Manufacturing Companies Continue to Select PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management; Manufacturing and Supply Chain Planning Solutions Drive Strong Demand

CHICAGO, IL, March 3, 2003 -- At National Manufacturing Week 2003, PeopleSoft Inc. (Nasdaq:PSFT) today announced continued strong demand for its Manufacturing and Supply Chain Planning solutions in the fourth quarter of 2002. Notable customers include: Nextel Operations Inc.; Waste Management Inc.; Belvedere International Inc.; Compagnie Des Gaz De Petrole Primagaz; Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company and Environmental Systems Products Holdings.

Companies around the world continue to recognize the unique benefits of PeopleSoft Manufacturing and Supply Chain Planning solutions. PeopleSoft's open architecture enables manufacturers to easily integrate and manage their complete production processes and collaborate with customers, partners and suppliers in daily operations. Customers across numerous industries deployed Manufacturing and Supply Chain Planning in the fourth quarter including: Alliant Energy Company; Corning Environmental Technologies; New Era Cap; Navigation Technologies; and Acushnet, the manufacturer of Titleist, Cobra and Footjoy products.

Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications equipment company, is on track to deploy PeopleSoft Manufacturing in the U.S. and U.K. "Our legacy application footprint limited our ability to leverage our supply chain and streamline our order management process," said Bill Miller, vice president of Information Services for Harris Corporation. "Using PeopleSoft Manufacturing in conjunction with our other proven PeopleSoft products, will give us an end-to-end view of our company. We are impressed by how well PeopleSoft's solutions match our desired business processes out-of-the-box. With improved visibility and the ability to drill down into customer data, component costs and product margin, we will gain a long-term competitive advantage."

"Today's IT investments must deliver immediate impact and a long-term strategic advantage," said Patrick Quirk, general manager, PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management (SCM). "PeopleSoft solutions allow customers to more efficiently control production resources and enable collaborative forecasting and analytics. As a result, organizations can maximize the resources they have today and quickly address the changing market conditions of tomorrow."

PeopleSoft SCM solutions include Manufacturing, Supply Chain Planning, Customer Fulfillment Management, Supply Chain Analytics and Supplier Relationship Management.

About PeopleSoft

PeopleSoft (Nasdaq:PSFT) is the world's leading provider of application software for the real-time enterprise. PeopleSoft pure internet software enables organizations to reduce costs and increase productivity by directly connecting customers, suppliers, partners and employees to business processes on-line, in real time. PeopleSoft's integrated, best-in-class applications include Customer Relationship Management, Supply Chain Management, Human Capital Management, Financial Management and Application Integration. Today more than 5,000 organizations in 140 countries run on PeopleSoft software. For more information, visit us at www.peoplesoft.com.

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