Konsortium Logistik Berhad Selects Descartes’ e-Fulfillment Solution For Malaysian Transportation Industry Solution

Konsortium Logistik Berhad Selects Descartes’ e-Fulfillment Solution For Malaysian Transportation Industry Solution

Real-Time System Integration Between Suppliers And Customers To Reach Global Markets

WATERLOO, ONTARIO, May 15, 2000 — The Descartes Systems Group Inc. (NASDAQ:DSGX), (TSE:DSG), a leading provider of Internet logistics solutions, announced today that Konsortium Logistik Berhad, Malaysia’s leading 3PL, will extend the reach of the Global Logistics Network into Malaysia. With Descartes, Konsortium will, in time, transform itself from an asset-based shipping organization to an asset-less virtual 3PL enabling Malaysian organizations to tap the opportunity presented by the global economy. Konsortium’s customers include Malaysian Car manufacturer, PROTON, and the country’s oil company, PETRONAS. Working with Descartes, Konsortium will offer these industries access to the Global Logistics Network for more effective and efficient delivery around the Asian region. This deal also represents a first of its kind in Asia for Descartes.

Konsortium Logistik Berhad has selected Inter-Enterprise Solutions Sdn. Bhd. to implement its e-fulfillment solution to provide systems integration between suppliers and customers, and real-time visibility of supply chain activities. Inter-Enterprise Solutions is Descartes’ partner in Malaysia to provide world-class e-fulfillment software and consulting services to companies in Malaysia.

“By joining Descartes’ Global Logistics Network, Konsortium can offer exceptional value to a critical developing market in the global economy,” said Aivars Lode, President of Descartes. “It is estimated that in the near future, 20 per cent of the world’s trade will be conducted by Asia Pacific over the Internet. Konsortium Logistik Berhad, with Descartes, is an organization well positioned to tap this opportunity.”

The Global Logistics Network is a federated community of shippers, receivers, carriers, logistics service providers, e-marketplaces, vertical portals and transportation exchanges leveraging the Descartes hosted services and technology. It enables participants to leverage public community connections over a technology-based network while maintaining full control of their own private logistics community. The result is an open, vendor-neutral global e-fulfillment network that provides cost savings and revenue opportunities for businesses that need to manage physical product movement.

Participants in the Global Logistics Network can deliver a choice of e-fulfillment services from Descartes, such as real-time visibility of orders, dynamic route optimization, real-time transportation sourcing, merge-in-transit, and delivery personalization and yield management. It enables logistics organizations to connect new customers, tap into new markets and rapidly deploy new e-fulfillment service bundles, capturing time-to-market advantages. The Descartes Global Logistics Network is designed to produce network effects and global economies of scale for all participants.

About Konsortium

Konsortium Logistik Berhad is Malaysia’s leading 3PL. Listed on the Malaysian stock exchange, the Company provides container haulage, warehousing and distribution, auto logistics and bulk liquid distribution services. It also has operations throughout the Asian region with subsidiaries in Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia and India. Other services include inland container depot operations; shipping and chartering; freight forwarding; specialized logistics facilities; general insurance and engineering.

About Descartes

Descartes is a leading provider of end-to-end logistics solutions that facilitate B2B e-commerce. Descartes' e-fulfillment software and exchange solutions enable companies to create high-speed, high-performance fulfillment networks called DeliveryNets. DeliveryNet solutions empower organizations to deliver reliable, responsive customer service in a profitable manner and to create innovative new products and services.

DeliveryNet solutions leverage Descartes' Internet-based Global Logistics Network, an open, worldwide network of shippers, receivers, carriers, logistics service providers, e-marketplaces, vertical portals, and transportation exchanges. The result is a global e-fulfillment information infrastructure that provides cost savings and revenue opportunities for businesses that need to manage physical product movement.

Descartes products are licensed today by more than 1,000 companies in 35 vertical industries in over 50 countries worldwide. For more information about Descartes, visit www.descartes.com.

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