France Supermarches Match Selects SeeBeyond for Supply Chain Integration

Business Wire, Sept 17, 2001

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2001

SeeBeyond (Nasdaq:SBYN), a leading global provider of eBI solutions, today announced that Supermarches Match chose SeeBeyond to provide its real-time supply chain integration platform. Supermarches Match is a subsidiary of Cora, a leading supermarket group in Europe. SeeBeyond will integrate Supermarches Match systems with its supply chain partners and eMarketplaces.

Faced with increased competition, the retail industry is responding by streamlining its supply chain processes using techniques such as "Available To Promise" (ATP) and "Vendor Managed Inventory" (VMI). The reduction in both the time and cost dimensions of the supply chain is being realized through the integration of the supply chain processes from the point of sales systems to the back office and then out to the supply and distribution chain partners. This takes the inefficiencies out of the supply chain and enables partners to do collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR) in real time. This is critical to meet both customer demand and cost containment.

"There is a new bottom line reality in all things 'e'. Our focus on supply chain and eCRM integration has resulted in tremendous success with the major European retailers, where we are working with them to transform and optimize their key supply chain processes," said Jean-Pierre Roux, vice president of Southern Europe for SeeBeyond. "For companies such as Supermarches Match, there is a clear and significant ROI in areas such as reduced inventory, reduced replenishment cycles and reduced transportation costs with parallel increases in customer service."

Major retailers such as Barnes & Noble.com, Boots, Cactus, Carrefour Belgium, FNAC and PETsMART, as well as retail and supply chain market places such as GlobalNetXchange (GNX), Nistevo and Marrakech, have all chosen SeeBeyond as their supply chain integration platform.

About SeeBeyond

As the leading global provider of eBI(TM) solutions, SeeBeyond (Nasdaq:SBYN) enables the seamless flow of information within and among enterprises in real time. The SeeBeyond eBI Suite offers a rapidly deployable and infinitely scalable infrastructure for seamless application integration, dynamic business-to-business connectivity and robust business processes optimization. SeeBeyond has more than 1,520 customers worldwide, including ABB, ABN Amro, Barnes & Noble.com, Bausch & Lomb, BHP, DuPont, Florida Power & Light, Fluor Daniel, General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, Pfizer, and Sprint. Key global business and technology consulting partners include Accenture, EDS, Computer Sciences Corporation, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, KPMG Consulting, PricewaterhouseCoopers and answerthink. Software partners include BroadVision, Onyx Software, Oracle, SAP and Siebel Systems.

SeeBeyond Technology Corporation has global headquarters in Monrovia, Calif. and sales and marketing headquarters in Redwood Shores. For more information, please visit www.seebeyond.com.

Note to Editors: eBI is a trademark of SeeBeyond. All other trade names are the property of their respective owners.