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ATS Specialized Selects Prophesy ShipperPlus LoadBuilder.TM
 
Wednesday, September 03, 2003

Logistics Solution Designed to Increase Productivity, Lower Overhead.

Bloomfield, CT -- September 03, 2003 -- ATS Specialized, Inc., a leading provider of transportation and supply chain management services has purchased ShipperPlus LoadBuilderTM software from Prophesy Transportation Solutions, Inc. ATS Specialized offers freight management, warehousing, consolidation, dedicated rigging, packaging, and import/export logistics services to the transportation and supply chain industries. ATS will implement Prophesy’s industry leading logistics solution to manage their load building requirements.

"Due to our rapid growth, we felt the need to automate to serve our customers better," said Gary Stang, ATS Vice President.  "The effects of the new software can be felt already, in the areas of productivity, and best of all in the cost-savings for our customers."

Developed with critical input from some of the largest shippers in the country, ShipperPlus LoadBuilder is designed specifically for private fleets and dedicated contract carriers or companies using dedicated contract carriers. ShipperPlus LoadBuilder combines load-building optimization, scheduling and routing decision support for least-cost shipping. Loads can be built and planned later in the cycle, and last minute changes, additions or deletions are quickly incorporated into the plan, ensuring the most accurate, efficient and profitable shipping plans - right up to the last minute.

"We are proud to include ATS Specialized, Inc. among our growing list of leading logistics customers," said Prophesy President Edward J. Forman. "The adoption of our products among top logistics providers, like ATS, is a testament to the efficient and user-friendly logistics suite we have diligently worked to develop."

About ATS Specialized-Inc.

In business since 1955, ATS Specialized Inc. is a full truckload flatbed, specialized, heavy haul and dry van carrier serving the continental United States, Canada and Mexico. The company currently operates more than 1000 power units, hauling granite, machinery, and other specialized commodities. Visit ATS on the web at http://www.ats-inc.com for full details.

About Prophesy

Prophesy Transportation Solutions, Inc. is a leading provider of software, Internet and mobile communications solutions to the transportation, logistics, and distribution industries. Since 1984, Prophesy has offered products and services for dispatch, accounting, mobile communications, logistics management, loadbuilding, mileage and routing, fuel purchase optimization, fuel and road tax reporting, driver log auditing, driver management, and vehicle maintenance. For more information, please visit www.Mile.com, www.ProphesyMC.com for Mobile Communications Software, or www.ProphesyLogistics.com for Logistics Software on the Internet, or contact Prophesy Transportation Solutions, Inc. at 1-800-776-6706.


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