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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Call for Entries in the Third Annual
APICS Corporate Awards of Excellence Program

Alexandria, VA (5/28/02) APICS—The Educational Society for Resource Management, a professional society headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, announces the call for entries for its annual Corporate Awards of Excellence. These awards recognize companies that value workplace education, are innovative, and reward the benefits of partnerships for the betterment of their companies.

The three awards are:

APICS Educational Award of Excellence
The education award focuses on an organization's commitment to education investment and productivity improvements on the application of educational concepts.

APICS Innovation Award of Excellence
The innovation award recognizes the development of a new technique or product that has significantly advanced the resource management industry.

APICS Technology Partnership Award of Excellence
This award recognizes a partnership between a technical provider and a corporate customer, where the product has increased a company's success.

The awards will be presented at the 2002 APICS International Conference and Exposition in Nashville, Tennessee, October 27. For more information, log onto www.apics.org or call (800) 444-APICS (2742). The entry deadline is June 30.

In its third year, past recipients were:

Education
Newport News Shipbuilding
BASF

Technology Partnership
Agile Software and Dell Computer Corporation
BMG and SAS Institute

Innovation
webplan Corporation
Kewill Systems

APICS—The Educational Society for Resource Management provides lifelong learning for lifetime success through its certification programs, training tools, and networking opportunities. The society supports nearly 60,000 members in 20,000 manufacturing and service industry companies worldwide.

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Press receives complimentary registration to the 2002 APICS International Conference and Exposition in Nashville, Tennessee, October 27-30. Please contact Lisa Prats at APICS at (800) 444-APICS (2742) or (703) 354-8851, ext. 2397.