General Motors Selects SeeBeyond for Enterprise-wide Solutions

    DETROIT & REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--March 19, 2001--General Motors Corp. and SeeBeyond , a leading global provider of eBI (eBusiness Integration) solutions, today announced that GM has selected SeeBeyond as its global standard for enterprise application integration (eAI). Providing application connectivity to enable the seamless, instantaneous flow of information both within the enterprise, and out to suppliers and customers, eAI provides General Motors with a key transformation technology to further enable eBusiness initiatives.
    Chosen for its scalability, reliability, rapid time-to-market and comprehensive product platform, SeeBeyond's eBusiness Integration Suite will allow GM to leverage its current and future IT investments. These investments will facilitate the end-to-end integration of GM's business-to-consumer; internal, legacy and new commercial software packages; and business-to-business initiatives. Enabling these external linkages throughout GM's supply chain, the SeeBeyond eBI suite will provide connectivity to suppliers through SupplyPower, GM's portal for direct supplier communications. It will also include linkages to Vector, GM's strategic logistics management partner, and to electronic market exchanges such as Covisint.
    "The selection of an eAI solution provides General Motors with one of the key enablers to support the continued eBusiness journey we began several years ago," said Ralph Szygenda, Group Vice President and CIO for General Motors. "We have process reengineering initiatives in motion within virtually all facets of the company to substantively transform GM into a digital corporation and capitalize on Internet technologies. That transformation cannot happen without application integration. With SeeBeyond, I believe we have a world-class solution to our eAI needs."
    SeeBeyond will initially implement its eBI solutions for systems involved in GM's Order-to-Delivery (OTD) initiative. The OTD initiative is focused on putting into place the processes and systems needed for reliable delivery of vehicles to dealers in a short period of time. To accomplish this, GM must streamline and optimize the processes involved in fulfilling orders, purchasing materials, scheduling manufacturing and materials, and transporting vehicles.
    "SeeBeyond solutions will also help with GM's supply chain, where the lack of integration often results in a lack of both real-time access to mission-critical information and optimization of key business processes," said Jim Demetriades, founder, chairman and CEO for SeeBeyond. "SeeBeyond will provide a platform to assist GM in addressing these supply chain issues and give the company additional cost-effective opportunities to streamline processes and ultimately improve customer satisfaction."
    "This selection marks a significant milestone in our company's 10 year history, and having been made the global eAI standard by the world's largest company, further validates our unique ability to manage the flow of information on a global basis. We believe we will demonstrate the impact a technology provider can have on a business of GM's size and stature," added Demetriades.
    Financial terms of the agreement between SeeBeyond and GM were not disclosed.