Four Users of MicroAnalytics Software Rank in the Top 30 Beverage Bottlers & Distributors

Arlington, VA - August 30, 2002 - MicroAnalytics, Inc., publisher of TruckStops® Routing and Scheduling Software and OptiSite® for Windows Site Distribution Planning Model is pleased to announce that four users of these software systems have been ranked in the top 30 beverage bottlers and distributors as reported by Beverage Industry Magazine. The Pepsi-Cola Bottling Group, Pepsi Americas, Georgia Crown Distributing, Co., and National Wine & Spirits, ranked second, fourth, sixteenth, and eighteenth respectively.

TruckStops® is the powerful, easy-to-use tool that has been purchased to route deliveries at more than 2,400 customer sites worldwide. The system helps companies to cut their 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 current facilities. In minutes, the software will help companies 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.

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 routing 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, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore represent MicroAnalytics. The Arlington, Virginia headquarters may be reached at 703-841-0414 or via e-mail at info@bestroutes.com.