Supply Chain Management - The Procurement Centre

Resources Connection Selected as One of Forbes 200 Best Small Companies for Second Consecutive Year - October 21, 2003 - Resources Connection, Inc. (Nasdaq: RECN - News), an international professional services firm, was selected as one of the Forbes 200 Best Small Companies in America for 2003 for the second consecutive year. The full list and selection criteria are published in the October 27, 2003 issue of Forbes magazine. Click here for full story.

Birmingham, AL, Phoenix, AZ, New York - June 2, 2003 - iSource Business Magazine, the go-to source for complete knowledge and information on end-to-end supply and demand chain solutions, has selected The Procurement Centre (Now Resources SCM Practice) as an organization to be recognized as the iSource 100 in its June/July 2003 issue.

The Procurement Centre (Now Resources SCM Practice) has been named one of America's entrepreneurial growth leaders by Inc magazine for its 2002 Inc 500 ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The ranking will appear in the magazine's special Inc 500 issue, which hits newsstands October 15. We were ranked 350 out of 500!!

" It is exciting and gratifying to be included in INC magazine's extremely prestigious ranking," said Tracy Stephens, CEO. "It shows the spectacular results that may be achieved through focus and teamwork."

To be eligible for this year's Inc 500, companies had to be independent and privately held through their fiscal year 2001, have at least $200,000 in sales in the base year 1997, and their 2001 sales had to have exceeded 2000 sales. Started in 1982, the Inc 500 ranks the nation's leading entrepreneurial firms according to sales growth over the previous five years. Former Inc 500 companies that have gone on to become household names include Microsoft, Timberland, Domino's Pizza, and Patagonia.

On September 6, 2002, The Procurement Centre (Now Resources SCM Practice) was honored as the 68th company on The Houston 100®, a ranking of private businesses making the greatest economic impact on the Houston area. The Procurement Centre (Now Resources SCM Practice) showed a 153.5 percent growth in sales from 1999 to 2001. This is the third time we have received the honor of making The Houston 100 list since 1999.

"We are so proud to make the prestigious list for the third time." Tracy Stephens, President and CEO of TPC (Now Resources SCM Practice) was quoted in Houston Business Journal regarding the honor " We honestly feel like we provide our clients with what they need and that is quality people, products, and services. That combination has been the main reason we have had such a high growth rate last year..."

The Houston 100 was established 12 years ago by the University of Houston Small Business Development Center and has become a well-recognized and prestigious designation. Each year hundreds of companies are nominated and each go through a rigorous verification process. The companies are then ranked according to their percentage increases in net sales for the past three years.

The Procurement Centre (Now Resources SCM Practice) nominated to The Houston 100 - The Procurement Centre (Now Resources SCM Practice) Leadership Team was honored at The Houston 100 luncheon that over 1400 corporate and community leaders attended on Friday, September 28th. We were ranked number 84 based on a 120% increase in sales. This is the second time since 1999 that The Procurement Centre has received the honor of making The Houston 100 list. TPC was ranked number 4 in 1999.

We are really excited to make the list for a second time in three years and fully expect to be on this prestigous list again next year. Tracy Stephens, President and CEO of TPC (Now Resources SCM Practice) was quoted in Houston Business Journal regarding the honor "I think our growth has come from several elements, but mainly from consistently providing to our clients high-quality products, which for us is our people ..."