Tier-One Automotive Supplier Selects NexPrise to Increase Efficiency

Tier-One Automotive Supplier Selects NexPrise to Increase
Efficiency
TRAM, Inc. Streamlines Cost Estimation and Quote Management Process, Increases
New Business Closure Rate, and Cuts Costs for Competitive Advantage 


CARLSBAD, Calif., Aug. 16  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NexPrise, Inc.
(OTC:NXPS.OB) (BULLETIN BOARD: NXPS.OB)  today announced that TRAM, Inc., a
Japanese-based automotive supplier, has selected the NexPrise Cost Estimation
application. The NexPrise Cost Estimation Solution is designed to help
automotive suppliers more accurately, completely and quickly respond to OEM
requests for quote.

TRAM designs, develops, and manufactures automotive switches, shift levers, and
related electronic assemblies -- products that link people to automobiles.
Dedicated to the pursuit of safety, improved functional sophistication, system
optimization, and more comfortable operability, TRAM is constantly researching
and developing new technologies involving electronics, simulations, materials,
and ergonomics in pursuit of safety and control systems for the next
generation. A customized application that conforms to the supplier's current
business rules, Web forms and workflow, the Web-based NexPrise Cost Estimation
and Quote Manager will allow TRAM to automate and streamline its manual methods
of processing costs and providing customer quotes.

TRAM expects to reap several benefits -- for itself and for its customers --
including:

  -- Reduced cycle time from customer inquiry to response.
  -- Improved quality and reliability of service to internal and external
     customers.
  -- Ability to respond more accurately to customer quotes to win more
     profitable business.
  -- Increased operational efficiency throughout the estimating/quoting
     process.
  -- Improved support for a globally dispersed operation and data roll-up
     capability.
  -- Ability to respond to global customers with accuracy and consistency.

  About NexPrise


NexPrise, Inc. markets solutions that can enable manufacturers to rapidly
automate key business processes and produce a return on investment in less than
6 months. These solutions complement and expand on currently installed
enterprise systems and allow for the ongoing process improvements companies
require to meet their changing business demands. NexPrise, Inc. is
headquartered in Carlsbad, California. For more information, please visit
http://www.nexprise.com/. 

DATASOURCE: NexPrise, Inc.



CONTACT:  Jerome Natoli of NexPrise, [phone], ext. 204



Web site:  http://www.nexprise.com/

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