Blue Agave Takes Home Two Industry Accolades

Named to Start's ‘Hottest Companies of 2004' and Supply & Demand Chain Executives' Annual Ranking of Top Supply Chain Companies

CAMBRIDGE , Mass. (July 20, 2004) — Blue Agave Software, Inc. is being widely recognized for its breakthrough Active Performance Management™ (APM) solution and its leadership role in helping companies transform their supply chains into demand-driven supply networks. Less than a year since it launched, the company received honors from two leading supply chain publications — Start and Supply & Demand Chain Executive — for its powerful, end-to-end real-time performance management solutions.

One of three ‘Up and Comers' in Start's annual ‘Hottest Companies' in 2004, Blue Agave was also named to Supply & Demand Chain Executive's ‘Top 100' list. Both publications recognized Blue Agave as a company that effectively enables consumer goods suppliers to optimize their performance with key retail customers, using retailer-provided sales and inventory information along with real-time data from internal transaction and planning systems to improve customer service and profits.

“Manufacturers looking to take their supply chains to the next level are faced with an overwhelming number of offerings, with no easy way to identify the most effective solutions,” said Jim Morganstern, co-founder and vice president of business development for Blue Agave. “Start and Supply & Demand Chain Executive deliver an incredible service to their readers by providing a thoughtful, credible list of top performers in this market, and we're honored to be a part of it.”

Blue Agave's Active Performance Management represents a breakthrough in the application of business intelligence to managing the supply chain, giving consumer goods suppliers unprecedented ability to sense and respond to developing operational issues, driving resolution within the critical window of opportunity. The platform dramatically improves the ability to keep up with retailers' growing demands for 100 percent fill rates, near-perfect on-time delivery and ever-lower prices, by:

• proactively identifying operational issues, and providing actionable recommendations for fast and effective resolution
• leveraging relevant data from internal and external sources — including RFID data and retailer-provided sales and inventory information — to provide real-time insight into operational performance
• providing tools for continuous process improvement, using the capabilities of the software for identifying, quantifying and analyzing the root causes of process breakdowns

With APM's up-to-the-minute detection and response capabilities, companies can immediately optimize business performance, satisfy customers and capture new revenue.

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Active Performance Management is a trademark of Blue Agave Software, Inc. All trademarks are property of their respective owners.

About Blue Agave Software

Blue Agave Software helps consumer goods suppliers raise operational performance and maximize revenue opportunities by improving response to sudden and often unexpected shifts in supply, demand and logistics. Its Active Performance Management suite delivers millions of dollars in incremental revenue and cost savings, and helps companies meet service requirements by proactively resolving the most common operating challenges, such as stock-outs, late orders, excess inventory and material shortages. The software identifies and recommends actions for operational anomalies, monitors key aspects of business performance against company targets and provides root-cause analysis to successfully drive continuous improvement. Blue Agave is a privately held company headquartered in Cambridge , Mass. and can be reached at www.blueagavesoft.com or (617) 621-3400 .

Company Contact:
Susan Barr
(617) 621-3400 x210
sbarr@blueagavesoft.com