Del Monte Foods chooses GT Nexus

GT Nexus announced today that Del Monte Foods Company selected its Trade and Logistics Portal to serve as the food giant's international transportation management and shipment visibility platform. The platform was successfully used for the 2007 ocean transportation bid, including optimization of the transportation spend and carrier allocations. The company's finalized ocean contracts have been digitized, making them easy to manage and monitor by Del Monte and its ocean carriers.

'Control'
"As a leading CPG manufacturer, we face huge challenges in managing an ever more complex transportation network. Using the GT Nexus portal gives us visibility and control over that network," said Bill Pollard, VP Customer Service and Transportation at Del Monte. "Increasingly, global transportation is a strategic initiative for us and GT Nexus gives us a whole new, smart way to manage our global freight movement and spend."

GT Nexus is providing the entire platform on-demand, over the Web, removing the need for expensive software installations and maintenance. Internal users at Del Monte, as well as the carriers and other logistics partners who serve them, can now work efficiently together through a common set of Web applications.

'Progress'
"GT Nexus has helped bring our international transportation management into the 21st Century," added Pollard. "We didn't have to pay upfront and install a huge system before knowing if it was the right thing for us. We already have results that have exceeded our expectations. We are expecting to see a significant reduction in our ocean transportation spend for 2007."

"Del Monte has already benefited from the power of a Web-based industry platform," noted Greg Johnsen, EVP and Founder at GT Nexus. "They completed their global bid quickly, because the system was in place and their carriers were already familiar with the process based on experience with several other GT Nexus customers. The results speak for themselves."

October 2, 2007

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