RedPrairie Corporation: RedPrairie Solutions and Expertise Enable Supply Chain Information Sharing in CHEP Innovation Center

J.J. Berrall
Marketing Manager
RedPrairie
P: 262.317.2410
jj.berrall@redprairie.com

Press Release

Improved Network Visibility Enables Pallet Level Tracking for RFID Testing
in a Real-World Environment

Waukesha, WI – RedPrairie Corporation, a leader in global supply chain
technology solutions, is providing enhanced, real-time visibility for RFID
testing at the Innovation Center at CHEP, the global leader in pallet and
container pooling services. RedPrairie’s visibility solution, LENS®, gives
CHEP visibility to track RFID tagged inventory throughout the distribution
process.

CHEP’s Innovation Center in Orlando, Florida is an industry-leading
development and validation facility, dedicated to the design and execution
of tests that address key supply chain issues. Recent mandates from several
mass retailers and from the Department of Defense require suppliers to track
inventory at the pallet and case level by January 2005. The Innovation
Center demonstration shows how suppliers can utilize the CHEP PLUS ID
offering to help streamline their supply chain processes.

CHEP has implemented RedPrairie’s visibility tool, LENS, to demonstrate
successful RFID tracking of inventory across the supply chain. In this
demonstration, LENS provides real-time and historical visibility of the CHEP
pallet and associated products. It utilizes GlobeRanger’s iMotion edgeware
platform to process RFID data and interact with EPC Information Service to
create summarized, end-to-end graphical views of customer supply chains.

CHEP is also leveraging RedPrairie’s supply chain expertise during the
design and execution of customized tests to determine how companies can best
deploy RFID in their environment and address companies’ specific material
handling needs.

Puneet Sawhney, Program Manger, RFID, CHEP states, “RedPrairie is a leader
in applying RFID and global supply chain technology to the marketplace.
RedPrairie’s visibility tool is an integral component in the RFID supply
chain product information sharing demonstration we are conducting for
EPCglobal members and our customers.”

John Jazwiec, Company Leader at RedPrairie added, “RedPrairie and CHEP have
worked together since co-founding the RFID Center of Excellence with
Unilever, Intermec and other leading consumer goods and technology companies
in March 2002. Our latest partnership combines advanced supply chain
solutions, RFID technology and decades of experience to provide companies
with sophisticated, real-world testing for successful RFID deployment.”

About Globeranger
GlobeRanger is the leading provider of RFID and mobility software solutions.
Its innovative platform, iMotion, provides the critical software
infrastructure that transforms real-time data, from the edge of the
enterprise, into actionable information. iMotion serves as the foundation
for GlobeRanger and its partners to rapidly develop, deploy, and manage RFID
and mobile applications. Founded in 1999, GlobeRanger is headquartered in
Richardson, Texas. GlobeRanger: www.globeranger.com

About CHEP

CHEP issues, collect, repairs/washes and reissues more than 250 million
pallets and containers from a global network of 440 service centers, helping
manufacturers and growers transport their products to distributors and
retailers. Combining superior technology, decades of experience and an
unmatched asset base, CHEP handles container and pallet supply chain
logistics for customers in the consumer goods, produce, meat, home
improvement, beverage, raw materials and automotive industries. With its
global headquarters in Orlando, Florida, CHEP employs more than 7,700
employees in 42 countries. More information is available at www.chep.com.

About RedPrairie Corporation

RedPrairie is a global leader in supply chain technology solutions that help
customers achieve measurable logistics results, end-to-end across their
extended supply chains, driving out costs, improving customer service and
creating competitive advantage.

RedPrairie’s RFID-enabled suite of supply chain execution solutions provide
the industry’s leading transportation, productivity, and distribution
management capabilities, integrated with process management components for
real-time visibility, event management and resolution, quality control,
supplier collaboration and performance measurement. The effectiveness of
these applications is enhanced through an industry-exclusive tactical
optimization layer that enables lowest cost, streamlined operations.
RedPrairie has been a member of EPC Global since 2003. RedPrairie also
provides applications for international trade logistics, mobile resource
management, supply chain security and inventory optimization to address the
broader needs for global supply chain management and security. Customers
include Procter & Gamble, Nestle, Panasonic, Georgia-Pacific, Eveready,
Unilever, Exel, General Electric, Amazon.com, and many others. For
additional information, call 1.888.624-8448, or access www.RedPrairie.com.