ADVISORY/EYE FOR AUTO 2000-Panel: E-Business and Wireless Technologies, Not Production Cutbacks, Help Restore the Balance Between Supply and Demand.

Assignment Editors and Automotive Writers

ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Nov. 29)

--(AutomotiveWire)

WHAT:    Industry pundits reveal how the latest technologies are
         helping the automakers retool their margins and
         circumvent production cutbacks at EYE FOR AUTO 2000's
         marquee trade panel event. Substituting information for
         parts sitting in warehouses, forward-thinking automotive
         manufacturers are turning to e-business and wireless
         initiatives to reduce inventory levels, transaction costs
         and lead times.

WHO:     Moderated by Chaz Osburn, national news editor for
         Automotive News, a weekly trade publication, the panel will
         hear from Rakesh Batra, supply chain practice area leader of
         e-business solutions provider Syncata, an automotive supply
         chain specialist; Daniel Garretson, senior analyst,
         Automotive Practice, Forrester Research; Dr. Patrick Jaillet,
         Chair of the Management Science and Information Science
         Department at the University of Texas at Austin; Dan Doles,
         president and CEO, WhereNet Corporation, a wireless supply
         chain visibility technology company; and Vic Verma, president
         and CEO, Savi Technology, a supply chain visibility leader
         building a global wireless tracking network.

WHEN:    Nov. 29, 2000 -- 4:30 p.m.

WHERE:   Fairmont Hotel
         170 South Market Street, San Jose, Calif. 95113
         408/998-1900

NOTE:    Advance booking is required for one-on-ones, after the panel.