NexPrise and PricewaterhouseCoopers Form Alliance to Provide Collaborative E-Commerce Solutions for Automotive Industry

        Alliance Solidifies NexPrise's Position in Automotive Industry

    SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 13 NexPrise Inc., a leading
provider of collaborative commerce platforms for business-to-business (B2B)
exchanges, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, the world's largest professional
services organization, today announced an alliance aimed at
automotive-industry companies that participate in electronic marketplaces.
The alliance addresses the need of e-marketplace participants to team on
projects and securely link their critical business processes via the Internet.
    Together, NexPrise and PricewaterhouseCoopers will deliver e-business
solutions and services to clients in the areas of strategic sourcing,
collaborative product development, and program management and execution.
Since November 2000, PricewaterhouseCoopers has trained 30 of its management
consultants on the NexPrise offering, in preparation for a stronger presence
in the automotive industry.
    Covisint, the automotive e-marketplace, has already tapped NexPrise to
implement its collaborative, e-business platform, which enables manufacturers,
suppliers, customers, and partners in a global, virtual workspace to securely
team up on critical e-business processes-including the strategic sourcing of
direct materials, joint product development, and program management and
execution.  At Covisint, NexPrise will also complement buy-side and sell-side
functionality by adding a critical layer of support for collaborative
commerce, including request for quote (RFQ) management, strategic sourcing and
the development of complex, custom-manufactured parts and car systems.
    "As a leader in e-markets consulting, PricewaterhouseCoopers looks forward
to working with NexPrise to anticipate and meet the e-markets needs of our
current and future automotive clients," said Tom Cucuzza, partner, Management
Consulting Services practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers.  "We are excited about
including NexPrise's e-markets offerings as part of our overall e-business
solutions for clients."
    "PricewaterhouseCoopers is a market leader in ebusiness and emarket
delivery, and we are pleased to be working with them," said Ram Sriram,
founder and president of NexPrise.  "With PricewaterhouseCoopers' worldwide
reach and industry experience, we look forward to bringing the benefits of
NexPrise's collaborative commerce solution to a global network of clients and
industries."

    About PricewaterhouseCoopers
    The Management Consulting Services practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers
helps clients maximize their business performance by integrating strategic
change, process improvements and technology solutions.  Through a worldwide
network of skills and resources, consultants manage complex projects with
global capabilities and local knowledge, from strategy through implementation.
PricewaterhouseCoopers (http://www.pwcglobal.com) is the world's largest professional
services organization.  Drawing on the knowledge and skills of more than
150,000 people in 150 countries, PricewaterhouseCoopers helps its clients
solve complex business problems and measurably enhance their ability to build
value, manage risk and improve performance in an Internet-enabled world.
PricewaterhouseCoopers refers to the member firms of the worldwide
PricewaterhouseCoopers organization.

    About NexPrise
    NexPrise leads the industry in providing e-business solutions that enable
companies to manage key e-business processes with their suppliers, partners
and customers, including program management and execution, strategic sourcing,
and collaborative product development.  Today, the company's award-winning
flagship product, NexPrise ipTeam, provides a collaborative commerce platforms
and solutions for public and private B2B exchanges that enables Global
2000 manufacturers to improve the processes of developing, sourcing, and
delivering build-to-order products.  For more information, contact NexPrise at
info@nexprise.com or visit http://www.nexprise.com .

    NOTE:  NexPrise and NexPrise ipTeam are registered trademarks of NexPrise,
Inc.