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1st Silicon Selects Adexa's Enterprise Global Planning System

Posted on: Tuesday, 3 August 2004, 06:00 CDT

Adexa, Inc., a leading provider of integrated supply chain planning and performance management solutions, today announced that 1st Silicon (1Si), Malaysia's first 200 mm Silicon wafer foundry, is implementing the Factory Planning & Scheduling and ATP solutions from Adexa's Enterprise Global Planning System (eGPS). These two modules offer end-to-end visibility from the execution side to the order and into the supply chain.

"1Si's slogan is 'Where every customer counts,'" said Dr. John Nelson, Chief Executive Officer of 1st Silicon. "Our goal is to provide business solutions that allow us to support our customers with speed, efficiency and accuracy. Our commitment to customer satisfaction is reflected in our choice of Adexa's solution to complement our foundry systems."

"Adexa eGPS is the preferred planning solution in the semiconductor industry because of the speed with which it accurately models tremendous volumes of data, and the visibility it provides to an extended enterprise of (internal and external) stakeholders," said Cyrus Hadavi, Adexa's president and CEO. "Being a partner in 1Si's commitment to forge stronger relationships with customers, suppliers and other stakeholders is a tremendous privilege for Adexa, since we too define our value in terms of the benefits we are able to deliver to customers."

About 1st Silicon (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.

1st Silicon is a dedicated semiconductor foundry founded in 1998 by the Malaysian State of Sarawak. 1st Silicon's 200mm wafer fab has a capacity in excess of 45,000 wafers per month when fully ramped. The Company offers volume production of digital and mixed-signal CMOS technologies in 0.25um and 0.18um processes. 0.15um technology will be available by first quarter of 2005. 0.13um flash is currently in development. The company also focuses on niche markets by offering reliable and cost-effective embedded non-volatile memory, CMOS image sensor and CCD processes. 1st Silicon's customers include integrated device manufacturers and fabless semiconductor companies from the U.S., Japan and Asia. The Company has its headquarters in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, and a U.S. registered Subsidiary Corporation located in San Jose, California. Please visit 1st Silicon's homepage at www.1si.com.

About Adexa

Founded in 1994, Adexa delivers solutions that synchronize corporate planning with operations planning and execution, to ensure assets are utilized to achieve strategic objectives such as increased profitability and higher earnings per share. Adexa helps companies reduce the cost of goods sold, shorten lead-times for orders, and reduce inventory costs through improved supply chain planning and operational performance management.

Adexa's global customer base includes AMD, AU Optronics, Boeing, Firmenich, Fujitsu, General Motors, Mannington Mills, Maytag, NEC, Philips, Pulse, Samsung, Sharp Microelectronics, Siemens, TSMC and Unilever. For more information visit www.adexa.com.

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