Anheuser-Busch Wins Consumer Goods Technology's Leadership Award for JDA Software Partnership.

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2001

Beer Brewing Giant Recognized for Transforming Category Management

With JDA Portfolio Solution Designed to Improve Customer

Satisfaction, Increase Sales and Profitability

JDA(R) Software Group Inc. (Nasdaq: JDAS) Tuesday announced that Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. (NYSE: BUD), the world's largest brewer of beers including Budweiser, Bud Light and Michelob, has been awarded Consumer Goods Technology (CGT) magazine's Technology Leadership Award 2001 for its role in guiding the development of JDA Portfolio(TM) pro/sortment EIA(TM) (Efficient Item Assortment).

Part of the comprehensive package of Intactix(TM) space planning and assortment management solutions, pro/sortment EIA is the first workflow-enabled solution that makes it possible for retailers and manufacturers to collaboratively manage product categories and fuel product growth.

With this new software, Anheuser-Busch has significantly reduced the time and effort required to create store-level product assortments from eight hours of meticulous spreadsheet work to an automated 45 second process.

This streamlined, store-specific category management process is enabling Anheuser-Busch's retail partners to reap bottom line results including reduced out of stocks, increased sales and profits, as well as improved shopper satisfaction for the entire beer category.

Steve Zielonko, Anheuser-Busch's senior manager of retail planning and category management, accepted the award on behalf of Anheuser-Busch at the third annual Consumer Goods Information Technology Conference which was held in Orlando, Fla. at the end of October.

"Anheuser-Busch is honored to receive the Technology Leadership Award from Consumer Goods Technology. It is great to be recognized for our collaboration efforts with JDA on the pro/sortment tool. Pro/sortment EIA has been a huge success at Anheuser-Busch as well as with our retailers.

"Throughout the product development process, we've been very pleased with the JDA team and their willingness to take input from us, as well as our retail partners, and ultimately create such a powerful assortment planning tool," stated Zielonko.

According to CGT, the award is presented annually to a consumer goods company that demonstrates true innovation and forward thinking in its use of information technology.

Andrew Gaffney, publisher of Consumer Goods Technology magazine noted, "The exciting part of our awards is that they highlight real world case studies where technology providers have helped provide solutions that improve business performance.

"The Anheuser-Busch Technology Leadership Award is a perfect example of that, as Anheuser-Busch's executive shared the credit for streamlining their assortment planning process with JDA Software."

Commenting on Anheuser-Busch's success, Kevin Stadler, JDA's senior vice president of collaborative business solutions stated, "We're pleased that the consumer goods industry has recognized Anheuser-Busch for its leading edge category management practices.

"To make category management viable, the industry needed an innovative leader willing to champion a technology solution that could automate and streamline category management processes. The industry found its leader with Anheuser-Busch."

"Anheuser-Busch's contributions to the JDA Portfolio Efficient Item Assortment application will forever transform category management by helping retailers find new and improved ways to satisfy customer demand for increased sales and profitability," continued Stadler.

About pro/sortment EIA

Anheuser-Busch contributed to JDA's development of pro/sortment EIA in order to automate the best practice, industry-standard Efficient Item Assortment (EIA) six-step process, published by The Food Marketing Institute.

With pro/sortment EIA, retailers and manufacturers can produce a top-line master assortment product list for individual stores and store clusters based on a variety of data sources including consumer demographics as well as POS and market data.

Pro/sortment EIA is part of a comprehensive range of JDA Portfolio Intactix space planning and assortment management solutions, including pro/space(TM) Plus for planogram optimization and pro/floor(TM) Plus for floor plan management.

About JDA Software

With more than 4,300 retail, wholesale, distribution and manufacturing clients in 60 countries, JDA Software Group Inc. is the global leader in providing integrated software and professional services that address real-world issues to help multi-channel companies manage their mission critical operations.

By capitalizing on its market position and financial strength, JDA commits significant resources in furthering its next generation of retail intelligent solutions that exploit the power of the Internet to meet emerging business needs.

Founded in 1985, JDA is headquartered in Scottsdale, and employs more than 1,400 associates operating from 32 offices in major cities throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. For more information, visit www.jda.com.

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