Cap Gemini America Announces Gardenburger "Goes Live" On Baan Platform.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 1999--

Project Improves Supply Chain Quality and Inventory Management

Cap Gemini America announced the successful, rapid implementation of the Baan application at Gardenburger, Inc. Gardenburger's "go-live" will enable the industry leader in veggie-burgers to have an integrated supply chain with greater visibility of inventory, reduced manufacturing cycle time, shorter month-end closing times and an integration of functions within the company.

Mona Read, vice president of Cap Gemini America's Baan practice described Cap Gemini America's partnership with Gardenburger, "The Baan applications platform was selected to achieve the supply chain optimization needed to support the company's rapid growth. We established an executive-level partnership with Gardenburger by aligning the company's business strategy and processes with Baan's process flows."

Linda Pearce, chief information officer of Gardenburger said, "Cap Gemini America completed a high-quality implementation on time and transferred the knowledge and the training we needed to take maximum advantage of the Baan toolset."

Anticipating an increase in demand, Gardenburger had turned to Cap Gemini America to address significant supply chain challenges. Over a five-month period, Cap Gemini America implemented a full suite of finance, distribution and manufacturing modules, using a number of DEM Baan business model templates.

As a result, Gardenburger is now positioned to meet business growth objectives through a new systems transformation program which makes real-time information available throughout all administration and manufacturing locations, offers more user control and support, and requires little in-house IS support. The new system helps Gardenburger identify and address supply chain issues quickly.

The Package Based Solutions division of Cap Gemini America provides end-to-end ERP implementations across all major applications platforms. As a vendor-independent firm partnered with leading software vendors, Cap Gemini America tailors solutions to the specific business needs of each client.

Cap Gemini America LLC is an information technology and management consulting firm with 4,000 employees at 35 locations throughout the United States. Cap Gemini America is recognized as a leader in providing IT services to clients on issues like Year 2000, electronic commerce, applications management, enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management. Cap Gemini America is a member of the Paris-based Cap Gemini Group, one of the largest IT and business consulting firms in the world with 39,000 employees in 20 countries and 1998 revenues of approximately FF26 billion. Cap Gemini's 1998 North American revenues are approximately $623 million. Cap Gemini's mission is to deliver strategic change through ideas, people and technology. More information on Cap Gemini America is available at http://www.usa.capgemini.com.