Unilever Chooses A. T. Kearney Procurement Solutions for Full Suite of eBreviate Technology and Services

Combines Technology and Sourcing Expertise to Identify Savings and Efficiencies

PLANO, Texas (October 31, 2002) A.T. Kearney, the global management consulting subsidiary of EDS, today announced that Unilever, the $49 billion multinational foods and home and personal care company, has selected eBreviate eSourcing technology and services offered by A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions to drive cost reduction and supply chain improvements.

The contract, terms of which were not disclosed, was finalized during the third quarter and included in EDS' new contract totals for that quarter.

The agreement provides Unilever access to the eBreviate suite of eSourcing products, which enable companies to reduce the time, costs and inefficiencies of the strategic sourcing process. The agreement includes eBreviate Deal Management, Sourcing Team Tools, Auctions, RFP/Sourcing Survey, Supplier Search, Supply Market Solutions and eBreviate Academy, as well as the support of A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions eSourcing managers. These online tools and services will help Unilever manage its sourcing workflow for global collaboration and deliver sustainable world-class supply management cost structures by accelerating negotiations and sourcing savings.

Unilever piloted the eBreviate offering to negotiate purchases in diverse categories and selected it after an extensive review. During the pilot, Unilever recognized the powerful synergies between the technology and the complementary services provided by A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions, and is now implementing a comprehensive global eSourcing program. Unilever joins a growing number of international food and consumer product companies, including the consumer packaged goods business-to-business marketplace Transora, which are using eBreviate technologies to source goods
and services.

“We are extremely pleased to have developed a relationship with A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions, which has a proven technology platform that has delivered significant benefits to other major corporations around the world,” said Mark Ramondt, Director, Global eBusiness, Supply Management at Unilever. “The global program we are launching leverages the mix of user-friendly eBreviate eSourcing technologies, broad implementation support services and global reach backed by A.T. Kearney. Coupled with the ongoing availability of Transora's network of partners offering complementary services, eBreviate tools will provide an excellent platform to e-enable our sourcing
processes and build sustainable world class capabilities in Supply Management. We expect these offerings to support the continued improvement of our efficient, innovative, modern sourcing process, which helps ensure our customers receive the value they expect from Unilever.”

“We are very pleased that a leader in innovative strategic sourcing like Unilever has selected our eSourcing suite as its platform for sourcing goods and services,” said Joe Raudabaugh, head of A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions. “We look forward to working with Unilever to continue to generate fast, measurable results that benefit their organization.”

About Unilever
Unilever is one of the world's largest consumer products companies with annual sales of approximately $49 billion in 2001. It produces and markets a wide range of foods and home and personal care products, including Dove®, Suave®, Wisk®, Lipton® teas, Ragu® sauces and Skippy® peanut butter. Unilever operates in 88 countries around the globe and employs approximately 279,000 people. In the United States, Unilever sales were approximately $11 billion in 2001. It employs some 28,000 people and has 67 offices and manufacturing sites in 23 states. More information about the company is available at (www.unilever.com).

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, 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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