South Texas Project Selects I T Group to Provide Enterprise Workflow Solution; New System Heightens Procedural Efficiency to Increase Overall Plant Productivity and Lower Costs.

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PALACIOS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2001

I T Group Inc. (www.it-group.com), a document management consulting company, today announced an agreement to implement an eProcess workflow solution for the South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company, which provides electricity to more than one million households in south central Texas. The new workflow system will help to increase efficiency for required plant procedures and contribute to overall productivity and cost savings.

"With more than 5,000 procedures required to maintain and operate a plant of this size, it is an arduous task to standardize, modify, update and make available the appropriate procedures throughout the organization," said Stephen Griffin, president of I T Group. "Our expertise in business processes and document management in highly regulated markets, notably with environmental agencies, makes I T Group a natural solution for the South Texas Project."

The scope of process changes at the plant reflects technical changes or improvements, process updates, administrative and grammatical corrections to procedural documents, according to Griffin. For precautionary purposes, redundant peer checks are required on every update and change. Company officials said automating those manual processes with the existing work management database and document management system proved the biggest challenge, given the plant's large size and its high degree of accountability to the public and the Department of Environmental Quality.

"Throughout this project, we adhered to our goal of maintaining an acute attention to detail while formulating the big-picture solution," Griffin said. "Complex situations such as the South Texas Project really showcase our team's individual and collective strengths in document management and workflow."

About I T Group

A document management consulting firm, I T Group combines extensive knowledge of business processes with image-enabling applications to provide clients with strategic direction and streamlined information sharing. I T Group has a proven track record successfully implementing document management strategies for prominent enterprises within the government, energy, manufacturing and advertising sectors. Based in Baton Rouge, La., I T Group develops proven tools for imaging, eProcess, report management and content management. For more information, visit www.it-group.com or send e-mail to [e-mail].

About South Texas Project

The South Texas Project (STP) is one of the newest and most productive nuclear power plants nationwide. The twin-reactor facility produces 2,500 megawatts of electricity, enough to serve more than one million homes in Austin, Corpus Christi, Houston, San Antonio and surrounding areas in south central Texas. STP is located on a 12,220-acre site in Matagorda County, between Bay City and Palacios. The plant is managed by the STP Nuclear Operating Company and employs about 1,200 full-time personnel.