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AccuFreight Clients Amazed By Seamless Service Upgrade

Guelph, ON (October 25, 2007): Effective immediately, all Tran-Lucent clients have now migrated to Version 2.0 of the AccuFreight Suite. This service upgrade was completed with zero downtime and no interruption of service to any client, at any time.

"One of the key benefits of using web-based business intelligence software is that service enhancements can be made by our developers and deployed immediately," said Shelina Lalani, President of Trans-Lucent Markets ULC "Our clients have no need to worry about the administration of technical issues. They give us feedback about our services and the enhancements they would find valuable, and our developers do the rest."

Trans-Lucent is North America's leading provider of transportation expense management systems (TEMS), having increased total records stored by over 200,000 individual records in the last six months. Clients include Coca-Cola (Canada) Ltd., Italpasta and Recochem.

"The team at Trans-Lucent has been very professional and accommodating," says Rozmina Mawani, Manager of Customer Service at Coca-Cola (Canada). "AccuFreight's Accounts Payable (AP) allows us to audit and approve invoices for payment of our freight expenditures. The Freight Intelligence System (FIS) provides us the capability to analyze freight, accessorial charges and distribution centre expenditures. The prompt accessibility and analytical capabilities of these systems has made my team more efficient and effective."

Trans-Lucent clients will now benefit from significant upgrades in service in AccuFreight 2.0. For example, FIS has always allowed clients to view shipping costs by carrier, by distribution centre, by billing period, by invoice - by almost any criteria required. Now, FIS offers the ability to build trending reports that track, and chart, expense behaviours over time. Upgrades to AccuFreight’s Rate Matrix (ARM), the solution that has replaced spreadsheets, faxes and e-mails as carrier rate management tools, are also dramatic. Through ARM, Trans-Lucent can now offer the ability for clients to pre-cost shipments based on current contracted rates. ARM's online routing capabilities now allow shippers to pre-determine top carrier selections based on any criteria, thus ensuring that the decisions made at the dock door always follow internal business rules set by head office.

Trans-Lucent Markets ULC was formed in 2003 out of a desire to turn the vast amount of financial and logistical data available on shipments into valuable, revenue-generating information. The founding executives brought to this company a unique combination of fiscal and strategic financial management skills, transportation and logistics experience, and technology expertise. Solution development at Trans-Lucent follows these four guiding principles:

All products are deployed as web-based solutions, offering clients immediate and uninterrupted access.
All products are designed, developed, housed, and secured in North America.
All products are designed to give clients full and complete access to their own data, at all times.
All product outputs are designed to integrate easily with popular ERP, TMS/WMS and related systems.

Author: Liz Clarke, Director of Business Development and Communications, Trans-Lucent Markets