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Quiksilver Uses Kewill Flagship Enterprise Shipping Management Solution as Foundation for High Volume Apparel Distribution; Kewill Flagship Automates Quiksilver's 10,000 Shipment-Per-Day Business

September 21, 2006
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MARLBOROUGH, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- Sept. 21, 2006 -- Kewill (LSE:KWL), the leader in enterprise shipping management software and services, today announced that Quiksilver, Inc. (NYSE:ZQK), the world's leading outdoor sports lifestyle company, has successfully deployed the Kewill Flagship solution to manage its shipping operations across four company distribution centers, totaling an average of 10,000 shipments per day. Kewill Flagship is an enterprise class multi-carrier shipping management system designed to support high volume, multiple location shipping for both international and domestic locations.



"Kewill was an easy choice as the leading solution provider with expertise in managing multi-carrier, large volume shipping," said Andy Engel, Operations Warehouse Management System Director for Quiksilver. "They've been a great partner over the last year as we completed deployments across multiple distribution center sites."

Quiksilver sought a solution that could consolidate the company's shipping operations, which included multiple workstations and carrier systems across its Apparel, Footwear and Close-Out Merchandise distribution warehouses. The ideal shipping management technology would be carrier-independent and allow Quiksilver's shipping managers to use one interface regardless of the warehouse of origin or the destination for the item.

Kewill Flagship, in operation at Quiksilver since August 2005, allows the company to easily respond to customer-driven shipping requirements. Quicksilver employees can toggle between selected carriers to set up a shipment and view tracking information across all of its carriers -- all within the same interface. In addition, Quiksilver uses Kewill to pack and pre-process packages prior to the time required for shipment and schedule for a later date.

Kewill Flagship also interfaces with Quiksilver's Highjump WMS warehouse management system sharing weight, package number, tracking numbers and shipment costs which allows Quiksilver to expedite the invoice process and eliminate previous delays in updating records within Highjump following daily shipments.

"We're thrilled that Kewill's server-based system allows for deployment across multiple sites," said Engel. "We were able to shed numerous unneeded PCs, shift the training of shipping employees from learning three different systems to just one and ultimately reduce our labor count. We just completed the last expansion of Kewill use this August by deploying the system at our new distribution center in Mira Loma, California where we have 15 Kewill stations effectively automating our shipping operations."

About Quiksilver, Inc.

Across the globe, young and "young-minded" people are helping Quiksilver become a world leader as an outdoor sports lifestyle company, which designs, produces and distributes a diversified mix of branded apparel, footwear, accessories and related products under the Quiksilver, Silver Edition, Roxy DC Shoes, Raisins and Radio Fiji labels. The Company's apparel and footwear brands represent a casual lifestyle for young-minded people that connect with its board riding culture and heritage. The Company's products are sold in over 90 countries in a wide range of distribution, including surf shops, ski shops, skateboard shops, snowboard shops, proprietary Boardriders Club shops, other specialty stores and select department stores. Quiksilver, Inc. operates in the Europe, Asia/Pacific, and America. The company was incorporated in 1976 and is headquartered in Huntington Beach, California.

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 33 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, Frans Maas, 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.


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