Cheil Jedang Extends Agreement With Descartes To Include Home Shopping Division.Business Editors & High Tech Writers WATERLOO, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 22, 2002 Ensuring on-time delivery for over three million delivery orders a year with Descartes Routing and Scheduling in the Korean market The Descartes Systems Group Inc., (Nasdaq:DSGX DSGX Dynamic Sound Generator Xtra (Sony) DSGX Dynamic Sound Generator Extra ) (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :DSG DSG Direct Shift Gearbox (Audi) DSG Dosage DSG Deputy Secretary General DSG Dressing DSG Designate DSG Desmoglein DSG Duke Student Government (Duke University) ) a trusted provider of logistics solutions, today announced that CJ39 Shopping (CJ39), one of the largest TV home shopping Home Shopping commonly refers to the electronic retailing / home shopping channels industry, which includes such billion dollar companies as HSN, QVC, eBay, ShopNBC, Buy.com, and Amazon.com. retailers in the world, will use Descartes' Fleetwise(TM) Routing and Scheduling solution, to ensure rapid customer responsiveness and on-time delivery to customers in Seoul, Korea. This is an extension of the relationship Descartes announced in April 2002 with the logistics division Cheil Jedang Global Logistics Service, a 20/20 Visibility customer. CJ39 Shopping sells a broad range of products through multiple channels and is a division of Cheil Jedang Group, one of the largest consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and company in Korea. Products such as fine jewelry and home appliances to clothing and outdoor equipment are purchased through CJ39's television shopping channel Shopping channels are television specialty channels that present shopping related content, particularly for home shopping enthusiasts. Home shopping pioneers:
With Descartes' Fleetwise(TM), CJ39 will become one of the first home shopping retailers to drive on-time delivery service to customers' doorsteps on such a large scale in Korea. Designed to improve coordination between drivers, dispatchers and call-center operations Descartes Fleetwise will help CJ39 to better plan pick-up and delivery schedules for customers in the metropolitan Seoul area; one of the densest and most complex road networks in the Asia Pacific region. "In an increasingly competitive home shopping market meeting customer commitments is paramount to continued success," said Harry Lim, Vice President, CJ39 Shopping. "Descartes Fleetwise will give us the opportunity to improve our customer responsiveness and the ability to attract new customers while increasing the loyalty of our current customer base." "Descartes' products are uniquely designed for the dynamic nature of the home delivery market in Korea," said Kevin Taylor Kevin Taylor (born August 11, 1974) is an African-American professional skateboarder. He was born in Wildwood, New Jersey, began the sport at age 11, and turned professional at 16. Taylor skates in a regular stance, lives in Philadelphia. , Descartes' general manager and senior vice president for Asia Pacific region. "We are pleased that CJ39 and CJ GLS  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. chose Descartes to provide them with a trusted solution to manage the complexities and many variables associated with delivery operations in Seoul." CJ GLS, a third-party logistics A third-party logistics provider (abbreviated 3PL) is a firm that provides outsourced or "third party" logistics services to companies for part, or sometimes all of their supply chain management function. provider and a division of Cheil Jedang, and Descartes will help CJ39 Shopping implement Descartes Fleetwise to route over 250 dedicated trucks from nine distribution centers in Seoul, Korea. CJ GLS specializes in logistics services for domestic companies and multinationals in the high tech, consumer goods and chemical industries and is a current 20/20 Visibility customer of Descartes. About CJ39 Shopping CJ39 Shopping has been a leader in the history of home shopping since it introduced a new concept of home shopping which helps manufacturers and consumers deal directly through TV Shopping. CJ39 Shopping is always trying to be close to customers through diverse channels such as catalogs, jewelry shops and internet shopping malls as well as TV home shopping. With its vision to become the best on-line marketing company in Korea and one of the two top class companies in the global market, CJ39 shopping aims to be a 24-hour operating on-line department store by offering high-quality and low-priced product, and better services enriching customers life style. For more information, visit www.cjmall.com. About Cheil Jedang Global Logistics Service CJ GLS was separated from its parent company in March 1988 as a specialized logistics service provider of the Cheil Jedang Group. CJ GLS entered the logistics market as a third party logistics service provider in food, consumer products, and pharmaceuticals based on their logistics know-how and the distribution network built over the last 50 years for Cheil Jedang, the biggest food and consumer product goods company in Korea. Despite its short history, CJ GLS is now one of the leading companies in the third party logistics services industry with more than 100 customers handling some 160 million boxes of logistics traffic annually. For more information, visit www.cjgls.co.kr. About Descartes The Descartes Systems Group Inc. (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG) is a trusted provider of 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 technology. In over 60 countries Descartes' leading logistics solutions drive operational efficiency, enhance customer responsiveness and improve precision in purchasing for global organizations. For more information, visit www.descartes.com. 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