arcplan Reports 103% Revenue Growth in Q3 2001; Business Intelligence Software Firm Signs BASF, Borg-Warner, CUNA Mutual, GAF, IMS Health, Level 3 Communications, Siemens and Wendy's.

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

WAYNE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2001

Earns Spot on DM Review's "Top 100" Business Intelligence List,

Expands US Operations

arcplan Inc, a developer of business intelligence (BI) and analytic reporting solutions, recently announced a highly successful third quarter. The privately held firm experienced revenue growth of 103% over Q3 2000.

According to CEO Roland Hoelscher, "While arcplan's revenue growth is certainly significant, equally noteworthy are the positive developments we've made to strengthen our internal organization."

arcplan's Q3 2001 in review

Sales Growth

New arcplan customers signed during Q3 represent a diverse range of manufacturing and service companies. "We're thrilled that these industry leaders endorsed arcplan and our flagship software, dynaSight(R). Our customers view dynaSight as a catalyst for improved ROI, no small matter in a time of economic uncertainty," said Terry Feather, arcplan's VP Sales.

Among arcplan's significant wins for Q3 are:

-- Anderson Clayton Corp. -- Anderson Clayton will use dynaSight as a reporting
interface to Microsoft Analysis Services. The California company provides
farmers with all services related to the processing of cotton, including
brokerage, financing, ginning and warehousing.

-- BASF - As part of a worldwide corporate agreement, this global chemical
concern is using dynaSight to analyze and access data in SAP Business Warehouse
(BW) and has created an executive dashboard application that will allow
management to measure the financial health of operations in Europe and the US.

-- Borg-Warner - Borg-Warner Automotive (NYSE: BWA) is a worldwide product
leader in highly engineered components and systems for vehicle powertrain
applications. They will use dynaSight as a general reporting interface to
Applix iTM1 and Microsoft SQL Server.

-- CUNA Mutual Insurance - CUNA Mutual Group is the leading financial services
provider to credit unions and their members worldwide. Initially financial
managers will use dynaSight for Hyperion Essbase and IBM DB2 data analysis and
reporting; then CUNA will scale dynaSight to all employees as part of an
enterprise portal.

-- GAF Materials - GAF Materials Corporation (GAFMC) is one of the oldest
manufacturers of roofing materials in the US. GAFMC will use dynaSight for iTM1
for budgeting as well as a sales application with write-back to iTM1.

-- IMS Health - IMS HEALTH (NYSE: RX) is the world's pre-eminent provider of
information solutions to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. IMS is
implementing dynaSight as a global revenue reporting application utilizing
Hyperion Essbase.

-- Level 3 Communications - Level 3 (NASDAQ: LVLT) is the first communications
network to be completely optimized for advanced IP (Internet Protocol)
technology. The company will leverage dynaSight for a remote budgeting
application.

-- Richmond American Homes - Richmond American Homes, a subsidiary of MDC
Holdings (NYSE: MDC), is one of the largest homebuilders in the nation and the
largest homebuilder in Colorado. They will use the dynaSight/ iTM1 combination
to provide financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting for headquarters and
nationwide offices.

-- Siemens Canada - Siemens leads the pursuit of technological innovation for
Canadian health care, information and communications, energy and power,
industry, transportation and lighting. They are using dynaSight as a front-end
to Hyperion Enterprise and SAP R/3.

-- Siemens Medical Systems Nuclear Medicines Group - The diagnostic imaging
equipment manufacturer plans to integrate dynaSight with Microsoft Analysis
Services, Windows 2000 and SQL Server for Phase I Balanced Scorecard
application.

-- SoluXions - dynaSight provides the reporting platform for this ASP's newest
offering: "SmartQSR," a real-time BI application for quick service restaurant
franchisees. Taco Bueno and Hardee's are the first customers to sign up for the
hosted BI solution.

-- Tanning Technologies - As part of a business re-engineering, this
international systems integrator and IT solutions provider will use dynaSight
to spur internal productivity by supplying browser-based access to financial
data in Hyperion Essbase.

-- Walter Industries - Walter Industries (NYSE:WLT) is a diversified company
with four principal operating segments: Homebuilding and Financing, Industrial
Products, Energy Services, and Natural Resources. They purchased dynaSight as a
reporting interface to SAP BW, SAP SEM, and ODBC.

-- Wendy's International - The nation's third-largest hamburger chain, Wendy's
(NYSE: WEN) purchased dynaSight to support analysis, budgeting and financial
planning applications.

Richard Stevenson, Director of Financial Systems at GAF Materials Corporation, explained why he chose arcplan. "A live demo using GAFMC data convinced me of dynaSight's ease of development and integration. After creating a iTM1-based sales application proof of concept, everyone was dazzled with dynaSight's analysis, presentation and reporting capabilities. We just successfully went live with the sales planning portion."

arcplan's existing customers continue to expand their dynaSight deployment environments. "Longtime customers such as Graham Packaging, Safeway and Bristol-Myers Squibb are broadening the scope of database connectivity, enhancing functionality and adding users. Unicru, an ASP providing Web recruitment services for leading retailers like Target and Toys 'R' Us, added more users. The City of Edmonton was so impressed with arcplan's dynaSight(R) that it converted over to arcplan's platform for decision support for SAP R/3," Feather added.

Dallas Office Opens

In September arcplan opened its South Central sales office in Dallas, TX to support regional energy and chemical industry sales growth. New team members joining arcplan are Stewart Plumb, Director of the South Central Region, and Account Executives Kevin Mallonee and Daniel Tostado.

arcplan Education Launched

arcplan Education, created to provide quality training and education for arcplan customers and partners, was successfully launched in August. The program also gives qualified partners the opportunity to test for Certified dynaSight Application Developer (CdAD) status.

arcplan named to DM Review 100

arcplan was named to the DM Review 100. The annual award recognizes the top 100 business intelligence companies as selected by the readers of DM Review.

About arcplan

arcplan Inc., headquartered in Wayne, PA, is a leading vendor of front-end analytic solutions for the OLAP and RDBMS market. arcplan's software dynaSight(R) permits direct access to many types of data sources, as well as quick and simple analysis and professional visualization of data for every hierarchical level. It fulfills the diverse needs and requirements of any comprehensive information system and can be applied in any IT infrastructure to create seamless and powerful analytical solutions. Customers include AIG, BP Amoco, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Deloitte Consulting, Eastman Kodak, Federal Express, Novartis, Pharmacia, Petco, Safeway Supermarkets and Wyeth-Ayerst. arcplan technology partners include SAP AG, Oracle, Hyperion, Informix, Applix, Microsoft and Sybase. arcplan is headquartered in Wayne, PA and has regional sales offices in Dallas, TX and Silicon Valley. Additional information on arcplan and its products can be obtained by calling (877)2-arcplan or via the company's Web site at www.arcplan.com.

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