Celarix and Ernst & Young Form Strategic Alliance to Provide Complete e-logistics Solution to Global 2000.Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2000 Superior Technology and Customer Service, Coupled With Proven Products and Solutions Offer Immediate Value to Carriers and Shippers Celarix, Inc., the leading provider of web-based transportation procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. and logistics management Logistics Management is that part of Supply Chain Management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective, forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet services, today announced a strategic alliance with professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. firm Ernst & Young LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , one of the world's leading professional services organizations. Together, the two companies will team to provide an e-procurement and logistics solution that will drastically dras·tic adj. 1. Severe or radical in nature; extreme: the drastic measure of amputating the entire leg; drastic social change brought about by the French Revolution. 2. improve the efficiency of their customers' supply chains. "Celarix has differentiated itself as a market leader by quickly developing a satisfied customer base through proven reductions of in-transit inventory and transportation management costs. We feel Celarix offers the critical e-business components many clients are seeking to increase the effectiveness of their supply chains," said William Shriver shrive v. shrove or shrived, shriv·en or shrived, shriv·ing, shrives v.tr. 1. To hear the confession of and give absolution to (a penitent). 2. , Ernst & Young's leader for rail, ocean and truck transportation. "We are excited about the opportunities with Celarix - with the win-win solutions we can provide for both shippers and carriers, we believe there will be greater acceptance and adoption throughout the industry for needed improvements." Domestic and international organizations are experiencing increasing demands on the transportation and logistics industry first hand. This alliance will attack one of the most pressing problems in the Internet economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. by driving inefficiencies out of the supply chain. Celarix and Ernst & Young will jointly deliver a complete transportation and logistics solution that includes business process consulting, systems integration, implementation and training to serve the increasingly sophisticated needs of their enterprise customers. The alliance will combine Celarix' expertise in logistics management with Ernst & Young's supply chain consulting The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. and professional services experience. "Ernst & Young has established a thought-leadership position in the e-business space, and has strong relationships with both carriers and shippers," said Graham Lubie, executive vice president and co-founder of Celarix. "Together we will tailor and deliver innovative business strategies and solutions for our customer base, helping them achieve measurable competitive advantages." About Ernst & Young Ernst & Young (www.ey.com) is one of the world's leading providers of dot-company services in assurance, consulting, corporate finance and tax. More than 85,000 people around the world act as creative catalysts, joining forces with clients to do all it takes--From Thought To FinishTM --to achieve positive, significant change. E&Y pioneered the development of advanced solutions that connect clients, partners and employees with E&Y resources and knowledge to help them rapidly reach their goals. Ernst & Young refers to the U.S. firm of Ernst & Young LLP and other members of the global Ernst & Young organization. About Celarix Based in Boston, Mass., Celarix, Inc., was founded in August 1998 by experts from the supply chain, logistics, technology and transportation industries. Celarix provides shippers and transportation service providers with comprehensive, integrated applications that combine the ability to procure To cause something to happen; to find and obtain something or someone. Procure refers to commencing a proceeding; bringing about a result; persuading, inducing, or causing a person to do a particular act; obtaining possession or control over an item; or making a person transportation services and manage the logistics process on-line. By uniting the power of web-hosted software applications with the speed and accessibility of the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , Celarix empowers professionals responsible for the logistics and transportation process to make informed decisions with measurable results. For more information on Celarix and its solutions, access the company's web-site at www.celarix.com. |
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