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General Motors Signs on Lockheed Martin to Drive Information Management

7 July 1999

General Motors Signs on Lockheed Martin to Drive Information Management

    OWEGO, N.Y., July 6 -- Lockheed Martin has been awarded three
contracts by General Motors to provide information management services for
three GM organizations. Financial terms for the contracts were not announced.
    Lockheed Martin will: 1) provide elements of General Motors Service Parts
Operations' data processing services, as well as 2) maintenance and support
for 79 financial systems application programs and, 3) create a single shared
marketing information source and decision support solution for the General
Motors Customer Management System.
    Commenting on the three, multi-year contracts, Ralph J. Szygenda, General
Motors vice president and chief information officer said, "These contracts are
significant for General Motors because they enable us to incorporate Lockheed
Martin's processes, capabilities and technologies into GM's information
systems environment.  It's win-win for GM and Lockheed Martin."
    Lockheed Martin's association with General Motors supports its strategic
objectives in the industrial business arena, and this contract provides the
company the opportunity to expand its services and systems integration
initiatives into the automotive industry.
    In adding to Mr. Szygenda's comments, Frank C. Meyer, Lockheed Martin
Electronics Platform Integration organization acting president observed,
"Lockheed Martin's project management, configuration control and process
management expertise will be used to improve functionality, quality, and drive
down costs for General Motors.  Our team approach to information management
will support General Motors' long-term growth objectives as these systems are
implemented throughout their enterprise."
    Noted for excellence in quality and process management, Lockheed Martin's
Electronics Platform Integration organization has attained the Carnegie Mellon
Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Capability Maturity Model sm1 (CMM(C)2)
Level 5 rating, the highest rating for a company's software development
capability.  The SEI CMM(C) Level 5 is the level that allows improvements to
existing processes and illustrates excellence in the evaluation, adoption and
integration of new processes and technologies.
    Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a highly diversified
global enterprise, employing some 165,000 people, principally engaged in the
research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced-
technology systems, products and services.  The Corporation's core businesses
span information and services, systems integration, electronics, aeronautics,
energy, space and telecommunications.

    1 Capability Maturity Model is a service mark of Carnegie Mellon
University.
    2 CMM is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.