General Mills, Cisco, Boeing and Others to Share Strategies for an Improved Global Manufacturing Environment

Market Wire, October, 2008

Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS), today announced the industry thought leaders that will discuss the tough issues facing manufacturing organizations at their annual Manufacturing Summit in Boston, MA on November 4-5, 2008. This year's summit participants will have the unique opportunity to listen to and network with global manufacturers in this two-day forum designed to foster learning and sharing in an executive atmosphere framed in research.

Our world class roster of presenters and relevant subject matter is sure to resonate with manufacturing professionals across the country. Randy Darcy, Executive V.P. of Worldwide Operations at General Mills, will keynote the first day with an insightful presentation on convergence from the shop floor to the top floor, followed by David Spong, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Winner and Retired President of Boeing Aerospace Support who will discuss "Leading your Performance Improvement Journey." Mark Brillhart, V.P. of Manufacturing Operations at Cisco Systems will head up the session on "Delivering Top Quality in the New Global Manufacturing Environment."

Also taking the stage will be Aberdeen's own team of senior manufacturing analysts who will share recent and timely research findings, lead session discussions, and invite participants to chime in on relevant topics facing their organizations via instant audience polling technology. The 2008 Manufacturing Summit topics and subject matter are derived from the activities of the market/economy as well as key challenges as outlined by our research survey participants. Executive presenters of this best practices and networking event for COOs, CIOs, VPs of Manufacturing/Supply Chain/Operations/Engineering/Quality and Plant Managers will not only share their stories of manufacturing success, but provide actionable recommendations for more effectively managing manufacturing operations.

Manufacturing Summit participants will have the opportunity to hear from and network with the following industry thought leaders:

--  Randy Darcy, EVP of Worldwide Operations, General Mills
--  Larry Coburn, VP Operations, Crown International
--  Mark Brillhart, VP Manufacturing Operations, Global Supply Chain
    Management, Cisco Systems
--  Richard Gordon, CEO, Chocolate Potpourri
--  Scott Hamlin, CEO, Leading Edge Aerospace Dynamics
--  Otto Folprecht, Chief Information Officer, Tree Island Industries
--  Tom Woodman, Director, Enterprise Applications, Kuka Systems
    Corporation
--  Bruce Hamilton, President of the Greater Boston Manufacturing
    Partnership
--  Bob Bishop, VP Operations, Brookfield Engineering Laboratories
--  Anthony Cayko, Controller and CIO, Summit Brewing Company
--  George Neill, CIO, Organic Valley Family of Farms
--  Ron Zilkowski, CFO, Cuisine Solutions
--  Bill Rogers, CIO and VP of IT, Goss International
--  David Spong, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Winner and
    Retired President of Boeing Aerospace Support
--  Curt Hanson, Executive Director of Engineering and New Product
    Development, P&H Mining Equipment, Inc.
--  Kevin Parker, former Editor-in-Chief, Manufacturing Systems and MBT
    Magazines. Now Senior Editor, Exploration & Production (E&P), Hart Energy
    Publications (Moderator)
    

Sponsoring technology vendors include:

--  Infor
--  Hertzler Systems
--  Wonderware
--  Microsoft Dynamics
--  Acsis
--  Plexus Systems
--  Matrikon
--  QAD
    

For registration or additional Manufacturing Summit info, visit: http://www.aberdeen.com/events/live/MFG08

About Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company

Aberdeen is a leading provider of fact-based research and market intelligence that delivers demonstrable results. Having benchmarked more than 30,000 companies in the past two years, Aberdeen is uniquely positioned to educate users to action: driving market awareness, creating demand, enabling sales, and delivering meaningful return-on-investment analysis. As the trusted advisor to the global technology markets, corporations turn to Aberdeen(TM) for insights that drive decisions. For additional information, visit Aberdeen http://www.aberdeen.com or call (617) 723-7890, or to learn more about Harte-Hanks, call (800) 456-9748 or go to http://www.harte-hanks.com .

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Media Contact: Cindy Jutras Aberdeen Harte-Hanks (617) 854-5247 Cindy.jutras@aberdeen.com