MatrixOne Executive to Participate in D.H. Brown Associates' PLM Conference on October 30

Business Wire, Oct 29, 2002

Business/Technology Editors

WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 2002

Jonathan Gable, MatrixOne's Senior Director of Product Solutions Architecture, to Speak on Effective Business Decisions Throughout the Product Development Process

On Wednesday, October 30 at 1:30pm Eastern Time at D.H. Brown Associates' conference, Product Lifecycle Management Road Map 2002, Jonathan Gable, senior director of product solutions architecture for MatrixOne, Inc. (NASDAQ: MONE), the leading provider of collaborative product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions for the value chain(TM), will take part in a panel discussion on PLM focused on implementation results from product definition environments. Gable's session, entitled "The 12-Fold Way(TM): Gaining Implementation Benefits," will be led by Wayne Collier, Chief Analyst, Product Lifecycle Management for D.H. Brown. Product Lifecycle Management Road Map 2002 takes place at The Dearborn Inn in Dearborn, Michigan on October 29 and 30, 2002.

Collier will begin the session with user case studies from Lockheed Martin and Ford Motor Company, and then move into a panel discussion with a group of vendors to address issues such as the varying approaches to complexity management and complexity reduction, the integration of feature-based configurations with physical product descriptions, and the idea of customer use models and business value as aspects of product definition. As a participant in the vendor roundtable, Gable will focus on how MatrixOne's collaborative PLM solutions enable a company to make effective business decisions throughout the product development process. Specific attention will be focused on how MatrixOne products provide the shared product structure fundamentals that are core to D.H. Brown's 12-Fold Way process.

More information on the full conference agenda can be found at http://www.dhbrown.com/events/plm2002/agenda.htm About MatrixOne MatrixOne, Inc. (NASDAQ: MONE) is a recognized leader in delivering collaborative Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. We provide flexible solutions that unleash the creative power of global value chains to inspire innovations and speed them to market. MatrixOne's more than 625 global customers represent the aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer products, high technology, life sciences, machinery and the process industries, and include Agilent Technologies, General Electric, Honda, Johnson Controls, Philips, Procter & Gamble, and Siemens. MatrixOne (www.matrixone.com) is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts with locations throughout North America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific.

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