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Visiprise Integrates Savvion’s BPM System Into Its Leading Manufacturing Execution System

SANTA CLARA, CA - October 22, 2003 —Savvion®, Inc., the company that knows business process and Visiprise, the recognized leader in enterprise manufacturing management systems, today announced a licensing agreement whereby Visiprise has begun shipping Savvion’s Business Process Management System (BPM) as an integral component of the Visiprise flagship product, Visiprise Manufacturing™.

Using Savvion BusinessManager™, Visiprise has enhanced the management and execution of critical Product Lifecycle Management solutions for the manufacturing industry by delivering complete workflow, event management and process automation as part of Visiprise Manufacturing. By streamlining accelerated product delivery Visiprise fulfills the needs of manufacturing planning and execution for discrete manufacturing companies.

"Savvion allows us to provide manufacturers with a complete process automation and management environment to configure and track a variety of manufacturing information within the context of the overall product lifecycle -- from planning and design to the point of manufacture," said Carter Johnson, Visiprise Vice President of Strategy and Business Development "Savvion is recognized as the leading provider of Business Process Management solutions, making them the ideal partner for Visiprise."

Visiprise customers include recognized industry leaders in electronics, aerospace, defense and automotive manufacturing including Celestica, Solectron, Raytheon, Sun, Compaq, Rolls Royce, Philips Lighting, Textron, Teradyne, and Kulicke & Soffa. Visiprise Manufacturing significantly reduces overall costs by achieving efficiencies in design, procurement, operations management, and the overall product lifecycle.

"Leading OEMs, such as Visiprise, recognize the highly competitive benefits offered by Savvion BusinessManager," said Shawn Price, Savvion President and CEO. "Savvion continues to meet the unique demands of our OEM customers by offering a robust and scalable product based on industry standards and complete component level APIs."

Savvion solutions enable companies to optimize operations by automating and managing consistent, repeatable business processes. Savvion systems significantly reduce time to market of next generation business applications by eliminating the need to develop proprietary workflow and event management product components. Savvion OEM customers are able to quickly enhance their existing and new product offerings by delivering comprehensive, yet flexible, process automation and event management as part of their overall solution, producing significant competitive advantage while reducing total cost of ownership.

About Visiprise

Visiprise is the leading provider of software solutions for real-time visibility and control of manufacturing operations for discrete manufacturers. Visiprise Manufacturing is the industry's only independent platform technology for manufacturing execution -- providing scalable, integration-ready solutions for a multi-facility enterprise. Headquartered in Alpharetta, GA, with support and sales locations throughout the world, Visiprise supports customers in the electronics, aerospace and defense automotive, and medical device markets such as Celestica, Solectron, Sun Microsystems Compaq, Rolls Royce, Philips Lighting, Textron, and Abbott Laboratories. For more information, visit http://www.visiprise.com.

About Savvion

Savvion develops business process management (BPM) software that improves business performance and reduces costs within and across functional business units. Savvion's lifecycle approach to process enables business and IT to truly collaborate to bring process improvement initiatives online in less than 90 days while delivering a 200% - 300% return on investment. Over 160 global business enterprises, public service agencies, and systems integration firms, including 15% of the Fortune 100, use Savvion systems to manage their business, from workgroup to enterprise, in real-time. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Savvion can be reached at www.savion.com or 888-544-5511.

Media Contact:
Stuart Smith
770.619.4164
stuart.smith@visiprise.com