CNH Powers Global Supply Chain with Adexa eGPS; World's Largest Manufacturer of Agricultural Equipment Uses Adexa eGPS to Improve Asset Utilization and Increase Customer Service.

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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 2002

Adexa, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise business planning solutions, today announced that CNH Global N.V. (NYSE:CNH), a global leader in agricultural and construction equipment, has gone live with Adexa eGPS(TM) and will continue to deploy Adexa across its global Agricultural Products group in the future. CNH selected Adexa after an in-depth evaluation of the major supply chain software vendors and has recently completed its initial implementation.

"At CNH, we recognize the strategic role that supply chain management plays to improve asset utilization and increase customer service," said Herbert Wolf, CNH vice president, agricultural equipment supply chain management. "We are very pleased to have selected Adexa as our supply chain software partner for our agricultural business."

The Adexa eGPS solution will provide CNH's agricultural equipment operations with a comprehensive solution for the Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning process, which includes demand planning, inventory optimization, and supply planning. For CNH's Advanced Order Management process, CNH is implementing Adexa's available- and capable-to-promise solutions to provide reliable delivery dates to customers using both available inventory units and planned production. By using Adexa's planning, scheduling and sequencing tools, CNH's assembly plants will further increase responsiveness to customer delivery requirements.

"This is another significant milestone for Adexa in the automotive and vehicle manufacturing industries," said K. Cyrus Hadavi, president and chief executive officer of Adexa, Inc. "CNH has a compelling vision of business planning excellence which is applicable to vehicle manufacturers around the world. Adexa eGPS solutions are working, today, to help CNH achieve its vision. We look forward to working with CNH to build on this success and drive increased performance throughout the organization."

About CNH

CNH is the number one manufacturer of agricultural tractors and combines in the world, the third largest maker of construction equipment, and has one of the industry's largest equipment finance operations. Revenues in 2001 totaled $9.7 billion. Based in the United States, CNH's network of dealers and distributors operates in over 160 countries. CNH agricultural products are sold under the Case IH, New Holland and Steyr brands. CNH construction equipment is sold under the Case, FiatAllis, Fiat Kobelco, Kobelco, New Holland, and O&K brands.

About Adexa

Founded in 1994, Adexa delivers solutions that synchronize corporate planning with operations planning and execution, to ensure assets are utilized to achieve strategic objectives. Adexa helps companies reduce the cost of goods sold, shorten lead-times for orders and reduce inventory costs through improved supply chain collaboration and management. Adexa's Enterprise Global Planning System (eGPS) analyzes and benchmarks enterprise performance against competitors, at a fine level of detail, to set attainable objectives that deliver the greatest return on assets. eGPS aggregates supply and demand information, measured against material and capacity constraints, for the rapid development of integrated, accurate and flexible planning and execution scenarios.

Adexa's global customer base includes AMD, Firmenich, General Motors, Hitachi, Johnson & Johnson, Lucent, Maytag, Philips, Pulse, Siemens, Teijin Limited, TSMC, Unilever, and Xerox. For more information visit www.adexa.com.