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To: puborectalis who wrote (7489)	8/7/2000 5:09:04 AM
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AGIL news........Agile's Collaborative Manufacturing Commerce Solution Chosen as Center Point Of Viasystems eBusiness Strategy SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Agile Software Corporation (Nasdaq: AGIL), a leading provider of collaborative manufacturing commerce solutions, and Viasystems Group, Inc. (NYSE: VG), a leading global provider of electronics manufacturing services (EMS), announced today that Viasystems will implement Agile Anywhere(TM), a Web-based suite of collaborative manufacturing solutions, at key design and manufacturing facilities worldwide. Agile and Viasystems have entered into an agreement that uses Agile Anywhere to connect OEM customers, internal personnel, and suppliers together into a seamless, collaborative manufacturing community. "Agile Anywhere is seen as the de facto standard in the industry. Our implementation enables us to collaborate instantly on product content with our large OEM customers and bring their products to market faster," said Klaus Schnurr, CIO of Viasystems. "We are aggressively adding new facilities around the world, and the Agile solution enables all of Viasytems' divisions and plants to function as one seamless manufacturing facility, improving the customer service we can offer to our large OEM customers and partners." Agile Anywhere is a complete suite of collaborative manufacturing solutions that totally automates the distribution and synchronization of product content across the e-supply chain, with all information and services available through Agile e-hubs. Agile Anywhere(TM) solutions include the Agile Product Definition Server(TM), Agile Product Change Server(TM), Agile AML Server(TM), Agile iCM(TM) (Internet Content Manager) and Agile ChangeCAST(TM). "As a rapidly growing EMS provider that is also one of the world's largest bare board manufacturers, Viasystems is committed to providing the fastest and highest quality manufacturing services possible to their industry-leading OEM customers and partners," said Bryan D. Stolle, Chairman and CEO of Agile. "Agile is very excited about partnering with Viasystems to accelerate their product delivery capabilities, and their worldwide growth."