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May
16, 2007
TECSYS Inc. (TSX: TCS), an
industry-leading supply chain management software
company announced today that ROE Logistics, a
Montreal-based global provider of logistics services has
selected TECSYS’ warehouse and distribution management
software solutions to support the Company’s aggressive
growth and deliver increased value to its clients across
Canada and the U.S.
ROE Logistics’ goal is to be the “Vital Link in their
customer’s distribution chain”, offering innovative and
fully-integrated logistics solutions for international
freight forwarding, warehousing and distribution. In
addition, the Company offers end-to-end fulfillment,
custom clearance and shipping of dangerous goods for its
clients. Over the past five years ROE Logistics has
experienced 20% annual growth, making it one of the
fastest growing 3PL providers in Canada.
“3PLs are a vital component of the value chain for
many suppliers and key to the delivery of quality
service to end users” commented Peter Brereton,
President and CEO of TECSYS. ”ROE’s customers – whether
distributors or manufacturers, will be further ahead as
ROE deploys our SOA-based technology into their supply
chain enabling closer collaboration with all
stakeholders.”
With a run rate of up to 2000 picks/packs per day, ROE
needed a high-volume distribution and warehouse
management system that would give the company the
capability to deliver its services with confidence to
its clients today, and would also grow with it and help
the Company deliver that unique value that
differentiates it in this highly competitive and
constantly changing industry. Currently, ROE has some
450,000 square-feet of distribution facility space,
strategically located in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and
Vancouver to serve its nation wide customers. The
Company also has offices in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and
Miami; operating under the name Paul Bellack Inc.
“TECSYS demonstrated significant value in support of
our objectives of substantially improving our visibility
into our supply chain and our management of customers’
orders,” commented Marcel Laurence, Executive Vice
President and CFO of ROE Logistics. “There are a number
of supply chain applications out there, most of them are
too complex and expensive to deploy, particularly the
integration with our existing technology and with those
of our clients. Nothing that we have seen comes close to
TECSYS’ flexibility, modularity and integration.”
With TECSYS, ROE Logistics will be able
to:
- Gradually deploy, as needed,
TECSYS’ supply chain software applications
- Gain real time visibility, without
any barriers, into its inventory and movement of goods
- Substantially improve tracking and
accuracy of inventory and customer orders
About ROE Logistics
With over 25 years of experience, ROE Logistics offers innovative and fully integrated logistics solutions for international freight forwarding, warehousing and distribution, overall end-to-end e-fulfilment as well as customs clearance and shipping of dangerous goods.
About TECSYS
TECSYS is a leading supply chain management software
provider that delivers powerful enterprise distribution,
warehouse and transportation logistics software solutions. The
company's customers include about 800 mid-size and Fortune 1000
corporations in healthcare, giftware, office products,
third-party logistics, and general wholesale high-volume
distribution markets. TECSYS’ shares are listed on the Toronto
Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol TCS.
Contact
Solutions and general info: info@tecsys.com
Investor relations: investor@tecsys.com
Media relations: media@tecsys.com
TECSYS Inc.
(514) 866-0001 or (800) 922-8649
The statements in this news release relating to matters that are not historical fact are forward looking statements that are based on management's beliefs and assumptions. Such statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to a number of uncertainties, including but not limited to future economic conditions, the markets that TECSYS Inc. serves, the actions of competitors, major new technological trends, and other factors beyond the control of TECSYS Inc., which could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. More information about the risks and uncertainties associated with TECSYS Inc.’s business can be found in the MD&A section of the Company’s annual report and annual information form for the fiscal year ended April 30th, 2006. These documents have been filed with the Canadian securities commissions and are available on our website (www.tecsys.com) and on SEDAR (www.sedar.com). Copyright © TECSYS Inc. 2007. All names, trademarks, products, and services mentioned are registered or unregistered trademarks of their respective owners.
March 5, 2007
Daylight
Saving Time (DST) New Rules for 2007
We have received a number of
inquiries about the new Daylight Saving Time (DST) rules
for 2007, and their potential impact on NIST Time Services.
While the rules for DST have changed in 2007, all NIST
time services will continue to operate properly under
the new rules. Let's take a brief look at what DST is,
what the new DST rules are, and how the NIST time services
will handle the new rule changes.
