Merging With Asia’s Logistics Solution Leader Enables Kewill to Provide Logistics Solutions for Over 90 Percent of World Trading Routes
 SALE, Cheshire, U.K.- Kewill Systems, plc. (LSE:KWL), the leader in supply chain control solutions, today announced the signing of an agreement to join organizations with IPACS e-Solutions Group, a leading IT solution provider for the Transportation and Logistics industry. The IPACS e-Solutions Group includes offices in Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai that together serve marketplaces across Southeast Asia, Korea, Japan and Greater China.
The impetus behind Kewill’s interest in IPACS includes the opportunity to participate in Asia’s growing International Trade marketplace together with the ability to bring IPACS’ Java-based Advanced Logistics System to the EMEA and North American marketplaces.
All IPACS e-Solutions offices will continue to be operated as a standalone entity within the Kewill Global Trade and Logistics business. Sing Lam Wong will remain as CEO of the new Kewill IPACS e-Solutions, which will become a subsidiary of the Kewill Group, headed by Paul Nichols, CEO of Kewill Systems plc.
“The Asian marketplace –
including Southeast Asia, Korea, Greater China and Japan – comprise the fastest-growing market for Logistics solutions
worldwide,” said Paul Nichols, CEO of Kewill. “We found the ideal opportunity to extend the capabilities of
our International Trade solutions into Asia with IPACS and its award-winning
technology. Incorporating IPACS capabilities with our market-leading trade
solutions in EMEA and North America will create an unprecedented global trade
solution that can be initiated from anywhere in the world and provide complete
visibility and control of goods throughout the export/import process.”
IPACS’s Freight Forwarding solution, Advanced
Logistics System (ALS) is designed on an open platform with leading-edge Java
and J2EE technology that deploys with an international data and multi-lingual
format. The scalability of ALS allows adaptation to varying operational
requirements including the needs of the North American and European marketplace.
IPACS’ customs product Tradenet and freight and
logistics applications are used by over 700 Logistics Services Providers (LSPs)
and customs agencies.
“I am proud to have grown IPACS into the
successful regional company it is today,” said Sing Lam
Wong, founder and CEO of IPACS e-Solutions Group. “Our
customers benefit from IPACS’ sophisticated, yet
easy-to-use, logistics solutions. Joining with Kewill will further serve our
existing and future customers with the extended value of a worldwide network of
support, a broader range of solution offerings and the ability to serve our
mutual customers around the globe. We are pleased to work together with Kewill
to provide the world’s most comprehensive international
trade solutions.”
About Kewill Systems plc.
Kewill Systems plc. is a leading international company dedicated to the
development and provision of software and services to manage complex business to
business supply chains. With over 35 years' experience in the supply chain
space, Kewill Systems is a long-time innovator of Supply Chain Execution
software focusing on order management, transportation management, international
trade logistics and visibility solutions for global trading communities. Over
55,000 customers have trusted Kewill Systems plc. for the management of their
supply chain information including household names such as UPS, FedEx, TNT, DHL,
DSV, Panalpina, A.N. Deringer, General Motors, Mazda, General Electric, Philips,
Pratt & Whitney, Mitsubishi, Texas Instruments, Littlewoods, Sainsbury's, JD
Williams, Marks & Spencer, Toys R Us and Legal & General.
About IPACS e-Solutions
IPACS e-Solutions is a Singapore-based company with over 700 customers in the
Asia Pacific region. Established in 1983, it is a premier IT and E-Commerce
solutions provider with key competencies in the Transportation & Logistics
Industry. www.ipacs.com
Source: BUSINESS WIRE
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