TRW Announces "EXPERT" Version of MARC Labor Standards Product.

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 1999--

TRW (NYSE: TRW) today announced the availability of MARC(tm)-LS EXPERT, a fully configurable and extensible version of the MARC labor standards module.

MARC-LS EXPERT is a stand-alone warehouse management system (WMS) complementary product that offers a total solution for discrete engineered labor standards, employee reporting, and time and attendance.

Built with a knowledge server, the product is a rules-based labor standards module with methods and filters that facilitate greater flexibility in configuring a system's behavior. The rules mechanism enables a certified user or integrator to extend system functionality through the editing of rules and formulas. Users are able to track productivity for additional job functions by simply changing the system to meet their needs.

"MARC-LS EXPERT offers clients the greatest level of productivity and flexibility in the warehouse," said Lonny Avital, vice president of systems, TRW Logistics Execution Solutions. "While the MARC-LS product is a viable solution for those who want a full-featured labor standards module, MARC-LS EXPERT allows clients to take the base package and build on it to meet their specific needs."

True stand-alone, real-time, labor management solutions, MARC-LS and MARC-LS EXPERT enable customers to collect data, conduct performance analysis and create data presentations for all warehouse management activities. The system provides customers with a bolt-on product that has the ability to interface with a variety of WMSs or to work in conjunction with TRW's MARC WMS packages and complementary logistics execution systems.

MARC-LS and MARC-LS EXPERT operate in a client-server environment with the client being Windows and Windows NT and the server operating under the Open-System Unix platform.

TRW Logistics Execution Solutions (LES) is a leading global warehouse management and logistics execution systems provider. Implemented in more than 200 sites worldwide, MARC Systems have been installed in a broad variety of industries, including third-party logistics, wholesale distribution, consumer packaged goods, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, electronics, grocery/food services, retail, apparel, automotive, and publishing.

TRW Integrated Supply Chain Solutions (ISCS) delivers total supply chain solutions: management consulting, enterprise resource planning, manufacturing execution systems, and logistics execution systems.

TRW Inc. provides advanced technology products and services for the automotive, space and defense, and information technology markets worldwide. The company's sales in 1998 were approximately $12 billion. The company's news releases are available through TRW's corporate web site http://www.trw.com.

Editor's Note: For more information on the MARC product line, visit http://www.trw.com/MARC. For sales information, call 800.876.3667 or write to [e-mail].