Avery Dennison Reveals Business Improvements Achieved with Jada Management Systems (JMS) Supply Chain Planning Solution

Jada Management Systems, a provider of supply chain planning solutions, and Avery Dennison (AVY) today published figures confirming the business improvements that can be achieved with the Jada Management Systems Supply Chain Planning (SCP) software suite.

West Linn, OR, October 02, 2003 --(PR.com)-- Jada Management Systems, a provider of supply chain planning solutions, and Avery Dennison (AVY) today published figures confirming the business improvements that can be achieved with the Jada Management Systems Supply Chain Planning (SCP) software suite.

The multiple business units of Avery Dennison that have implemented SCP calculate that they have:
o Increased customer service by 6 points
o Increased inventory turns from 9 to 19
o Increased sales with customer partnerships

"Avery Dennison continues to benefit from the expertise of JMS, particularly in the area of customer service and supply chain management programs. Working with a results-driven company with such quick turnaround, allows us to take advantage of new business practices while others are still thinking about it,” says Jim Seafort, Avery Dennison VP Customer Service, Logistics, and eCommerce.

The forecasting and planning module of the JMS Supply Chain Planning solution is designed to meet the need for internal operations planning, sales forecasting, customer communication of forecast, as well as vendor managed inventory. The solution was first implemented at Avery Dennison one year ago and rolled out in a phased approach across manufacturing facilities in: Luxembourg; Valenciennes and Champ sur Drac, France; Cramlington, England; Charlotte, NC; Sioux Falls, SD; and, Greensboro, NC. There are plans for additional locations to be added in the near future.

About Avery Dennison
Avery Dennison is a global leader in pressure-sensitive technology and innovative self-adhesive solutions for consumer products and label materials. Based in Pasadena, Calif., the Company had 2002 sales of $4.2 billion. Avery Dennison develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of products for consumer and industrial markets, including Avery-brand office products and graphics imaging media, Fasson-brand self-adhesive materials, peel-and-stick postage stamps, reflective highway safety products, automated retail tag, labeling and branding systems, and specialty tapes and polymers. Learn more at http://www.averydennison.com.

About Jada Management Systems (JMS)
A provider of supply chain planning solutions, JMS designs and delivers software that helps customers optimize and synchronize activities involved in successfully managing supply and demand. With over 25 years of experience in business logistics, JMS was founded with a commitment to customer success. JMS remains focused on delivering value by implementing solutions designed to provide a rapid return on investment with very little implementation time required. Learn more at www.jadaman.com.

Jada Management Systems Cautionary Language
This press release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties including forward-looking statements regarding the customer's ability to implement or integrate JMS solutions successfully and in a timely fashion, receive expected functionality and performance, or achieve benefits attributable to JMS solutions. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ from those projected. JMS assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this news release.

For further information, please contact:
Megan Bowes
Jada Management Systems LLC
503 744 0710
megan@jadaman.com

Jada Management will be exhibiting at the 2003 APICS exposition in Las Vegas… Booth #326.

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