AllPoints Systems, Inc. Enhances Execution System at ShopLink.com; System is Delivering Results at ShopLink.com's Two State-of-the-Art Customer Order Centers.Business/Technology Editors NORWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 11, 2000 AllPoints Systems, Inc., a leading provider of e-Commerce demand chain solutions for the consumer-direct, retail, grocery, pharmaceutical, automotive and electronic industries, today announced that it has helped ShopLink.com, a leading online provider of groceries, household consumables and services, develop the most efficient, accurate and reliable execution system on the market at its Product Consolidation Centers (PCCs) in Canton, MA and Stratford, CT. AllPoints Systems provided ShopLink.com with the industry's most highly-developed expertise in the strategic and operational application of technology that is driving the rapid evolution of e-Commerce. AllPoints Systems has incorporated the most advanced Web-based technology, including innovations utilizing Java and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , into its systems. It has implemented solutions providing enhanced planning, visibility, demand chain management and execution systems which deliver the superior customer service that many analysts believe will determine the winners in the Net Economy. "Our expertise in demand chain planning, visibility and execution provided ShopLink.com with a winning strategy and technology for e-Businesses," said Bruce E. Welty, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AllPoints Systems. "Successful next-generation e-Commerce solutions must follow the Internet-driven shift to a customer-centric demand-driven economy. AllPoints Systems has brought forward specific market solutions, such as we provided for ShopLink.com, that meet the needs of a wide range of markets while supporting efficient and profitable business models." AllPoints Systems worked with Andersen Consulting See Accenture. on the ShopLink.com installation. Andersen Consulting is working with leading solutions providers such as AllPoints Systems to provide strategic consulting and complete system integration to build, launch and grow e-Businesses -- with a fast-track methodology for rapid implementation. Chris Newton, Supply Chain Execution Industry Analyst at AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. Research, said Andersen Consulting chose solutions providers such as AllPoints Systems because of its strong technology and strong presence in delivering demand chain solutions for e-Commerce companies. "Andersen is taking the strength and experience of a $8.3B firm and packaging it for the new economy, a powerful combination that could shake up the e-business consulting industry," Newton said. ShopLink.com allows consumers to order groceries, household consumables and services online for unattended, direct home delivery. From fresh live lobster to chocolate ice cream, orders are placed electronically through the ShopLink.com storefront and fulfilled via back office systems connecting to suppliers and local purveyors. Customers' orders are processed in ShopLink.com's state-of-the-art Product Consolidation Centers (PCCs) using systems developed by AllPoints Systems. Andersen Consulting worked with ShopLink.com in strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. and selecting a back office system. ShopLink.com currently serves more than 175 suburban communities in Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of from its PCCs in Canton, Massachusetts Canton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 20,775 at the 2000 census. The headquarters of Reebok, Baskin Robbins, Computershare (North American HQ), Allied Domecq Quick Service Restaurants Interpolymer Corporation and Tweeter are and Stratford, Connecticut Stratford is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Housatonic River. It was founded by Puritans in 1639. The population was 49,976 at the 2000 census. . By the end of 2002, ShopLink.com plans to operate up to 22 facilities. "Given our aggressive plans for expansion and reaching break even, we have developed world class front- to back-end systems with technology partners such as AllPoints Systems and Andersen Consulting," said John Icke, Chairman and CEO of ShopLink.com. "Our customer acquisition and order frequency rates show it must be working." About ShopLink.com A leading on-line provider of groceries, household consumables and services, ShopLink.com saves time, reduces stress and creates a more pleasant experience for today's time-starved and/or super-market averse parents. ShopLink.com focuses on superior fresh food quality and selection, offering its customers a wide variety of non-perishable and perishable groceries, including restaurant quality cuts of meat, farm-fresh produce, just-off-the-boat seafood, and gourmet prepared meals, all from the finest local purveyors. ShopLink.com provides unattended delivery to customers' residences with Chill Containers(TM) that maintain products at their ideal temperatures for up to 24 hours. ShopLink.com household services include dry cleaning dry cleaning, process of cleaning fabrics without water. Special solvents and soaps are used so as not to harm fabrics and dyes that will not withstand the effects of ordinary soap and water. Dry cleaning began in France about the middle of the 19th cent. , bottle and can redemption, film development, shoe repair, postage, UPS shipping and floral delivery. The ShopLink.com storefront is located at www.shoplink.com. For more information, contact Director of Corporate Communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. Elizabeth Horton Elizabeth Leigh "Lizzie" Horton is Miss North Carolina 2006. She is a 2002 graduate of Westchester Country Day School in High Point, North Carolina and a 2006 graduate of Johns Hopkins University. at (781) 407-5270 or ehorton@shoplink.com About AllPoints Systems, Inc. AllPoints Systems, Inc. delivers demand chain solutions for the Net Economy. With an unmatched suite of advanced e-Business solutions, AllPoints Systems helps businesses leverage the Internet to provide a superior customer experience, improve operating efficiencies and meet the unique challenges of demand chain management and execution. AllPoints Systems has incorporated the most advanced Web-based technology, including innovations utilizing Java and XML, to deliver a unique, scalable, end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. with total visibility along the demand chain. AllPoints Systems provides a three-part solution with planning, visibility and execution modules that ensure shorter delivery cycles for customers, improved forecasting for merchants and increased customer satisfaction. AllPoints Systems partners with such industry leaders as Andersen Consulting, Oracle, Key Handling Systems, and Descartes. Clients such as drugstore.com, DaimlerChrysler, NFI NFI Nasjonal Forskningsinformasjon (Norwegian Research Database) NFI National Fisheries Institute NFI National Fatherhood Initiative NFI National Forest Inventory (Australia) NFI Nutrition Foundation of India Interactive Logistics, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , and ShopLink.com have achieved online success from the AllPoints(TM) application suite. With its robust core and specific vertical extensions, this suite offers continual inventory and information flow for Web businesses from manufacturer to delivery and "all points" in between. The innovative open architecture of the AllPoints real-time inventory engine allows for seamless interface with legacy business operating systems The Business Operating System, or BOS, is an early cross-platform operating system originally produced for Intel 8080 and Motorola 6800 computers, subsequently for Z80-based computers, and then later for most microcomputers of the 1980s. . For more information on AllPoints Systems' products and success stories visit www.allpoints.com, email to info@allpoints.com or call (781) 501-2600. Note: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. 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