, the leading provider of web-native Transportation Management Systems (TMS), announces that AberdeenGroup features case studies of LeanLogistics clients Orange Glo International and Unilever Foods in its newly-published study, “Best Practices in Transportation Management -- Case Studies on How Companies Are Driving Cost and Service Improvements.” Both companies use LeanLogistics On-Demand TMS to address transportation management business challenges. In the report, seven best practice leaders illustrate their success strategies in case studies that discuss the company's business challenge, transportation strategy, technology deployment, process and organizational enhancements, lessons learned, and results. The AberdeenGroup report includes a best practice checklist that helps companies construct their own transportation improvement roadmap. A complimentary copy of this report can be downloaded at:

http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?spid=30410013&cid=1946

“Best practice leaders are successfully transforming their transportation operations to drive increased value for their business,” said Beth Enslow, senior analyst, AberdeenGroup, and the report's author. “Companies like LeanLogistics are providing the tools to help supply chain and transportation executives meet the transportation rate and capacity challenges that plague their organizations today, as well as satisfy the increased thirst for transportation information from the rest of the organization.”

“We are pleased that AberdeenGroup recognizes our clients as ‘Best Practice Leaders’ for their commitment to improve customer service and streamline operations,” said Dan Dershem, president of LeanLogistics. “We thank Orange Glo and Unilever for their willingness to share their innovative business strategies and impressive results achieved using LeanLogistics On-Demand TMS. Their results are representative of the benefits all LeanLogistics clients achieve.”

Orange Glo International, a leader in household cleaning supplies, was selected for its improvements in service levels and launch of a carrier “ease of business” program to reduce rates and secure capacity. Using LeanLogistics On-Demand TMS, Orange Glo centralized transportation control to manage outbound freight to customers, giving visibility to all parties, allowing them to act proactively to meet customer service levels. To facilitate capacity availability and keep rates flat, Orange Glo focuses on improving processes with its carriers. Orange Glo's carrier collaboration program includes advanced tendering of loads and a rolling, rough-cut transportation capacity plan that helps carriers better estimate and plan for capacity. Orange Glo's initiative saved $1 million in the first eight months and directly helped increase revenue.

Unilever Foods implemented the LeanLogistics on-demand solution to create customer-centric transportation processes, allowing it to improve on-time delivery dramatically, keep customers better informed about requested arrival date exceptions, and proactively plan for on-shelf availability for promotional activity. Dock appointments are made through LeanLogistics On-Demand TMS, where all parties gain insight into stock movement and can proactively ensure on-time delivery to customers. Having visibility to real shipment dates allows planners to require less “just-in-case” inventory.

About AberdeenGroup

Founded in 1988, AberdeenGroup is the trusted advisor to the Global 5000 for value chain strategies and technology advice. Through its continued benchmarking and analysis of value chain practices, Aberdeen offers a unique mix of research, tools, and services to help G5000 executives assess their value chain performance, develop improvement strategies, and select value chain solution partners. For more information, visit www.aberdeen.com or call 617.723.7890.

About LeanLogistics^®, Inc.

LeanLogistics meets the latest needs of major shippers of goods with its far-reaching, Web-native Transportation Management System -- On-Demand TMS™. Customers reduce their transportation cost and increase efficiency with a typical payback of less than one year – ‘Return on Cash’™.

Customers select LeanLogistics On-Demand TMS to optimize shipping, addressing new and old challenges, such as obtaining carrier coverage, managing ever-changing networks, controlling inbound freight, creating continuous-move opportunities, and settling Freight Bills quickly and accurately.

On-Demand TMS is a strategic, end-to-end solution. Its functionality includes: Procurement, Planning and Optimization, Execution Management, Financial Settlement, and a competitive Electronic Marketplace that promotes intense information sharing for synergies that benefit all trading partners.

LeanLogistics hosts its On-Demand TMS in a robust computing environment accessible from any Web browser. Customers maximize ROI with little or no Information Technology (IT) expense. The technology easily integrates with leading ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), and Order Management Systems (OMS).

LeanLogistics' customers include companies such as Barilla America, Procter & Gamble, Chiquita, Hanson Logistics, Meijer, Cemex, and PepsiAmericas. LeanLogistics was founded by veterans of transportation and Third-Party Logistics (3PL). It is a privately held corporation with headquarters in Holland, Michigan. For additional information, visit www.LeanLogistics.com or call 616.738.6400.

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