BDO Seidman, LLP, Announces Alliance with PeopleSoft Inc. To Deliver Manufacturing Implementation Solutions.

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 1999--

BDO Seidman, LLP, announced that it is an Implementation Partner within the PeopleSoft Alliance Program. Under this alliance, BDO delivers implementation services for PeopleSoft's full suite of manufacturing software solutions.

BDO Seidman provides consulting services to growing businesses and high-growth divisions of Fortune 1000 companies.

Building upon BDO's in-depth knowledge of enterprise resource planning (ERP) and supply-chain business issues, the alliance encompasses the implementation of PeopleSoft manufacturing solutions for core business process areas, such as: financial management; supply chain management, including planning, sales and logistics; and manufacturing processes, including production management. To address the need to integrate e-business initiatives with existing business processes, BDO also implements end-to-end e-commerce solutions that combine an Internet storefront with full back-office integration.

"This alliance provides our manufacturing industry client base with more choices, better solutions and the opportunity to help enhance the return on their ERP solution suite," says Ron Marinella, BDO executive director of Business and Technology Solutions. "We're excited to team with PeopleSoft, a highly respected company well known for its innovative products and services. Our experience in implementing packaged solutions for the manufacturing industry helps to provide clients with more rapid implementation of supply chain and ERP solutions. This alliance is an important means for us to work with PeopleSoft in leveraging our know-how into tangible results."

"Through the PeopleSoft Alliance Program, our company teams with top providers in their respective industries to help provide our joint customers with superior, integrated solutions," said Robert J. Eve, vice president of Alliances at PeopleSoft. "In this regard, we're extremely pleased to work with BDO Seidman, a firm with strong market leadership within the manufacturing industry, particularly in the area of rapid enterprise applications implementation."

BDO Seidman, the U.S. member firm of one of the world's leading consultancies, helps companies select, implement, integrate and maintain packaged applications and can help companies realize value from their systems investments. The firm annually publishes The BDO Seidman, LLP Comprehensive Guide to Manufacturing and Distribution Software, which, since its inaugural edition, has become an industry-standard tool for objective evaluations of software solutions.

Marinella explains, "BDO can help companies separate hype from reality when selecting enterprise-wide systems because of our extensive knowledge of manufacturing industry segments. It's easy to talk about the value and popularity of ERP, but it's another thing to be able to select a package and implement it successfully."

About BDO Seidman, LLP

BDO Seidman, LLP, accountants and consultants since 1910, is dedicated to maximizing the value of growing businesses by providing a full range of professional services. Through its Business and Technology Solutions consulting practice, BDO leverages innovative technologies and software applications to deliver solutions that can be sustained and adapted to address evolving client needs. The tangible result is an innovative and practical solution designed to help provide clients with profitable, long-term competitive advantage to grow their business. Consulting services offered include business process improvement, customer relationship management, e-business, packaged software implementations and technology infrastructure services. For more information on the Business and Technology Solutions consulting practice, visit www.bdo.com/bts.

BDO Seidman serves clients through more than 40 offices and 60 alliance firm locations across the United States. As a member firm of BDO International, BDO Seidman leverages a global network of resources to serve clients abroad through more than 500 member firm offices in over 85 countries. For more information on BDO, visit www.bdo.com.