For Immediate Release

Radical Logistics Delivers Industry's First Transportation Rating Product
Designed for Analysis Not Execution

ATHENS, GA -April 8, 2002 Radical Logistics, a developer of transportation software solutions, today announced the commercial release of Radical Tools, filling a void in the logistics and transportation software industry. For the first time, a suite of transportation planning tools has been specifically designed for business analysts, supply chain consultants and transportation analysts. The tools combine unprecedented speed with ease of use and an affordable price to provide analysts a way to quickly and easily calculate road distances, route distances, and parcel and LTL rates required for their supply chain projects. Users report the tools running tens of thousands of records in just a few seconds.

"When consulting, I was always frustrated with how difficult and/or slow it was to do simple things like computing distances or calculating transportation costs. So we did something about it and created Radical Tools," explains Henrik Danford-Klein, CEO of Radical Logistics.

Tim Brown, Principal with IBM's Business Innovation Services, says, "I'm impressed with the speed and ease of use of Radical Tools. I can compute distances and transportation costs for thousands of shipments in seconds as opposed to hours. Its integration with Excel makes it easy to quickly develop a wide variety of logistics models without having to import and export data from a multitude of standalone applications."

"All existing transportation rating tools were designed for tendering freight and paying carriers, " states Brynn Conover, co-founder and President of Radical Logistics. "Radical Tools meets the needs of transportation analysts and supply chain consultants who require rating for multiple modes and thousands of origin/destination pairs at lightning speed."

Radical Tools provides a set of tools for calculating distance and rates - the foundation of any analysis for inbound and outbound transportation. The product comes packaged with sample spreadsheets demonstrating the power of the tools. Radical Tools are add-ins to Microsoft® Excel® that can be called from within any spreadsheet just as you access other Microsoft® Excel® functions.
The product is affordably priced with the Distance and Parcel Rating at $775 each and the LTL Rating product at $2,500. The entire Radical Tools suite can be purchased for $4,000.

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About Radical Logistics
Radical Logistics is a transportation software and consulting leader with over 43 years experience in developing and implementing transportation solutions. Radical Logistics' Transportation Management System, LoadPlanner, entered the market last winter. Companies benefiting from our solutions include Ford Motor Company, General Motors, freightPro.com, FedEx, and Concentrek. Our clients have dramatically lowered freight bills, increased productivity and improved customer satisfaction as a direct result of our solutions. For more information, please visit www.RadicalLogistics.com.
Radical Tools is a service mark of Radical Logistics. Microsoft Excel is a registered trademark of Microsoft. All other trade names are the property of their respective owners.

Media Contact
Brynn Conover
Radical Logistics
Office: 706-613-5493
Cell: 678-488-4929
E-mail: brynn.conover@radicallogistics.com

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