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EMPTORIS EXECUTIVE AND CUSTOMER TO PARTICIPATE AT BEST PLANTS CONFERENCE

Company Vice President to Chair and Customer
GlaxoSmithKline to Present

WHO: Sherry Gordon, Vice President of Supplier Performance Intelligence, Emptoris; R. Gregg Brandyberry, Vice President, Procurement Global Systems and Operations, GlaxoSmithKline.

WHAT: Emptoris, the leading provider of Enterprise Supply Management solutions for Global 5000 companies, today announced that one of its executives Sherry Gordon is the chairperson for the 15th Annnual IndustryWeek Best Plants event and will be introducing R. Gregg BrandyBerry of GlaxoSmithKline, who will be presenting a keynote address titled “Procurement Excellence: The Lean Sourcing Revolution”.

Produced in conjunction with the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME), the IndustryWeek Best Plants Conference will recognize the ten best manufacturing plants in North America.

To register for this event, visit http://www.iwbestplants.com.

WHERE: Nashville Airport Marriott, 600 Marriott Drive, Nashville, TN, 37214

WHEN: Wednesday, May 18, 2005, 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. (Eastern Time)

About IndustryWeeks Best Plants Conference
Established in 1990, IndustryWeek's annual salute to outstanding manufacturing facilities has two purposes: 1) To recognize plants that are on the leading edge of efforts to increase competitiveness, enhance customer satisfaction, and create stimulating and rewarding work environments. 2) To encourage other manufacturing managers and work teams to emulate the honorees by adopting world-class practices, technologies, and improvement strategies.

About Emptoris
Emptoris is a leading provider of powerful enterprise supply management solutions for Global 5000 companies. By implementing Emptoris 5™, a suite of Web-based solutions, enterprises can quickly identify and prioritize procurement savings opportunities, negotiate significant cost savings with vendors, and track contract compliance and supplier performance. Emptoris customers include American Express, Bank of America, Boeing, Dow Corning, GlaxoSmithKline, Motorola, Toro, Owens Corning and Samsung America. Emptoris, a privately held company, is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.

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