What is Daylight Saving Time?
Daylight Saving Time, or DST, is the period of the year
when clocks are moved one hour ahead. In the United States,
this has the effect of creating more sunlit hours in the
evening during months when the weather is the warmest.
We advance our clocks ahead one hour at the beginning
of DST, and move them back one hour ("Spring forward,
fall back") when we return to Standard Time (ST).
This has the effect of moving one hour of daylight from
the morning to the evening.
DST was formally introduced in the United States in 1918.
Today, most of the country and its territories observe
DST. However, DST is not observed in Hawaii, American
Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the state
of Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo Indian Reservation,
which does observe DST).
Daylight Saving Time and time zones are regulated by the
U. S. Department of Transportation, and not by NIST. However,
as an official timekeeper for the United States, NIST
observes all rules regarding DST when it distributes time-of-day
information to the public.
What are the new rules for Daylight Saving Time?
The rules for DST have changed in 2007 for the first time
in more than 20 years. The new changes were enacted by
the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which extended the length
of DST in the interest of reducing energy consumption.
The new rules increase the length of DST by about one
month. DST will now be in effect for 238 days, or about
65% of the year, although Congress retained the right
to revert to the prior law should the change prove unpopular
or if energy savings are not significant. Beginning in
2007, Daylight Saving Time in the United States
• begins at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday of March
and
• ends at 2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday of November
In 2007 DST will begin on March 11th. Set your clocks
ahead one hour on Sunday, March 11, 2007.
In 2007 DST will end on November 4th. Set your clocks
back one hour on Sunday, November 4, 2007.
I set my computer clock to NIST time. Will the
new rules affect me?
There shouldn't be any problems if your operating system
has the latest updates. All NIST time services broadcast
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Corrections for your
local time zone and for Daylight Saving Time are provided
by your computer's operating system. Therefore, it is
important that you have the latest software updates for
your operating system. For example, if you use Microsoft
products, information about DST updates can be found here:
Other operating systems should also have DST updates
or patches available. Please check with the provider of
your operating system for the latest information. Visit
this site for more information and links pertaining to
a number of different systems:
The great majority of computer time codes sent by the
NIST Internet Time Service (ITS) use the Network Time
Protocol (NTP), which contains no information about DST,
and relies on your computer's operating system to determine
whether DST or ST is in effect. Therefore, if you use
NTP, it is especially important to use an operating system
that has been patched to conform to the new DST rules.
The NIST time codes sent using the Daytime Protocol of
the ITS or sent by telephone using the Automated Computer
Time Service (ACTS), do contain DST information and have
been modified to conform to the new DST rules. However,
the advance notification flags provided by ACTS and by
the ITS in daytime format are advisory, and will not override
the configuration of your operating system, so it is still
important to have the latest operating system updates.
I have a radio controlled clock that receives
NIST time. Will the new rules affect me?
Your radio controlled clock should automatically implement
the new DST rules. The WWVB broadcast contains information
that tells your clock whether DST or ST is currently in
effect. NIST always sends this information to agree with
the current DST rules, so your clock should change automatically
on the day of the change, just as it has in previous years.
If the time is wrong after the DST change, make sure that
your clock has recently received the time signal. Many
radio controlled clocks have a synchronization indicator
that will tell you if your clock has recently synchronized.
If the clock isn't receiving the signal, click here for
some tips on improving reception. If it has received the
signal recently, check to make sure that the clock's time
zone setting is set properly. Also, if you live in an
area where DST is not observed (Arizona, for example),
you need to disable the automatic DST function on your
clock.
I have a non-radio controlled clock that used
to automatically correct itself for DST. Will it still
work?
The only way to find out is to wait and see, or to contact
the manufacturer of the clock. There are a large number
of non-radio controlled clocks, marketed under names like
"AUTOSET" or "SMARTSET" that have
internal firmware that automatically changes the time
by one hour on the transition days to and from DST. These
clocks do not connect to a NIST time service, and some
of them will no longer work properly due to the DST rule
change. For example, clocks manufactured prior to the
rule change will probably not switch to DST in March,
but will wait until April in accordance with the old rule.
If you have a clock like this that fails due to the new
rules, your only recourse is to adjust the clock manually,
or to contact the manufacturer and ask for an upgrade
or a replacement.
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