Leading Agricultural Supplier Adopts Cost Savings Program

ShipXpress, a leading provider of supply chain management application software and services, today announces that Agriliance, a leading supplier/cooperative of agricultural inputs and services has adopted ShipXpress RATEmanager in order reduce transportation costs.

Minneapolis, MN; Jacksonville Beach, FL (PRWEB) June 12, 2004 -- Unlike other rating tools, RATEmanager incorporates all the nuances associated with shipping by rail, such as Rule 11 charges, switching costs and transfer costs. Thus RATEmanager empowers effective use of rail thereby helping contain the cost impact of new Hours-of-Service Rules by optimizing the modal mix, while continuing to improve inventory management throughout the supply chain. For more information about these new regulations, see:http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/index.htm

Tracy Mack, Director of Logistics at Agriliance, said - RATEmanager has an easy to use interface and an installation toolkit that facilitated rapid deployment. The resources we needed for deployment were significantly less than for other products we evaluated. We reduced manual cost inquiries by 60% while also increase total inquiries by 15%. We have over a million rate items to consider in an environment where rates and commodity prices are dynamically changing. ShipXpress provides a user friendly interface to support decision making in real time.

Greg Sargis, Executive VP - We are getting very favorable response to RATEmanager from large-volume users of both truck and rail transportation. Caught between surging energy prices and these new regulations, customers are looking