Award Recognizes Celarix' Leading Logistics Connectivity and Visibility Solution

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 22, 2002-- Celarix, Inc. (www.celarix.com), the leading provider of logistics connectivity and visibility solutions today announced that it has been named to the Supply Chain eBusiness Top 100 by Supply Chain eBusiness magazine, an industry periodical that focuses on Web-based supply chain applications.

The list of "leading-edge vendors whose applications can power productivity improvement across your supply chain" was developed with help from application users, consultants and industry analysts including Accenture, KPMG Consulting, ARC Advisory Group and Current Analysis.

"Celarix is honored to be recognized as a Supply Chain eBusiness Top 100 company," said Evan Schumacher, CEO and founder of Celarix. "This award validates our focus in delivering the highest quality logistics information to facilitate product movement throughout the supply chain."

Celarix is identified in the Supply Chain eBusiness Top 100 as a market-leading vendor in the "management" category, which includes supply chain event management, process management, supply chain visibility and end-to-end supply chain suites. Other categories included planning, sourcing, manufacturing, execution and selling.

The Supply Chain eBusiness Top 100 names vendors that can directly address the many supply chain challenges facing business users today and is presented as a tool to help them identify viable applications from among the hundreds of solutions available. Factors considered in the evaluation included a proven record of driving bottom-line supply chain performance; marketplace success measured by the number of implementations, revenue earned, number of transactions, etc.; usability, ease of implementation and simplicity of integration; financial viability; and innovation and functionality. For more about the Supply Chain eBusiness Top 100, please see the July/August 2002 issue of Supply Chain eBusiness at http://www.supplychainebusiness.com/.

About Celarix

Based in Cambridge, Mass., Celarix (www.Celarix.com) is the leading provider of logistics connectivity and visibility solutions for Global 2000 companies looking for performance improvement beyond the "four walls" of their enterprise. Celarix solutions enable customers, including Agilent Technologies, Sharp Electronics, Lowe's and Abercrombie & Fitch, to quickly realize performance improvements through improved customer service, lower transportation costs and faster cash-to-cash cycles.