Adexa Joins RosettaNet as Solution Partner; Leading E-Business Solution Provider To Help Advance Deployment of Business-to-Business Trading Exchange Standards.

Business Editors

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2000

Adexa(TM), Inc. (formerly Paragon Management Systems), the leading provider of collaborative planning solutions critical to e-business, today announced that it has joined RosettaNet as a Solution Partner to help advance the deployment of new business-to-business (B2B) exchange standards. RosettaNet is an independent consortium dedicated to the development of standard interfaces, which form a common e-business language for aligning processes between supply chain partners on a global basis.

As a RosettaNet Solution Partner, Adexa is at the forefront of an industry-wide effort to define the way in which B2B relationships should be conducted via the Internet. With its powerful Internet-based collaborative planning capability, Adexa's iCollaboration will play a key role in enabling companies to deploy RosettaNet e-business interfaces throughout their extended supply chains.

Adexa will utilize the RosettaNet Implementation Framework (RNIF) as a building block of the interface architecture for iCollaboration. Currently, Adexa plans to support RosettaNet Partner Interface Processes (PIP) in the areas of collaborative planning, order management, inventory management and product introduction. PIP specifications provide common business processes and documents enabling system developers to implement RosettaNet e-business interfaces.

"Industry standards are essential for the growth of e-business and RosettaNet has become the recognized authority for linking the extended supply chain," said Dr. K. Cyrus Hadavi, president and chief executive officer of Adexa, Inc. "We are committed to working with RosettaNet and seamlessly integrating our iCollaboration solution suite with the wide range of front- and back-end systems needed to conduct true e-business. With our historic company focus on providing comprehensive supply chain solutions for the high tech/electronics industry, we intend to be very active in the adoption and promotion of RosettaNet standards."

Companies embracing the value of RosettaNet standards include 3Com, AMEX, Cisco Systems, Dell, CompUSA, FedEx, GEIS, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Intel, Pioneer and SAP.

About RosettaNet

RosettaNet is an independent, self-funded, non-profit consortium dedicated to the development and deployment of standard electronic business interfaces to align the processes between supply chain partners on a global basis. Launched in June 1998, RosettaNet is currently in the pilot phase of its implementation cycle. More than 200 companies representing $1 trillion in annual information technology and electronic components revenues currently participate in RosettaNet's standards development, strategy and imp lementation activities. A complete list of member companies and more information on RosettaNet can be found at www.rosettanet.org.

About Adexa

Headquartered in Los Angeles with sales and support offices worldwide, Adexa, Inc. (formerly Paragon Management Systems) is the leading provider of collaborative commerce solutions critical to e-business. Adexa's collaborative planning solution, iCollaboration, enables companies and trading exchanges to intelligently collaborate with trading partners via the Internet, improving profitability and customer responsiveness. Adexa's software and professional services enhance the value of enterprise applications and reflect the company's unmatched understanding of, and experience in solving, the unique business needs of its customers. iCollaboration is used by leading companies around the world, including General Motors, Hitachi, UMC Group, Milliken and Company, Xerox, Rowe Furniture, Lucent Technologies, Philips Components and Toshiba. To learn more about Adexa and its solutions, please visit www.adexa.com.