EDS Executives Named Among iSource's 2002 Pros to Know In Suppply Chain Industry

A.T. Kearney Vice President And EDS Vice President of Global Purchasing Honored as Two of the Top Supply Chain Management Professionals

PLANO, Texas (March 21, 2002) EDS today announced that Tom Slaight, an A.T. Kearney vice president and co-founder of eSourcing leader eBreviate, and EDS' Pete Quigney, vice president of Global Purchasing, were named to iSource magazine's list of 2002 "Pros to Know."

The two EDS executives were among 19 professionals recognized as "Pros to Know" because of their experience enabling supply chain advancement and innovation in companies around the world. iSource is a monthly business magazine aimed at supply chain management professionals and businesses.

Quigney is responsible for all of EDS' product and service purchasing. With the company's annual expenditure of more than $9 billion, Quigney's organization uses A.T. Kearney's strategic sourcing methodologies and EDS-developed information technology to leverage the company's buying power.

Quigney oversees the development and integration of purchasing requirements and new technologies to create world-class purchasing services, including the Bank of Knowledgesm, which applies data mining, text mining and data visualization capabilities. This supply chain intelligence application, developed in collaboration with the EDS Advanced Application Technologies team, enhances data analysis by identifying trends, such as spend pattern, for certain commodities purchased by EDS.

In addition, under Quigney's direction, Global Purchasing developed eTemp^sm and BestRate2Ship^sm to optimize supplier contracts, streamline transaction times, reduce process complexity and save EDS over $225 million in the last five years. eTemp, in connection with EDS' Contract Labor Managed Labor Program, coordinate the management of all significant activities in the lifecycle of the temporary labor procurement.

A Web-based desktop shipping solution, BestRate2Ship provides instant and advantageous rate and class comparisons and delivers the lowest costs for small shipments and overnight packages.

Slaight, who also serves as eBreviate president, has been instrumental in the growth of A.T. Kearney's market leading strategic sourcing consulting practice. Since 1995 the company has helped clients save more than $12 billion annually on more than $100 billion in annual purchases across 3,000 purchased categories.

The recent creation of A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions gives A.T. Kearney the opportunity to offer clients the seamless delivery of a full range of services, from high-value consulting and packaged e-procurement solutions to complete procurement outsourcing. eBreviate is part of A.T. Kearney
Procurement Solutions.

Slaight co-authored a 1998 CAPS (Center for Advanced Purchasing Study)-sponsored study entitled, "The Future of Purchasing and Supply Management — a Five and Ten Year Perspective." The study won the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) President's Award for Excellence. Subsequently, Slaight was named to the Board of Directors of ISM.

The individuals named to the iSource list demonstrated a dedication to continually improving supply chain technology and have worked to help supply chain management professionals by equipping them with the proper tools. Selection criteria included the candidate's fundamental participation in the development and execution of a supply chain enablement initiative at a traditional brick-and-mortar company, the candidate's breadth of supply chain knowledge and experience, and the candidate's continued participation in the future of supply chain technology.

About A.T. Kearney
A.T. Kearney (www.atkearney.com)is one of the world's largest and fastest-growing management consulting firms. With a global presence that includes more than 60 offices in 37 countries, spanning major and emerging markets, A.T. Kearney provides strategic, operational, organizational and technology consulting and executive search services to the world's leading companies. A.T. Kearney is the high-value management consulting subsidiary of global services leader EDS.

A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions augments A.T. Kearney's strategic procurement consulting by providing technology-driven services that enable companies to remove time, cost and inefficiency from the procurement cycle. An integral part of A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions is eBreviate (www.ebreviate.com), a leading provider of eSourcing technology and services. eBreviate combines leading-edge technology with market-driven content and in-field services to deliver the best integrated and automated eSourcing solutions to global businesses, governments and net markets.

About EDS
EDS, the leading global services company, provides strategy, implementation and hosting for clients managing the business and technology complexities of the digital economy. EDS brings together the world's best technologies to address critical client business imperatives. It helps clients eliminate boundaries, collaborate in new ways, establish their customers' trust and continuously seek improvement. EDS, with its management-consulting subsidiary, A.T. Kearney, serves the world's leading companies and governments in 60 countries. EDS reported revenues of $21.5 billion in 2001. The company's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: EDS) and the London Stock Exchange. Learn more at www.eds.com.

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