Prodika receives Microsoft .NET connected logo for supply chain relationship management product
Microsoft .NET connected technologies extend web services for supply chain collaboration and information visibility for Prodika customers

Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas - August 13, 2003 — Prodika, Inc., a premier provider of collaborative Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions for global Consumer Goods companies - today announced that it has received Microsoft's .NET Connected Logo - indicating that Prodika Supplier Portal (a component of Prodika Supply Chain Relationship Management) fully supports XML web services capabilities, which enable software applications to interoperate, regardless of platform or programming language.

Prodika's Supplier Portal web services enable a company to communicate new or modified product specifications to suppliers and trading partners - in their local language. These specifications form the basis for collaborative business processes around design, manufacturing, distribution, and quality management.

"The Microsoft .NET Framework is helping to streamline the way our customers share critical product information. Web services interoperability presents a common foundation upon which our customers can communicate with suppliers during the design, development, and commercialization of new products", explained Kenneth H. Crain, Prodika's Founder and Chief Architect.

".NET-connected solutions such as Prodika provide the capability for their customers to integrate quickly with trading partners, no matter where they are located or what platform or systems they use to run their business.", said Lynn Cafferty, .NET Connected Logo Program Manager of Microsoft.

The Supplier Portal web services present Prodika customers with an immediate opportunity for supply-side collaboration. According to Randal Burrier, VP of Product Development at Prodika "The Microsoft .NET Framework provides a flexible environment in which web services can be tailored to meet our customer's specific business needs. Open standards ensure that trading partners can connect quickly, decreasing development time and investment, promoting a higher rate of adoption than other integration strategies."

About Prodika
Prodika is a premier provider of collaborative Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions for global Consumer Goods companies. Prodika's solutions for managing global specifications, recipes and formulations, labeling and packaging, supply chain relationships, and New Product Development (NPD) processes help companies capture business value by accelerating time to market, improving value chain collaboration and coordination, enhancing support for quality and safety management, rationalizing suppliers and spend, and optimizing return on R&D. Prodika solutions are delivered as managed application services based on the Microsoft .NET platform and a service-oriented architecture. Deployed around the world, Prodika solutions natively support all languages, cultures, and currencies.

For more information about Prodika and its innovative products and services visit www.prodika.com or contact us at info@prodika.com