eBreviate Receives 2001 Volkswagen Group Award

eBreviate, an Integral Part of A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions, Honored as an Innovator

PLANO, Texas (July 15, 2002) A.T. Kearney, the global management consulting subsidiary of EDS, today announced eBreviate was honored with the 2001 Volkswagen Group Award for supplier achievement.

eBreviate, a leading provider of eSourcing technology founded within A.T. Kearney in 1999, was integrated into A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions in December 2001.

The Volkswagen Group Award honors the world's best suppliers for Volkswagen Group. The award focuses on deep supplier partnerships that reward a supplier's comprehensive effort toward superior quality management objectives.

Chosen from a list of over 6,500 Volkswagen Group suppliers, eBreviate was honored for excellence in entrepreneurial performance. Specifically, winners in that category were recognized due to their innovation capabilities in terms of cost optimization and process improvements. eBreviate was the
sole technology company and the only U.S.-headquartered company to be honored by VW Group.

“eBreviate has delivered the highest level of customer service to us at Volkswagen and we have been successfully utilizing the technology since 2000. I was pleased to nominate them for the
award,” stated Meike-Uta Hansen, head of B2B auctions at Volkswagen. “They have customized their technology to fit the processes and culture of Volkswagen to ensure our joint success. To this day, eBreviate is the only B2B software company to ever win this award.”

“eBreviate has enjoyed a long-term, significant relationship with Volkswagen,” said Luke Saban, A.T. Kearney Procurement Solution's chief operating officer. “We are delighted to be chosen as one of their top suppliers.”

The Volkswagen Group Award, now in its 10th year, was presented at an awards banquet held at VW Group's Transparent Factory in Dresden, Germany. Twenty-four other companies joined eBreviate as top suppliers.

Dr. Bernd Pischetsrieder, chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen, praised the top suppliers. “All winners of the award have clearly shown what is possible and what holistic quality management means. Their competence has set new and impressive standards on the road to perfection.”

In 2001, the total value of goods and services purchased by the Volkswagen Group amounted to 59.6 billion Euros. The Group, with its Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce, SEAT, Skoda, Volkswagen and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicle brands, was one of the world's largest private-sector purchasers.

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 is a market leader in strategic sourcing and procurement consulting, having helped clients save more than $12 billion annually since 1995 on more than $100 billion in annual purchases across 3,000 purchased categories. 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, business transformation and operational solutions 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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