Eight Users of MicroAnalytics Software Rank in the Top 100 3PL Providers

ARLINGTON, VA - August 15, 2001 - MicroAnalytics, Inc., manufacturer of TruckStops® Routing and Scheduling Software and OptiSite® for Windows Site Distribution Planning Model is pleased to announce that eight users of these software systems have been ranked in the top 100 3PL providers as reported by Inbound Logistics Magazine. Five of the eight user companies ranked in the top ten. Ryder, UPS Logistics, Penske, APL Logistics, and TNT Logistics ranked first, third, seventh, eighth, and tenth respectively. Crowley Logisitcs, Jacobson Logistics and Ruan were also ranked in the top 100 list.

TruckStops® is the powerful, easy-to-use tool that is used to route deliveries at more than 2,400 customer sites worldwide. The system will help you to cut your transportation costs and increase driver productivity while improving customer service. TruckStops® contains the most powerful cost minimization routines available in a commercial routing system. Customers who have compared TruckStops® to other routing software tell us that TruckStops® equals or betters the performance of anything they've seen. TruckStops® routinely produces results 3% to 10% better than competing systems in benchmark studies. OptiSite® for Windows is a full-featured distribution planning and site location model designed to help you analyze and manage your distribution resources more effectively. OptiSite® for Windows can suggest the optimum number and location of distribution centers, as well as the best use of your current facilities. In minutes, the software will help you decide which suppliers to use, where to stock products, how much to stock and what distribution centers will provide the best service, at the least cost, to each market area. OptiSite® for Windows weighs nearly every variable you can imagine, as well as a few you might overlook. Variables such as number and size of shipments, inbound and outbound freight rates by product, warehousing needs and capacities, supply sources, service levels, and many others can be used.

MicroAnalytics (www.bestroutes.com) has produced logistics software since 1984. The company helped pioneer the development of PC-based routing systems and is recognized as the leading software provider with over 2,400 systems distributed worldwide. In addition to the TruckStops® system, MicroAnalytics publishes and markets the OptiSite® Distribution Planning Model, GeoNet™ Location Databases and the BUSTOPS® Student Transportation Management System. The company operates offices in Arlington, Virginia; Toronto, Ontario; and London, England. Agents in Europe, South America, South Africa, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore represent MicroAnalytics. The Arlington, Virginia office may be reached at 703-841-0414 or via e-mail at info@bestroutes.com.