Westinghouse Rail Systems Selects Visiprise

Technology Leader in Rail Applications Will Deploy Visiprise Manufacturing for Test, Repair and Returns Management

ATLANTA and CHIPPENHAM, England -- March 3, 2004 -- Visiprise Inc., the recognized leader in manufacturing execution systems for the electronics, automotive, and aerospace and defense industries, today announced that Westinghouse Rail Systems, an Invensys (LSE: ISYS.L) company that leads the world in advanced, integrated control and signaling systems for rail applications, has selected Visiprise Manufacturing to provide sophisticated test, repair and returns management functionality for their operations.

"Visiprise's verified defect capabilities will significantly reduce our repair-loop work in process," said Gary Fortune, operations engineering manager, Westinghouse Rail Systems. "In addition, the Visiprise system proved to be one that could grow with our business as we roll out other manufacturing improvement initiatives."

Of particular importance for Westinghouse Rail Systems was the use of Visiprise Manufacturing for managing and controlling the testing process and the product's capabilities for delivering a knowledge-guided repair loop. Visiprise software uses verified data to continuously track and maintain successful repair actions, thereby ensuring accuracy. By comparing the result of circuit boards that did not pass testing - and undergo re-testing - to the result of the prior test, the system determines exactly which repair action successfully corrected the failure and adds this information into its database. This greatly increases test and repair loop efficiency, provides an accurate picture of the manufacturing process for continuous improvement initiatives and reduces rework.

"Westinghouse Rail Systems made this selection based on value of functionality," said Robert Consoli, vice president of worldwide sales for Visiprise. "Visiprise Manufacturing has critical repair loop functionality that is necessary for Westinghouse Rail's production improvement objectives."

Visiprise Manufacturing is the industry's leading collaborative manufacturing execution software and features the most advanced capability to link the operations of global manufacturers - enabling them to accelerate new products to market while reducing manufacturing costs. Major customers such as Sun Microsystems, Philips Lighting, Hitachi, and others also take advantage of the open architecture, certified interfaces, deep data collection features, and reporting capabilities inherent to Visiprise Manufacturing.

Visiprise Manufacturing is installed and running on every continent in the world, providing global view and control of operations to the companies that use it.

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, Sun Microsystems, and Textron. For more information, visit www.visiprise.com.

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