Cadre Press Release

June 22, 2005, Denver, Colorado, Cadre Technologies today announced that the Greater Chicago Food Depository, one of the largest not-for-profit food distribution centers in the nation, has selected the Cadence Logistics System to organize receipt of food from its donor network and distribution to its 600 member soup kitchens, food pantries and shelters in Cook County, Illinois.

The Cadence warehouse management system will manage inventory in the Food Depository’s new 268,073-square-foot warehouse facility. The system will manage receiving donated food from approximately 635 local and national food companies, grocers, food service organizations, produce markets and growers. The system will expedite putaway, order processing, picking, packing and shipping. Cadre will also provide its order entry system and manage allocations via web storefront and customer service modules which maintain detailed access to warehouse inventory information. Each of the 600 agencies are “customers” to the system which maintains order histories, catalogs of available items and allocation details for enhanced service accuracy.

The Food Depository will implement Cadre’s new Cadence Mobile Logistics, a wireless mobile computer that directs warehouse workers to process orders via a mobile computer using voice commands, bar-codes and mobile browser interface. The facility is equipped with dry, frozen and cooler space.

"The Greater Chicago Food Depository provides a vital service to the Chicago community by channeling an incredible amount of donated food to those in need. Cadre is extremely proud to help improve the service and efficiency of the Food Depository as it transitions its operations to the new facility," said Joe Peters, president of Cadre Technologies. "This facility will make full use of the entire suite of Cadence software modules to significantly enhance distribution efficiencies at every level. By improving logistics and warehouse operations, even more people will be served through improved communication with supplies, community agencies and the internal workforce."

The Greater Chicago Food Depository is Chicago’s food bank and a charter member of America’s Second Harvest, an organization that solicits food from national manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers then makes it available to over 200 member food banks and food rescue organizations throughout the country. The Food Depository also receives substantial food from local donations and purchases made using grants from the USDA, FEMA and food box contracts with the City of Chicago. The Food Depository also maintains strategic purchasing alliances with manufacturers to ensure that staples from pasta to peanut butter are always available.

“We strive continually to deliver excellent service,” said Robert Matlosz, the Food Depository’s director of operations. “Our new facility gives us the capability to double our capacity. By taking our warehouse logistics and operations to the next level with the Cadre warehouse management system, we will be able to provide more food to more people in need."

About Cadence Fulfillment
Cadence Fulfillment is a unified system for logistics and distribution, built on the Microsoft .Net platform. The system provides seamless operations for order management, web orders/web access, warehouse management, transportation management and activity billing. The system is built on a common data platform which eliminates the need for costly interfaces between systems. It also eliminates the duplication of critical data such as customers, products, orders and shipments. Cadence Mobile Logistics integrates wireless technology including speech, bar-code scanning, browser-text and RFID.

About Cadre Technologies, Inc.
Cadre Technologies is a leading innovator of fulfillment systems used by logistics service providers, distributors and manufacturers. Its Cadence Fulfillment system is delivered by Cadre’s experienced team of implementation, training and support personnel. The company has offices in Denver, Colorado and Baltimore, Maryland. Cadre is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner.

About the Greater Chicago Food Depository
The Greater Chicago Food Depository, Chicago’s food bank, is a not-for-profit food distribution center providing food for hungry people while striving to end hunger in the Chicagoland community. The Food Depository distributes donated and purchased food through a network of 600 pantries, soup kitchens and shelters to more than 91,000 adults and children every week.  Last year, the Food Depository distributed more than 40 million pounds of non-perishable food and fresh produce, dairy products, meat, poultry and fish, the equivalent of more than 84,300 meals every day. For more information, log onto www.chicagosfoodbank.org or call 773.247.3663.

For more information contact Roger Rountree at Cadre Technologies at 303-217-7056 or visit Cadre's web site at www.cadretech.com.