Leading Defense Manufacturer Selects Visiprise Manufacturing to Control Distributed Manufacturing Processes

ATLANTA -- January 13, 2004 -- Visiprise Inc., the recognized leader in manufacturing execution systems for electronics, automotive, aerospace and defense, today announced that a leading defense supplier to the United States government and its allies has selected Visiprise Manufacturing to provide detail genealogy, build instructions and a closed-loop Failure Reporting Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) in their manufacturing operations for a classified project.

"Our defense customers understand the complex nature of their operations and the demands placed upon them by their customers," said Robert Consoli, vice president of worldwide sales for Visiprise. "Visiprise Manufacturing has the robust manufacturing traceability that our customer requires in their system. In addition, the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) technology offered an extremely secure application for such a sensitive environment. All together, this will mean a more efficient process for this customer and ensure they meet their program requirements."

According to Sean McCloskey, president and CEO of Visiprise, "This new customer win marks continued success for our organization. With commitments from existing customers and new customer acquisitions such as this, we continue to execute on our business plans that were put in place many months ago."

This new customer joins other leading aerospace and defense companies that have selected Visiprise Manufacturing such as Textron, Goodrich Aerospace, Raytheon, Rolls-Royce, and General Dynamics.

Visiprise provides software solutions that connect, collect, control, and collaborate with real-time manufacturing data in a multi-tier supply chain. By combining the technologies of manufacturing execution, operations performance management, product data management, quality management, and business process management with enterprise integration strategies, Visiprise enables enterprises to gain substantial improvements in production operations.

About Visiprise
Visiprise is the leading provider of software solutions for real-time visibility and control of manufacturing operations for discrete manufacturers. Visiprise's flagship solution Visiprise Manufacturing is a web-based, collaborative manufacturing execution system (MES) that helps manage and track the entire production process. Visiprise Manufacturing is the industry's only independent platform technology for manufacturing execution - providing scalable, integration-ready solutions for a multi-facility enterprise.

Visiprise has customers in the electronics, aerospace & defense, automotive, and medical devices industries, including BAE Systems, Celestica, DaimlerChrysler, Philips Lighting, Solectron, Sun Microsystems, Rolls-Royce and Textron. Visit www.visiprise.com.

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