THE PROCUREMENT CENTRE (NOW RESOURCES CONNECTION SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICE) ANNOUNCES NEW ERP IMPLEMENTATION AND APPLICATION SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTION

December 30, 2002

The Procurement Centre (now Resources SCM Practice) announced a new service offering today for clients who have or will have an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system for their Supply Chain Management technology requirements.

This business segment will be responsible for assisting Supply Chain clients in new and existing ERP applications and implementation demands. Further, the offering is directed to helping provide flexible human capital solutions to clients in the Purchasing and Materials Management modules of major ERP packages, including such systems as SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, Peoplesoft, Lawson and others.

Commenting on the new service line, Nelson Schmidt, Vice President of Client Solutions, said, "The Procurement Centre has carved a niche in providing flexible human capital to our clients Procurement requirements. We believe we are uniquely positioned to provide high quality professional services at a much lower cost platform than the traditional servers in this arena. We are pleased to provide this customer solution to the marketplace".

Tracy Stephens, Resources SCM Practice CEO, stated, "TPC has a tremendous amount of human capital resources that can provide a high level of expertise on various ERP systems. Many of TPC's clients have migrated to ERP platforms in the past 3 years and we are pleased to help our clients achieve maximum value where appropriate."

The Procurement Centre (now Resources SCM Practice) can provide flexible ERP solutions that:

A) Provide personnel that augment client staff and are dedicated to ERP implementation.

B) Be included with client project team to provide subject matter expertise, application and project management skills

C) Provide Training and training methodology around modules and functions.

D) Provide stabilization support and project overview before and after implementation.

E) Map and convert data to new system.

F) Provide Project Management and Communication as required.

G) Other applications as required by client