Agilent Technologies Chooses Celarix Web-based Platform to Improve Its Transportation and Logistics Network

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2001--Celarix, Inc., dedicated to bringing real customers Web-centric collaborative technology to improve the global supply chain, today announced that Agilent Technologies Inc., a leading provider of innovative technologies for communications and life sciences, has selected the Celarix Shipper Solution® to improve the efficiency of its global transportation network.

This agreement reinforces Celarix' momentum in streamlining the supply chain processes of companies in the high technology components industry.

Through Celarix Web-based software, Agilent will be connected to select trading partners and equipped to receive quality data that will allow the company to monitor shipments in its inventory pipeline from manufacturing to the warehouse or final customer. Agilent will have increased visibility of international and domestic shipments with the capability to monitor every shipment, respond quickly to any shipment delays and maintain event histories with the trading partners in its supply chain. The increased functionality and improved efficiency for Agilent will result in better service to its customers and savings through inventory reduction.

``In today's global economy, companies must use their supply chain as a competitive weapon to get their products into the hands of customers faster than other companies in their space,'' said Evan Schumacher, CEO of Celarix. ``To accomplish this, supply chains are being enhanced with Web-based collaborative technology that connects factories, transportation providers and partners to increase the efficiency of moving products around the world. With our solution in place, manufacturers, such as Agilent, can provide their customers with the most up-to-date shipment information available anywhere and ensure more accurate and timely delivery of products.''

Agilent designs and manufactures products for customers in the communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare industries. These products include test and measurement instruments, semiconductor products, healthcare and chemical analysis solutions, and optical components. With Agilent customers in more than 120 countries, Celarix' Web-based solution will allow the company to view the status of product shipments around the globe - from purchase order, through shipment, to final destination.

About Celarix

Based in Cambridge, Mass., Celarix, Inc. (www.celarix.com) was founded in August 1998 by experts from the supply chain, logistics, technology and transportation industries. By leveraging decades of logistics experience, Celarix brings real customers Web-centric collaborative technology to improve the global supply chain, whether they're moving products across the street or around the globe. Celarix provides a single, centralized logistics solution, delivered over the Web. The company offers applications that enable customers to connect with their supply chain partners, manage their logistics activities, analyze their logistics network performance, and procure and sell transportation through the latest messaging technologies - ultimately providing retailers, manufacturers, distributors, carriers, freight forwarders and other trading partners with the information they need to improve customer service and profitability.