CAPS ANNOUNCES COLLABORATIVE DISPATCH

New Functionality facilities collaborative routing and scheduling across multiple dispatching environments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 28, 2001

CAPS ANNOUNCES COLLABORATIVE DISPATCH

New Functionality Facilitates Collaborative Routing and Scheduling
Across Multiple Dispatching Environments

ATLANTA, GA, December 6, 2001 -- CAPS Logistics, Inc., a unit of the Invensys Software Systems division of Invensys plc, today announced the release of Collaborative Dispatch, the collaborative component of CAPS MOMENTUMÔ solution for integrated logistics planning. Collaborative Dispatch enables a multi-user, vehicle routing and scheduling environment, providing visibility between dispatchers and allowing plans to be optimized across geographic boundaries. It provides real-time plan tracking and status notification allowing for immediate and responsive actions in a multi-dispatcher environment. For example, if an order has been delayed, the dispatcher is notified so all connected orders can be rescheduled, coordinated, and communicated to all other dispatchers.

As companies look for their investments to produce real value for their bottom line, they should not only examine what theyre spending to design, source and manufacture their products, they must also closely examine the costs involved in inbound and outbound transportation of those products," stated Ed Daihl, President, of CAPS Logistics. Enabling collaborative planning across divisional and multi-company boundaries can shave as much as 15 percent from their overall transportation expenditures."

Collaborative Dispatch combines the powerful routing functionality of RouteProÔ with a central database. The solution runs on Oracles multi-platform database technology and can be implemented using thin client technology. The solution
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also takes advantage of the strength in CAPS Logistics proven in-RAM database technology for computationally intensive and complex routing decisions. Collaborative Dispatch enables enterprise scale routing and scheduling.

This breakthrough solution is part of CAPS MOMENTUM product suite. MOMENTUM helps clients rationalize their logistics assets by allowing them to design, implement and operate supply chains. The user can set and implement advanced distribution and inventory strategies, select carriers and transportation modes, choose between private fleet and for-hire routing assignments, as well as determine cost effective customer satisfaction level requirements. MOMENTUM uses CAPS industry leading Supply Chain DesignerÔ, TransProÔ, RoutePro and BidProÔ technologies (latest version 7.2 released November 30, 2001); integrates into most legacy or commercially available transportation management solutions; and incorporates 20+ years experience in implementation, education and support of logistic systems.

About CAPS Logistics
Incorporated in 1979, CAPS Logistics, Inc., an Invensys Company, has become the premier logistics solutions provider, specializing in supply chain planning and execution systems. Its mission is to optimize the logistics flows in clients' extended supply chains. To accomplish this, the company continually redefines and deploys best practices that provide clients with world-class solutions and services. The companys customers span a wide range of industries, but all sharing the need for solutions in supply chain network design, supply planning, transportation planning and management, and private fleet routing. Over the past 22 years, some 400 organizations have benefited from the CAPS solutions, and over 2,500 copies of the software have been successfully installed in over 40 countries. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, GA and can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.caps.com.

About Invensys plc:
Invensys is a global leader in the Automation and Controls industry. With its head office in London, England, it operates in all regions of the world through four focused divisions - Software Systems, Automation Systems, Power Systems and Control Systems. With over 80,000 employees, the companys products and services range from advanced control systems and networks for automating industrial plants and controlling the environments of buildings, to electronic devices and controls found in residential buildings and light commercial applications, plus complete power systems for the telecommunications and information technology industries.

For more information, please contact:   

Chantel KaneCommunications CoordinatorCAPS Logistics, Inc.TEL: + (770) 437-7245chantel.kane@caps.com