Unibex Selects iLink Global to Integrate Shipping and Transportation Services Within Its Exchange Infrastructure.Business Editors CHICAGO Chicago, city, United States Chicago (shĭkä`gō, shĭkô`gō), city (1990 pop. 2,783,726), seat of Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1837. & WASHINGTON, D.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2000 Unibex, a leading provider of electronic marketplace infrastructure for business communities, has selected iLink Global to integrate its comprehensive shipping and transportation solution within its exchange infrastructure. Online business communities enabled by Unibex's leading exchange infrastructure, the Universal Business Exchange, will have access to iLink Global's Web-based, real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. global shipping and logistics services, and track-and-trace technology. "Unibex is rapidly executing its goal of building the most integrated exchange infrastructure for online business communities. iLink Global will help us meet our goal by providing customers with seamless, one-click buying The ability to purchase on the Web by clicking a single button on a Web page after selecting your merchandise. Your name, address and credit card information are stored on the vendor's Web server or extracted from a cookie on your computer so you don't have to enter the same information and shipping at the lowest shipping costs available," said Mady Jalinous, president 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. and architect of Unibex's business-to-business (B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business ) platform. "iLink Global's worldwide carrier network and eLogistics technology combined with our unique business model and innovative infrastructure will help Unibex continue to establish itself as a major player in the B2B e-commerce (Business to Business Electronic-COMMERCE) Refers to one business selling to another business via the Web. See e-commerce. marketplace." "iLink Global is helping a number of e-businesses meet their shipping logistics challenges," said David Stukel, CEO, iLink Global. "With our seamless, cross-platform technology and worldwide network of carriers across all modes, iLink Global is prepared to handle all of Unibex's client-site shipments to anywhere in the world." iLink Global ensures that Unibex's site customers receive global shipping services at the best prices and quality services. iLink Global's real-time pricing technology will be integrated within Unibex's infrastructure, allowing buyers anywhere in the world to immediately determine their freight costs. iLink Global will integrate its track and trace technology directly across Unibex-enabled business communities, allowing buyers to check the progress of their deliveries without having to go to alternative Web sites. About Unibex Unibex (www.unibex.com) enables companies to choose the e-business relationship that is right for their business needs. Unibex was founded to empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in the global 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. through collaborative, online electronic marketplaces. Based in Washington, D.C., Unibex has developed the leading business-to-business (B2B) e-marketplace and e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. platform. Unibex partners with a number of business community organizers, including Industry Trade Associations, Publishers, Online Business Communities, International Trade Development Organizations and Global Commerce Providers. About iLink Global iLink Global, launched in Fall 1999, is the first-to-market company to provide comprehensive global shipping and logistics services for e-businesses. The company was the first to bring eCommerce sites the full spectrum of eLogistics services. The company goes far beyond pricing software and single-carrier solutions by providing pricing, compliance, logistics and shipping, track and trace, and 24/7 customer service, integrated seamlessly into eCommerce clients' Web sites. Through its carrier-neutral global network, iLink Global ensures that eCommerce customers will receive the highest quality shipping services at the most efficient pricing. Through technology solutions such as CanTRACK, iLink Global enables virtually all participants in the shipping industry to track and manage their shipments and container demurrage A separate freight charge, in addition to ordinary shipping costs, which is imposed according to the terms of a carriage contract upon the person responsible for unreasonable delays in loading or unloading cargo. , adding directly to their bottom lines. Senior management of iLink Global are veterans of the transportation and technology industries who have hundreds of years combined experience. They have served as executives with the world's brand leaders in transportation, logistics and 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 . iLink Global is based in west suburban Chicago, and may be found on the Internet at www.ilinkglobal.com. |
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