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Covisint Selects SupplySolution for Supply Chain Execution Applications

          Agreement provides automotive suppliers immediate benefit
                         through shared applications

    DETROIT and STUTTGART, Germany, March 15 Covisint today
announced it has selected SupplySolution, Inc., as the exclusive provider of
its "Supply Chain Event, Exception and Execution Management" applications.
Under the agreement terms, SupplySolution's current supply chain execution
applications, including the company's premier i-Supply Service, will be made
available to all current and future Covisint customers worldwide.  In
addition, Covisint and SupplySolution will jointly explore the development of
future supply chain product offerings such as real-time ordering, planning and
logistics.
    "This is the first of many steps to implement Covisint's best-of-breed
supply chain strategy.  This relationship provides instant access to services
and applications that streamline supply chain execution, and technology that
enhances and complements that of Covisint," said Chris Steele, Supply Chain
Lead, Covisint.  "SupplySolution's service offerings are quick to deploy and
easy to use.  Measurable benefits in inventory reduction and associated costs
are visible within 90 days."
    "Our agreement with Covisint validates the strength of our solution, which
is to develop technologies and applications that deliver immediate value to
our customers in the area of supply chain execution," said SupplySolution
President and CEO Chris Moritz.  "This is our company's most significant
agreement to date.  We see exceptional market potential in extending these
offerings to Covisint's customers."
    SupplySolution's current supply chain execution offering contains three
components:

    *  i-Supply Service, a real-time direct material fulfillment application
providing suppliers, manufacturers and distributors with instant information
from their customers' Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or other legacy
systems, allowing them to effectively manage inventories and work
collaboratively with their supply chain partners.
    *  i-GetIt, a technology platform that solves the requirement for real-
time secure data extraction and/or delivery of data to and from ERP, Supply
Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and legacy
systems, and
    *  The SupplySolution Global Infrastructure which addresses the
requirements for real-time messaging and message transformation, data/content
management, user profiles, views and transaction management.

    SupplySolution's offerings will be available immediately to all Covisint
customers worldwide on a subscription basis.  Current SupplySolution
customers, including Valeo, Faurecia, Lear Corporation, Dana Corporation,
Donnelly Corporation and Tower Automotive, will be offered the opportunity to
join the Covisint exchange at their contract anniversary date or sooner if the
customer elects.
    "We have been evaluating SupplySolution for several months and have been
impressed by the value their customers are achieving," said Ted Wozniak, vice
president, Information Technology and executive director, Materials
Management, Magna Corporation.  "Adding this valuable service to Covisint, the
premier automotive exchange, will revolutionize the automotive supply chain."
    "We are pleased to see that Covisint and SupplySolution have reached an
agreement," said Dan Holland, e-Business Technology Director at Delphi
Automotive Systems.  "This is an important step forward in the evolution of
Covisint's supply chain management vision.  The SupplySolution product has the
potential to lower inventories and reduce supply chain costs for Covisint's
customers."

    About SupplySolution
    SupplySolution is the only supply chain execution company currently
delivering value to manufacturers, distributors and suppliers through the
implementation of the i-Supply Service, i-GetIt and the SupplySolution Global
Infrastructure.  Today, i-Supply is the most widely used real-time direct
material fulfillment tool in the automotive industry, with over 750
manufacturing organizations as current subscribers.  Within eight weeks, i-
Supply is capable of driving significant cost savings and process improvements
within supply chains such as a 30-70% reduction in inventory, a 50-90%
reduction in premium freight costs and 40-80% reduction in administrative
tasks.  The company's technology headquarters are located in Santa Barbara,
Calif. and sales and service headquarters are located in Southfield, Mich.
For more information, visit http://www.supplysolution.com .

    About Covisint
    Covisint, LLC is a global, independent e-business exchange providing the
automotive industry with leading collaborative product development,
procurement and supply chain tools that give its customers the ability to
reduce costs and bring efficiencies to their business operations.  Developed
by DaimlerChrysler, Ford, General Motors, Nissan, Renault, Commerce One and
Oracle, Covisint is currently located in Southfield, Mich.  The organization
has also established temporary offices in Stuttgart and Tokyo.  For more
information about Covisint, visit http://www.covisint.com .

    i-Supply, i-GetIt are trademarks of SupplySolution.