Celerity Solutions Presents 'Jump-Start Your Supply Chain' at the 1999 distribution/computer west expo.

DEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 1998--Celerity Solutions, Inc., a leading single source solution provider of supply chain planning and warehouse management execution software for distribution intensive companies in the middle market, will present a seminar session entitled, "Jump-Start Your Supply Chain" at the 1999 Distribution/Computer West Expo. The session will be held on Tuesday, February 9, 1999 from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California.

'Jump Start Your Supply Chain' will focus on describing how distributors and manufacturers implement real-time planning and execution systems to accelerate the flow of information through their supply chains. The session will explain the importance of utilizing real-time information from an integrated planning and execution solution to reduce cycle times, increase shipment accuracy, lower inventory levels and improve customer satisfaction.

Jess Rosenberg, who is a Regional Sales Director at Celerity Solutions, Inc., will present the seminar session. Mr. Rosenberg has an extensive background in the warehouse management, supply chain software, and automatic data capture industries. Previously, he completed successful speaking engagements at Distribution Expo U.S., Distribution Expo East, Scan Tech Solution Center, Northern California Plant and Engineering Show, and Softworld Manufacturing and Supply Chain Show. Mr. Rosenberg is a member of the Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC), Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA), Council of Logistics Management (CLM), and AIM.

"Distribution companies seeking to expand their competitive market-share are demanding excellent customer satisfaction levels," commented Mr. Rosenberg, "This means fulfilling a greater number of smaller, non-customized orders with shorter lead times, and providing real-time order status information to customers."

Celerity Solutions, Inc. provides a unique broad-based offering of supply chain planning and execution products for the manufacturing and distribution industries ranging from Supply Chain Planning through Warehouse Management software products. Celerity, which means "with swiftness of movement," is focused on accelerating the movement of customers' materials and products through their supply chains, while optimizing their inventory investment and improving customer service. Celerity's software is designed to integrate planning and transaction-based systems, and to provide real-time visibility to inventory movement throughout the supply chain. Founded in 1982, Celerity has offices in Dedham, Massachusetts; Newark, New Jersey; Chicago, Illinois; Atlanta, Georgia; Irvine, California; and St. Petersburg, Russia. Some of Celerity's customers include Distribution Dynamics, Corporate Express, Nortel, Pleasant Company, Honeywell, Wesley Jessen, Champion Export Corporation, Image Entertainment, and Logix/US Freightways. Additional information is available through the company's Web sites: www.celeritysolutions.com and www.somersetwms.com.

For more information about Celerity's products and services contact: Melisa Silverman, Celerity Solutions, Inc., 7545 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine, CA 92618, phone [phone], fax [phone], email [e-mail].

This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements, e.g. "expect", "projected," within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those presently anticipated or projected. Celerity cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any forward looking statements, which speak only as to management's expectations on the date hereof. Celerity does not undertake - and specifically declines any obligation - to publicly release the result of any revision which may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.