August 1, 2003

i4cast to Exhibit at
2003 APICS International Conference and Exposition

Houston, Texas August 1, 2003 - i4cast will be exhibiting at the premier inventory and supply chain management event of the year-the 2003 APICS International Conference and Exposition, October 6-9, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The four-day event, Transform Challenges into Opportunities, is hosted by APICS—The Educational Society for Resource Management of Alexandria, Virginia.

The conference and exposition will deliver world-class general session speakers; more than 100 educational sessions; and an exposition featuring the leading solutions providers of supply chain management, manufacturing execution systems, MRP/ERP, logistics, materials management, B2B integration, and CRM software.

This year's featured speakers include Mark Baker, senior vice president of operations for Steelcase; Lawrence J. Ellison, chairman and CEO of Oracle Corporation; Pat Croce, co-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers; Barry J. Gibbons, former CEO of Burger King; Anthony S. Nieves, senior vice president and general manager, purchasing and supply management, Hilton Hotels Corporation; and the Afterburners, top military fighter pilots.

New this year is a six-session series, "Interactive Supply Chain Management Experience," that focuses on aligning supply chain strategies with end-user needs and improving costs, timeliness, and flexibility within the supply chain.

"The APICS conference is the one event of the year where leading company executives, industry experts, practitioners, and solutions providers join together to examine inventory management processes and supply chain challenges and solutions," said Karen Alber, CFPIM, vice president PepsiCo, Integrated Management Office, and APICS Conference Committee chair.

APICS—The Educational Society for Resource Management provides lifelong learning for lifetime success through its certification programs, training tools, and networking opportunities. The society supports nearly 60,000 members in 20,000 manufacturing and service industry companies worldwide. To learn more about the APICS community and the 2003 APICS International Conference and Exposition, visit http://www.apics.org.

About i4cast

i4cast™ is a leading Total Cost Management solution focused on delivering real-time, accurate cost for the enterprise-wide financial supply chain.  i4cast™ has developed an Internet-based Total Cost Management solution encompassing global cost & profitability modeling, contract & commodity cost management and supplier performance, development and collaboration.  i4cast™ decision support tools allow clients to have the very best costing information to build and manage greater product profitability, reduce cost of goods sold, enhance costing collaboration and improve time to market capabilities.