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Descartes' Internet Fulfillment Solutions Offer
Profitable Home Delivery For E-businesses
Worldwide
E-Commerce Startups and Leading Home Delivery Companies Choose Descartes
WATERLOO, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 2000-- The Descartes Systems Group Inc. (NASDAQ:DSGX -
news), (TSE:DSG. - news), a leading provider of business-to-business e-commerce fulfillment solutions, announced today that
three new e-commerce companies have chosen Descartes' DeliveryNet solution to build high-performance consumer direct
networks. They join Descartes' current home delivery customer base, which includes top U.S. home grocers Webvan and
ShopLink.com.
Joining Descartes' growing list of worldwide e-commerce customers are DeliverEtoday® in the U.S., Greengrocer.com.au in
Australia and 360 Images in the U.K. These companies are building their e-businesses with Descartes' home delivery solutions
to deliver to their customers in a profitable and time-definite manner. Descartes solutions for home delivery combine mobile
applications, wireless technology, street-level route optimization and Web-based customer self-scheduling, enabling companies
to manage their delivery operations from the point of order all the way to the customer's doorstep.
''DeliverEtoday must answer to two levels of customers - our online retailers who need to deliver profitably, and our retailer's
customers, who have expectations for on-time delivery at their convenience,'' said Roger MacDonell, CEO of DeliverEtoday.
''Descartes has given us solutions for our home delivery operations to meet customer expectations at all levels. It will also
enable us to meet future demand for our home delivery services.''
''360 Images has established a nationwide network of virtual tour photographers who require efficient routes to meet their
appointment times while keeping costs to a minimum,'' said Mark Davis, Managing Director at 360 Images. ''Using Descartes'
DeliveryNet routing capabilities, we can effectively assign real estate and tourism jobs to our photographers on the road,
minimizing travel time, cutting down on customer waiting time, and allowing us to schedule more appointments per route.''
''Our success as an online grocer depends on our ability to pick up produce at the market in the morning, then deliver direct to
our customers that same afternoon,'' said Douglas Carlson, Managing Director of Greengrocer.com.au Pty Ltd. ''Descartes
provides us with routing and scheduling optimization solutions that enable us to deliver more orders per route while meeting
customer time windows.''
''Our growing list of dot com customers proves that Descartes is the leading provider of fulfillment solutions for e-commerce,''
said Art Mesher, Executive Vice President at Descartes. ''Our customers include e-commerce startups through to top online
retailers who understand that personalizing the delivery experience for their customers - as well as ensuring that the delivery is
profitable - are key to running a successful consumer direct business.''
About DeliverEtoday
DeliverEtoday offers economical same-day home delivery for e-commerce companies, providing unmatched service levels and
superior value to local online customers. DeliverEtoday is currently operational in the San Francisco Bay Area with expansion
to New York, Chicago, Atlanta and Dallas forecasted in the next three months. Further expansion, reaching 20 major
metropolitan areas in the US, is expected to be complete in time for Christmas 2000. Visit deliveretoday.com
About Greengrocer.com.au
Greengrocer.com.au is a fruit and vegetable home delivery service based in Sydney & Melbourne, Australia. Their premium
quality produce is purchased fresh from the markets every morning and delivered direct to customers that same afternoon. Visit
greengrocer.com.au
About 360 Images
360 Images is a new company providing a revolutionary new sales and marketing tool that will enable real estate and travel &
tourism companies to display panoramic photography on an existing Web site, while interacting with potential purchasers via
Internet telephony as they view the image. The technology is also available to individuals wishing to market properties or
destinations privately on the World Wide Web. Visit 360images.com
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