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South San Francisco, CA and
Silver Spring, MD, --January 18,
2001 -- SupplyLinks, Inc., a
global transportation and supply
chain management company, today
announced that it is
incorporating NextLinx's Global
Manager product suite into its
transportation and logistics
solution, enabling customers to
make smarter and more
cost-efficient sourcing and
transportation decisions.
NextLinx's products are a key
component of SupplyLinks'
solution, offering users landed
cost calculations, complete
denied party screening, license
determination and fast, simple
Harmonized System (HS) product
classifications. The combined
solution will expedite global
trade for SupplyLinks customers
by enabling them to compare
landed costs from multiple
vendors and facilitate complete
customs requirements on a global
basis. NextLinx Corporation is
the leading provider of global
trade content and management
solutions and was acquired by
Management Dynamics in October
2005.
"After extensive evaluation, we
are pleased to have selected
NextLinx as our preferred global
trade management partner," said
David Beatson, chairman and
chief executive officer of
SupplyLinks, Inc. "We concluded
that their service has the best
content and by far, the best
value. By combining NextLinx's
technology with G-Log's Global
Enterprise Transportation
platform, we add tremendous
functionality to our menu of
services, and most importantly,
deliver a fully integrated,
turnkey solution to customers."
Integrated directly into the
SupplyLinks solution is
NextLinx's Global TradePlace,
its collaborative Web-based
trading environment for managing
global trade over the Internet.
NextLinx's Global Manager
product suite accesses the
regulatory content in Global
Knowledgeä, the industry's most
comprehensive and up-to-date
source of information for landed
costs, government trade
regulations and logistics, for
shipping products from anywhere
to anywhere, representing more
than 98 percent of the world
trade market.
"We are very excited to be
working with one of the
industry's leading global
transportation and supply chain
management innovators," said
Rajiv Uppal, founder, chief
executive officer and chairman
of NextLinx. "Today's
announcement by SupplyLinks
broadens our reach and takes us
one step closer to our company
goal of touching every shipment,
either directly or indirectly,
as it crosses international
borders."
About SupplyLinks, Inc.
SupplyLinks, Inc. is a global
transportation and supply chain
management company, providing
planning and execution services
through a network of logistics
and technology partners.
Services include transportation
optimization for route, mode and
carrier selection and landed
cost optimization for improved
sourcing decisions. Through
SupplyLinks, customers have a
single source for real time
global in-transit visibility,
service quality ratings and 24 x
7 customer service. The company
enables customers to improve
purchasing decisions, reduce
inventory and lower costs.
SupplyLinks is headquartered in
South San Francisco, California.
For more information, call (650)
553-4990 or visit
www.supplylinks.com.
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