Arzoon Profiled by Aberdeen as a New Supplier of Internet Solutions That Streamline the Product Life Cycle Through Online Collaboration.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2000

Arzoon, developer of an Internet-based technology that connects transportation partners and synchronizes their work processes, was recently profiled by the Aberdeen Consulting Group as an "early supplier" of Collaborative Product Commerce (CPC), which promises to "revolutionize product innovation by leveraging Internet technology."

"CPC gives manufacturers a true competitive advantage," states the Aberdeen report, released last week. "Internet collaboration throughout a product life cycle allows manufacturers to meet buyers' increasing demand for custom-tailored products, while reducing design time and getting better products to market quicker." The report adds that Arzoon's system "improves the process of connecting (both) carriers and manufacturers to accurate shipment information" on a continuous basis.

Entitled, "Beating the Competition with Collaborative Product Commerce: Leveraging the Internet for New Product Innovation," the Aberdeen report states that CPC provides manufacturers, suppliers, and customers with an overarching architecture for the exchange of product knowledge and business applications throughout a product's life span. The report, authored by Research Director Jack Maynard, further states that the product life cycle is unified by integrating the online sharing of product knowledge and legacy business applications -- such as Enterprise Resource Planning, Supply Chain Management, Customer Relationship Management, Product Data Management, and Computer-Aided Design/Manufacturing. For more information about the Aberdeen report visit http://www.aberdeen.com/ab_company/hottopics/cpc/.

"This report by a leading consulting firm signals a growing awareness of the value that the Internet and new Web-based software can bring to the entire life cycle of making and transporting products," said Farid Dibachi, Arzoon's founder and chief executive officer. "Our Transportation Management Trading Network(TM) enables all trading partners to work together online in order to gain visibility, reduce costs and improve the efficiency of managing freight transportation."

In his profile on Arzoon, Maynard concludes that the year-old company streamlines the transportation life cycle for all relevant partners while reducing costs and strengthening strategic carrier relationships. The Arzoon system "adds value for a manufacturer within the realm of CPC by harnessing the connectivity of the Internet to provide the backbone of an optimal transportation solution."

Aberdeen Group is a leading provider of technology market consulting and research. Steeped in technology and armed with end-user field research, Aberdeen answers clients' critical business and technology questions in the context of the Internet economy and across the product life cycle. Founded in 1988, Aberdeen is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and has research centers in Palo Alto, California; Ft. Collins, Colorado; and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Aberdeen is located on the Web at www.aberdeen.com.

Arzoon.com, Inc. (www.arzoon.com), headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., enables the transformation of the worldwide transportation market into a "networked community." Through its Web-native Transportation Management Trading Network(TM) system, Arzoon's standardized processes and XML-based workflow create a language of transportation that connects all trading partners involved in the movement of freight, across all modes, systems and international borders. The TMTN network automates and synchronizes the full transportation life cycle, including procurement, scheduling, execution, tracking and analysis.

Note to Editors: Arzoon, the Arzoon logo and Transportation Management Trading Network are trademarks, and in some jurisdictions may be registered trademarks, of Arzoon.com, Inc.