NexPrise wins Hexcel contract for Automating Quality Assurance Processes

May 29, 2003 - Carlsbad, CA
NexPrise, Inc. (OTC BB: NXPS.OB) today announced that Hexcel Structures, located in Kent Washington, has deployed NexPrise to digitize their Nonconformance and Corrective Action process. This will enable Hexcel Structures to collaborate with select suppliers overseas in delivering on the stringent quality standards of its customers in such markets as commercial aerospace and defense.

Hexcel Structures is using the NexPrise application to increase the speed of its problem resolution, improve efficiencies, and create visibility to track bottlenecks in its suppliers' quality processes. The application has been deployed at Hexcel Structures in Kent, Washington and their joint ventures in China and Malaysia. Based on the success of the initial NexPrise application, Hexcel Structures is currently implementing a second application to streamline its internal processes. "Applying NexPrise to the Nonconformance and Corrective Action process has allowed us to significantly optimize the performance of our division," said Richard Alkire, Quality Systems Manager for Hexcel Structures. "The robust, automated processes enabled by NexPrise applications have cut workflow time in half and allowed us to keep pace with the increase in notices. We were so impressed with the improved efficiency and the speed to deployment, that we have purchased a second application to automate our internal processes at Hexcel."

As part of ensuring the stringent quality standards required for such customers as Boeing, Hexcel Structures requires rapidly processed product reports across continent and language barriers. That demand has brought the need to move from the company's traditional manual process to a fully automated, electronic one. Hexcel Structures selected NexPrise primarily because it completely mimics the manual processes that the company had originally in place, limiting the culture change required for most applications in this class. Based on the NexPrise nProcess Platform, the fully configurable application can be customized to mimic a company's existing processes and modified to meet changing business needs -- often in just hours or days. Payback is typically within six months.

About NexPrise
NexPrise, Inc. is a leading provider of solutions for document management, program management, and process automation. It's customers include Lockheed Martin, Sikorsky, Textron, and GE Aerospace. NexPrise, Inc. is headquartered in Carlsbad, California. For more information, please visit www.NexPrise.com.

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