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Manufacturing Insight(TM) v2.0 is a personalized, role-based supply chain visibility and analysis solution that provides real-time alignment of supply and demand across supply chain. It works seamlessly with existing ERP systems to leverage IT investments. Software includes quick launch and personalization capabilities, as well as web-based administration to effectively manage users and groups, and support expanding webplan user communities.



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webplan Launches Manufacturing Insight(TM) 2.0



Latest release of Manufacturing Insight offers enhanced capabilities for lower total cost of ownership, broader deployment and simpler administration

Newport Beach, CA - March 3, 2003 - webplan Corporation, a leader in supply chain management solutions for manufacturers worldwide, today announced the next phase in the evolution of its flagship solution, webplan Manufacturing Insight.

Manufacturing Insight 2.0 builds on the initial success of version 1.0, which, to date has experienced the most rapid adoption of any software release in the company's history. Fast to implement and simple to use, Manufacturing Insight is now being widely deployed by customers at multiple sites around the world.

The new release offers more fully featured administration, rapid deployment, and ease of use. The solution has also been refined based on extensive feedback from webplan users-reinforcing webplan's strong commitment to customer value.

Built within a collaborative framework, Manufacturing Insight 2.0 is a personalized, role-based supply chain visibility and analysis solution that provides real-time alignment of supply and demand across the supply chain. It delivers comprehensive supply chain capabilities in one integrated solution-resulting in easy implementation and rapid time-to-value. Manufacturing Insight works seamlessly with existing ERP systems to leverage IT investments.

Several enhancements are at the forefront of Release 2.0, including quick launch and new personalization capabilities, as well as powerful web-based administration to effectively manage users and groups, and easily support expanding webplan user communities.

"We used webplan as the cornerstone for building an entirely new set of operations control and operations status processes. We slashed our data acquisition process time by 70 percent. We now focus on decisions rather than data accumulation and validation. The improvement in the overall order-entry-to-delivery process functioning goes well beyond mere quantitative measures," said Michael Campisi, Site Executive and Operations Director at Raytheon Network Centric Systems in Largo, Florida. "Manufacturing Insight allows us to create and provide the visibility needed to accurately reflect our business processes and paves the way for even better and faster decision making,"

"We've always been confident that Manufacturing Insight is the best solution on the market. Release 2.0 enhancements will simply reinforce this," said Dave Haskins, Executive Vice President Development and Services, webplan. "Manufacturing 2.0 is just another example of how webplan is listening to customers and implementing their recommendations to achieve superior and practical solutions for today's supply chain management challenges."

About webplan
webplan delivers software and services that combine supply chain planning and execution. Their targeted solutions deliver rapid time to value, enabling discrete manufacturers to address their most pressing business challenges. webplan's solutions support evolving supply chain needs, enabling collaboration between manufacturers, customers and suppliers to achieve supply chain excellence. webplan serves customers in the electronics, aerospace, industrial equipment, automotive and consumer durable goods industries including, Agilent, Black & Decker, Cessna Aircraft, Honeywell Aerospace, Jabil Circuit, Handspring, Komatsu, Lucent Technologies, Network Appliance, Philips, Raytheon, and Sanmina-SCI. webplan is a privately held company with corporate headquarters in Newport Beach, California. For more information on the company and its offerings, visit www.webplan.com.

For more information please contact:
Nancy Bast
webplan Corporation
Tel: 949-509-2929 ext. 5543
nbast@webplan.com

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