CarrierPoint Adds Powerful Web-Based DW Functionality

CarrierPoint Inc, an e-logistics company that provides Web-based collaborative supply-chain management tools and transportation marketplaces to the $154 billion less-than-truckload and full-truckload freight market, announced the first release of DataDepot a Web-based data warehouse tool.

DataDepot provides online data mining and reporting to help shippers and carriers better analyze their business. DataDepot allows users to gain access to detailed information about their company, industry-wide benchmarking data and standardized management reports using a standard Web browser.

"DataDepot is a real-time data warehouse application delivering powerful logistics data analysis and decision support data via the Web," said Cliff Isaacson, CarrierPoint Chief Technology Officer. "Data warehouses have been around for years in a client-server environment, but only recently has the technology matured enough to deliver this type of information securely over the Internet. This technology gives management the information they need to fine-tune their supply chains and realize hard-to-find efficiencies."

DataDepot works in conjunction with CarrierPoint's Dynamic Shipping MarketPlace (DSM). With its contract management and collaborative exchange functionality, DSM provides the vehicle to collect the information. DataDepot provides the platform to maintain and analyze all the data and report on it in a secure, meaningful way.

Numerous standard online reports are available with the first release of DataDepot, including carrier utilization by lane and weight, shipping cost by product, lane and carrier, carrier ranking by weight shipped, ranked origins and destinations by shipment and weight, daily transactions, pricing analysis, shipper ranked by weight shipped, shipper ranked by equipment and lane, and equipment utilization by lane.

DataDepot consists of a database that contains customer-specific historical data. The delivery mechanism is an SSL-encrypted Web-based interface that permits customers to view standardized and custom reports that run dynamically and display only the information that is unique to their company, business unit and operating area.

"DataDepot allows both shippers and carriers access to customized information that was previously difficult to extract," said Mr. Isaacson. "We are confident that they will find DataDepot to be a highly-useful, easy-to-use tool that will help improve their business operations."

About CarrierPoint

Based in Atlanta, CarrierPoint is an Internet company that Web-enables the procurement of transportation services through real-time facilitation of contract-based shipments and collaborative transportation marketplaces for shippers and carriers. Through the use of electronic commerce, advanced communications and data warehousing technology, CarrierPoint maximizes the Internet to facilitate both contract and spot market shipments and to improve operating efficiencies. Additional information on CarrierPoint can be found on its Web site at www.carrierpoint.com.

Contact CarrierPoint Inc, Atlanta, Gale Crosley, 404-920-0633, gale.crosley@carrierpoint.com.