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Lear Completes First Phase of Implementation of Datastream's iProcure

16 January 2001

Lear Corporation Completes First Phase of Worldwide Implementation of Datastream System's iProcure

 Fortune 150 Automotive Supplier Purchases Non-Production Goods at U.S. Sites
         via Online Procurement; Global Expansion to Commence in 2001

    GREENVILLE, S.C., Jan. 16 Datastream Systems, Inc. today announced that Lear
Corporation , the world's fifth-largest automotive supplier, has
completed the first phase of implementation of the iProcure(TM) network,
Datastream's award-winning e-marketplace for asset management and purchasing
professionals.
    Since the October 1999 implementation at Lear's plant in Huron, Ohio, the
company has aggressively continued deployment of iProcure across the U.S. at
41 locations.  Lear expects to use iProcure for the procurement of all non-
production industrial parts and supplies for maintenance, repair and
operations at all of its U.S. sites.  Throughout the first quarter of 2001,
Lear will continue to expand its installed base of iProcure throughout North
America by adding eight sites in Canada followed by 25 in Mexico.  Lear will
also install iProcure in 100 sites across Europe beginning late-second quarter
2001.
    "Lear has pursued an assertive path in implementing iProcure," said Lou
Minna, manager of non-production purchasing for Lear Corporation.  "With
iProcure smoothly operating in our U.S. sites,  Lear has been able to reduce
capital spending on parts and supplies while also streamlining our procurement
processes.  As we continue to expand iProcure during 2001, we plan to
accelerate our spending as well."
    As the first Lear facility in the United States to deploy iProcure, the
Lear Huron plant has increased its use of the system to procure more than 80
percent of the needed critical parts and supplies.  "iProcure represents a
huge leap over traditional procurement processes, enabling us to quickly order
critical parts and supplies," said John Leonard, director of maintenance
repairs and operating supplies at Lear's Huron plant.
    "The accelerated deployment progress of iProcure for Lear, a project of
international magnitude, demonstrates Datastream's commitment and ability to
provide enterprise-wide, plant-based procurement," said Greg Jackson, vice
president of iProcure.  "iProcure saves Lear a significant amount of time and
money by providing purchasing professionals with the online procurement tools
necessary to make quick repairs to their production equipment.  With Lear's
plans to expand iProcure deployment, their entire enterprise will be able to
capitalize upon our cost-effective, fully automated industrial procurement
system."
    "Various acquisitions left Lear with more than 18,000 suppliers, time-
consuming order processing cycles, and a lack of centralized information on
its indirect expenditures," said Tim Minahan, managing director of Aberdeen
Group's e-Business practice.  "iProcure is providing Lear with a lever to
control indirect spending, reduce process cycles and costs, and streamline its
industrial products supply chain."