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Coleman Natural Foods Selects Nistevo's Transportation Management Network Solution

Posted on: Tuesday, 26 July 2005, 09:00 CDT

Nistevo Corporation, the leading Collaborative Logistics Network(SM) for transportation management, today announced that Coleman Natural Foods, the largest natural meat company in the United States, has selected the Nistevo Network. Nistevo's Web-hosted Network will enable Coleman to automate its transportation planning, execution, carrier management, customer service and reporting processes.

Coleman will deploy Nistevo's transportation management system (TMS) across its Red Meat, Poultry and Sausage divisions. The Nistevo Network will be used as the single platform within their logistics operations for centralized transportation planning and optimization, execution, carrier management, dispatching, dock management, distributed visibility, settlement and scorecards.

The Nistevo Network permits Coleman to deploy different transportation strategies across its three divisions (Meat, Poultry and Sausage), within a single transportation management platform. Coleman undertook a comprehensive review to identify a partner with domain expertise in the meat and poultry industry to assist its logistics professionals on staff in solving the company's supply chain challenges.

"Nistevo successfully demonstrated their abilities with proven success stories from their customers within our industry," said Anne Kuechenmeister, director of corporate operations for Coleman Natural Foods, Inc. "Their strong experience and performance explains why they are the market leader and largest network in North America."

"We welcome Coleman to the Nistevo Network," said Kevin Lynch, president and chief executive officer of Nistevo. "We look forward to working together to solve supply chain issues and streamline their transportation operations."

About Coleman Natural Foods, Inc.

Coleman Natural Foods, headquartered in Golden, Colorado, is the largest natural meat company in the United States. For more information visit www.colemanatural.com or call 1-800-442-8666.

About Nistevo Corporation

Nistevo is the leading Collaborative Logistics Network(SM) for transportation management, a hosted software service that enables manufacturers, retailers, distributors, logistics service providers and carriers to view, plan, execute, settle and report on their shipments. Using the Network, members are managing more than five million shipments annually, resulting in significant cost savings for freight moved. Nistevo's clients include Church & Dwight Co., The Dial Corporation, Tractor Supply, Ocean Spray, Smithfield Foods, Cargill, General Mills, HP Hood and Seneca Foods, among others. For more information, visit www.nistevo.com.

Source: Business Wire

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