Varsity Logistics™ Introduces "ShipSoft YourWorld"

Varsity Logistics, Inc., the leading provider of multi-carrier, multi-modal shipping execution software for the IBM System i platform, is announcing its introduction of "ShipSoft YourWorld ." "YourWorld" is a special edition offer that provides a core bundle of shipping execution solution modules targeted to the unique needs of Oracle JD Edwards small to mid-size business (SMB) customers; the package is configured and priced to be attractive and affordable to this market segment.

Varsity Logistics is an Oracle OpenWorld partner and a JD Edwards integration partner; the company has provided mid-range, bolt-on shipping execution solutions to JD Edwards World customers, for a number of years, with many proven installations. Correspondingly, Varsity provides a ShipSoft/World Interface Kit that enables the rapid and powerful integration of shipping automation and the ERP (this Interface Kit, along with other important core functionalities, is bundled at no cost into "ShipSoft YourWorld").

Varsity has perceived that the business environment developing in 2008 will present many significant challenges for SMB manufacturers and distributors. With a domestic economy in recession, transportation costs sky-rocketing to all-time highs, and new export opportunities beckoning abroad due to the weakening dollar, many World businesses are starting to focus on improving shipping execution and controlling transportation costs to maximize efficiency, to perform competitively (and to customer expectations), and to extend operationally into new geographic market segments.

"The businesses in the SMB segment are not the larger, more insulated companies that can afford to spend a lot of time and money to respond to immediate challenges and threats," says Andrew Karpie, Senior Director of Business Development at Varsity Logistics. "Deploying costly, highly-sophisticated planning and optimization TMS capabilities in a small to mid-size business can be over-kill when the business is really struggling to improve day-to-day, operational performance of shipping execution. "ShipSoft YourWorld" is a shipping execution solution that addresses the key "blocking and tackling" requirements that small-to-mid-size businesses face in today's environment. ShipSoft can be operational in weeks, and that is what these businesses really need when their imperative is to drive efficiencies and performance yesterday, and not months from now."

"ShipSoft YourWorld" brings together a set of powerful shipping execution modules, including ShipSoft-Parcel, ShipSoft-Freight, ShipSelect, Export Docs, and ShipTalk AES, into a package that brings significant savings to JD Edwards World user companies. The package is organized to allow small to mid-sized JD Edwards World companies respond rapidly to a changing environment filled with new threats and opportunities. It is also designed to be affordable at inception and expandable over time.

More information about "ShipSoft YourWorld" can be obtained by contacting Varsity Logistics at marketing@varsitynet.com.

About Varsity Logistics
Founded in 1989, Varsity Logistics, Inc. is the leader in IBM System i-based shipping/transportation management systems. Varsity's software supports the full spectrum of parcel, LTL, truckload, and rail shipments, including rate shopping, manifesting, packing, international shipments, and invoice auditing. Deployed in more than 1,100 distribution sites, Varsity helps North American organizations of all sizes improve shipping efficiencies, increase customer satisfaction, and reduce shipping expense. Varsity is based in San Francisco, California and is a fully owned subsidiary of Constellation Software, Inc., Toronto, Canada. For more information visit www.varsitylogistics.com

SOURCE: Varsity Logistics