ATLANTA, Georgia, January 10 /PRNewswire/ -- KonaWare Inc., a leading wireless software applications provider for logistics, field service, and telematics, and ORTEC, a leading provider of advanced planning and scheduling software, have come together to offer an end-to-end solution for fleet routing, dispatch and mobile communication.

ORTEC has integrated KonaWare's Transport Pick-up & Delivery functionality with ORTEC's route optimization and dispatch solution. According to Michael Van Duijn, Managing Partner of ORTEC, "By adding KonaWare functionality, we can offer our customers even greater, real-time supply chain visibility, at the edge of their enterprise, resulting in a more efficient dispatch operation, and a vast choice of mobile hardware platforms."

The addition of KonaWare Transport functionality to ORTEC's leading routing and dispatch optimization solution, will help customers reduce headcount, reduce paper handling (scanning, data entry) costs, and reduce un-manifested freight issues.

"By combining our unique strengths through a partnership, KonaWare and ORTEC can offer the market a solution that will reduce logistics operations costs and provide a sustainable annual savings to organizations that implement our offering. These customers are leveraging both mobile technology and sophisticated route optimization and dispatch software to gain sustainable competitive advantage" said Jim DiSanto, Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of KonaWare.

About ORTEC

Founded in 1981, ORTEC is one of the largest independent providers of advanced planning & scheduling software and professional consulting services. ORTEC currently has over 550 employees and offices in North America and Europe. More than 800 customers in different industries, including companies like Coca-Cola Enterprises, BP, Shell, Yellow Transportation, DHL and Philips, already benefit from our advanced planning and scheduling software solutions.

About KonaWare

KonaWare, Inc. provides the leading mobile communication platform and applications for extending mission-critical solutions to a mobile workforce. The KonaWare Mobility Platform and KonaWare Application Suites utilize a standards-based architecture that leverages existing IT infrastructure to maximize return-on-investment. With KonaWare products and consulting services, end users can deploy industry-specific applications and developers can quickly create mobile transactional applications on a range of devices with minimal development.

CONTACT: For additional information, call +1-(678)-392-3100, or access
http://www.ortec.com/, Contact: Christiane Nielsen, Marketing Department,
cnielsen@ortec.com