Choice Logistics Selects Baxter Planning Systems to Offer Comprehensive Logistics Solutions

    NEW YORK--Jan. 14, 2002--Choice Logistics, a recognized leader in mission critical service parts logistics, announced today a strategic alliance with Baxter Planning Systems, the only company delivering comprehensive service parts management solutions combining real-world expertise with web-based technology. Choice and Baxter have joined together to provide a comprehensive integrated solution of service parts logistics and planning for companies wishing to reduce costs while optimizing inventory and increasing customer service levels. Choice will provide warehousing, inventory management and control as well as all logistics services, and Baxter will provide the entire inventory planning software and planning support services that are needed.
    The integration of the two solutions will provide seamless coverage in all aspects of inventory management, from choosing the right locations as strategic storage sites, to determining optimal stocking levels for all inventory at each site. Choice will begin the process by utilizing its inventory management system, experience, and in-depth analysis to determine the best locations for inventory in its network of over 160 Strategic Stocking Locations (SSLs). Once locations are determined, Prophet by Baxter will generate an optimized inventory plan by part, by location. Choice clients will be assured that their entitlements are met at the lowest possible cost.
    "Baxter Planning Systems, through its unmatched planning expertise and proven commitment to customer success, is a vital addition to our customer mission," reports John T. Miller, Choice Logistics' Vice President of Business Development. "The Choice-Baxter alliance contributes to the `big picture' --complete planning, stocking and replenishment to design and create customized logistics solutions that maximize inventory usage and reduce overall costs for our customers."
    "Companies in the service parts industry are beginning to opt for integrated solutions rather than individual functions such as warehousing and inventory planning," said Greg Baxter, President of Baxter Planning Systems. "By combining the best of Choice and Baxter, the service parts industry now has access to the integrated solution and results it has been seeking. Beyond the technical and functional synergies of the two companies, the unsurpassed commitment to advanced customer care, shared by both companies, will ensure our customers are highly successful in meeting their goals and objectives."

    About Choice Logistics

    Choice Logistics, headquartered in New York, NY, is a third-party logistics (TPL) supplier to leading high-technology companies in the United States and around the world. With its advanced on-line services, its available 24-hour, 7-days-a-week service, and its more than 160 Strategic Stocking Locations, the company assures that its customers' field-service teams obtain the critical parts they need in the fastest cost-effective manner, to keep their mission-critical systems operating. For information visit Choice Logistics' Web site at http://www.choicelogistics.com.

    About Baxter Planning Systems

    Baxter Planning Systems Inc., http://www.bybaxter.com, based in Austin, TX, pioneered the development of Web-based planning solutions for the service parts industry. With systems installed in Fortune 500 companies across the United States, it is currently used by companies in the technology, medical equipment and telecommunication industries. These companies include Enterasys, Philips Medical and Lucent Technologies.