Gloucester, Mass., May 30, 2006 — IBC Worldwide, which provides marketing and custom manufacturing services to Fortune 100 companies, today announced that it has selected the Software as a Service (SaaS) version of the TradeStone Suite* to unify the company's global buying process. IBC Worldwide is looking to the TradeStone Suite™ to help double the capacity of its product managers while also gaining a better audit trail of ongoing projects.

"Companies like IBC Worldwide are at the forefront of the next wave of borderless commerce—nimble companies with great ideas who are leveraging technology to better compete on the global landscape," said TradeStone CEO Sue Welch. "As margins on domestically produced goods continue to decline, the ability to effectively source globally is critical to the success of companies like IBC Worldwide. Our goal at TradeStone has always been to enable companies of all sizes to unify their buying process and get the most out of global sourcing."

TradeStone Suite to Deliver Increased Productivity

Once the TradeStone Suite is up and running, IBC Worldwide expects to see a vast increase in the number of projects handled by each project manager. The 10-person staff at the product development company currently has as many as 50 requests for quote in process at any given time, each with varying complexity. IBC Worldwide CEO Pam Howard aims to double that number by the Fall without increasing the pressure on her staff by using the TradeStone Suite to enable closer collaboration with customers and suppliers.

Currently, information is sent via emails, calls and faxes, then entered manually into spreadsheets. Not only is the process cumbersome, but also requires a tremendous amount of redundancy, as numbers are entered multiple times into multiple systems. What's more, version tracking and audit trails are cumbersome to maintain and take project managers away from their core competency of creating innovative products for high-profile customers.

Reduced Complexity, Simple Collaboration

"We typically send product requests to several manufacturers in China, then work with them on designs. This includes going back and forth on such cost variables as materials, manufacturing and shipping. We then go through testing and revisions, all coordinated with our customers," said IBC Worldwide CEO Pam Howard. "The Software as a Service version of the TradeStone Suite enables us to gain the power of enterprise-class software at a much better price point. We now have the tools to make our production faster and our lives easier."

* [Editor's Note: Please see "TradeStone Software Delivers its Award-Winning Sourcing and Unified Buying Solution as a Service" also out today.]

About TradeStone Software, Inc.
TradeStone Software enables retailers and manufacturers to plan, design, collaborate on and purchase goods from across the world as easily as from across the street. TradeStone's Unified Buying Engine uses Web services technology to layer across an organization's existing infrastructure while its modular software fills in buying process gaps to provide a single view, access and interaction across the entire procurement process. The first and only complete solution for global sourcing, product lifecycle management, and unified order management, TradeStone's intuitive "No Training" technology helps people throughout the supply chain to collaborate globally, enabling users to focus on speeding innovative products to market. Marquee customers include American Eagle Outfitters, The Children's Place, Deutsche Woolworth, Ocean State Job Lot, Pacific Alliance and Federated Department Stores. TradeStone Software is based in Gloucester, Mass. and can be found on the Web at http://www.TradeStoneSoftware.com.

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