MatrixOne Receives Top Marks in Apparel Magazine's Software Scorecard; MatrixOne Grabs Number One Position for Ease of Integration

Business Wire, May 3, 2006

WESTFORD, Mass. -- MatrixOne, Inc. (NASDAQ: MONE), a leading provider of collaborative product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions for the value chain(TM), today announced that it received high marks in seven categories, including the top score for "ease of integration," in Apparel magazine's Software Scorecard.

With this inaugural special report, Apparel delivers rankings of key software vendors that are active in the apparel market to help raise companies' awareness of vendors that are serving the apparel marketplace. Released in the May issue of Apparel, the ranking includes 38 software vendors who qualified to be listed.

In addition to being ranked number one for ease of integration, MatrixOne also made the top 10 list in the following categories: strategic value; ease of upgrading; ease of administration/maintenance; user friendliness; design and product development functionality; and long-term vision.

"This is an industry with a very unique set of business challenges and companies such as MatrixOne have a track record of delivering apparel-specific business solutions to this market," said Kathleen DesMarteau, editor-in-chief of Apparel. "The Software Scorecard rankings came straight from those companies who are experienced in working with apparel software vendors, so the results are a huge testament to the excellence that MatrixOne has delivered with its apparel accelerator."

The MatrixOne Accelerator for Apparel Design and Development(TM) is a comprehensive, commercially available solution that provides apparel industry data models and schema, pre-defined work processes and reports, as well as role-based user interfaces to speed deployment and ease user adoption. This solution is built on top of MatrixOne's industry leading PLM platform and business process applications to provide scalability, performance and the flexibility to keep pace with the ever-quickening pace of business.

The MatrixOne apparel industry solution offers broad and robust library management capabilities for organizing information such as colors, fabrics, trim, build instructions and other key elements to assist in reuse, standardization, collaboration and access control across the extended enterprise. In addition, capabilities for product design and planning, product costing and strategic sourcing are included to encompass all aspects of the apparel design, development and production lifecycle.

"In order to respond to market pressures such as increased global competition, shrinking product lifecycles, and customers' ever-changing seasonal demands, apparel companies need a PLM environment that will get them up and running quickly," said Kurt Andersen, vice president of industry solutions for MatrixOne. "We're especially proud of our number one ranking for ease of integration because bringing together many business-critical software systems is typically a daunting task. With the MatrixOne Accelerator for Apparel Design and Development, our customers are able to rapidly implement a PLM solution that generates real business value."

About Apparel's Software Scorecard

Apparel magazine's Software Scorecard is the first software ranking providing a head-to-head comparison of the top software vendors specific to the apparel/retail industry. Based on votes from executives responsible for IT decisions, the Scorecard ranks vendors on a combination of Customer Satisfaction and Breadth and Scope of Apparel Solutions and Business, with Customer Satisfaction weighted at 60 percent. The 12 key metrics that executives evaluate as part of Customer Satisfaction are: 1) overall performance, 2) understanding of apparel-specific business issues, 3) ROI, 4) strategic value, 5) ease of upgrading, 6) ease of installation, 7) ease of integration, 8) ease of administration/maintenance, 9) quality of support, 10) quality of service, 11) user friendliness and 12) long-term vision. A vendor's final ranking on Apparel's Software Scorecard is based on the sum of its Software Vendor Survey points and the average total points it receives from Software Customer Satisfaction Survey respondents.

About Apparel

Apparel magazine offers technology and business insight from concept to consumer, providing competitive, actionable information to executives representing the world's most successful apparel brands, retailers and manufacturers. Its targeted content addresses Retail Intelligence, Supply Chain, Sourcing & Logistics, Concept-to-Spec and Fiber-to-Fabric. An Edgell Communications publication, Apparel also produces the Apparel Executive Forum, Apparel's Tech Conference, Apparel Sourcing Expo-Asia, numerous web seminars, the Apparel e-Newsletter and apparelmag.com

About MatrixOne, Inc.

MatrixOne, Inc. (NASDAQ: MONE), a leading global provider of collaborative product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, enables companies to accelerate product innovation to achieve top line revenue growth and improve bottom line profitability. With world-class PLM solutions and a commitment to customer success, MatrixOne is focused on helping companies across the automotive, aerospace & defense, consumer, machinery, medical device, semiconductor and high-tech industries solve their most challenging new product development and introduction problems. More than 850 companies use MatrixOne's solutions to drive business value and gain a competitive advantage, including industry leaders such as BAE Systems, Bosch, Comau, General Electric, Honda, Johnson Controls, Linde AG, NCR, New Balance, Nokia, Philips, Porsche, Procter & Gamble, REI, Sony Ericsson, STMicroelectronics and Toshiba. MatrixOne (www.matrixone.com) is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts, with locations throughout North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. On March 1, 2006, Dassault Systemes entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MatrixOne, Inc., subject to customary closing conditions.