Shanghai General Motors Deploys webMethods Integration Platform

webMethods Enables Shanghai GM Dealers to Achieve e-Business Automation

FAIRFAX, Va., and SHANGHAI, People's Republic of China, Dec. 4 -- webMethods, Inc. , the industry's first Web services infrastructure company, today announced that Shanghai General Motors Corporation Limited, the largest Sino-American joint venture in China, a 50-50 joint venture between General Motors and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation Limited (SAIC), has deployed the webMethods Integration Platform to integrate its core business processes and applications across all major business units. By leveraging the webMethods Integration Platform, Shanghai GM has been able to dramatically streamline its operations through the automation of its e-business applications and through the ability to conduct real-time transactions involving back-end systems across its business.

"As the standard EAI platform for Shanghai GM, the webMethods Integration Platform is now a core component in our overall IT strategy," said Zhang XinQuan, CIO, Shanghai GM. "With webMethods, our Dealer Management System seamlessly integrates with SAP and mainframe systems, dramatically reducing the effort of building point-to-point integrations from scratch and giving Shanghai GM Dealers real-time access into our back-end systems."

Shanghai GM selected webMethods to provide a common integration platform to integrate its core back-end business systems such as SAP, SAP IS-Auto, Dealer Management System (DMS), Mainframe, Human Resources Management System (HRMS) and Office Automation systems. With the help of the webMethods Integration Platform, Shanghai GM can easily achieve business automation and e-business enablement, reducing information islands and point-to-point integration.

"With webMethods, Shanghai GM is rapidly integrating existing applications and creating cross-functional business processes in order to increase productivity, lower error rates and improve customer relations," said Maruf Majed, vice president, webMethods Asia. "By leveraging the webMethods Integration Platform, Shanghai GM can now integrate and manage business processes more effectively across the enterprise and achieve global visibility over their business and IT resources, effectively differentiating Shanghai GM in the automotive industry."

About Shanghai General Motors Corporation Limited

Shanghai GM was established in June 1997. The US$1.52 billion, 50/50 joint venture is a partnership between General Motors and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (Group), China's largest passenger sedan manufacturer in Shanghai. Shanghai GM leads the Chinese automotive industry in the introduction of new products. In April 1999, Shanghai GM began regular production of three models of midsize luxury Buick sedans: the New Century, GLX and GL; and launched the Buick GS and Buick GL8 in China in 2000. Shanghai GM is powered by world-class technology and its world-class plant (five shops) is located in the economic technical development area of Pudong, Shanghai. More information about the company can be found at http://www.shanghaigm.com/.

About webMethods, Inc.

webMethods is the industry's first Web services infrastructure company. webMethods' innovative integration, Web services, portal and analytic solutions enable more than 1,000 enterprise customers worldwide to run, measure and optimize their business. Recognized in 2003 as the fastest growing software company in North America by Deloitte, webMethods is headquartered in Fairfax, Va., with offices throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia Pacific and Japan. More information about the company can be found at http://www.webmethods.com/.

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