Frontstep Donates Software to Loyalist College

SOURCE: Frontstep, Inc.

- Frontstep and Loyalist College Focus on the Future -

BELLEVILLE, Ontario, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Frontstep, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSTP - news), a leading global provider of business software and services for midsize manufacturers and distributors, and Loyalist College, one of Canada's premier post-secondary institutions, today announced a new relationship involving Frontstep solutions and Loyalist curriculum to prepare students as the next generation of executives for the manufacturing industry. Loyalist College will be deploying Fronstep's proven extended-enterprise, supply chain and front-office software to advance their Ensuring Enterprise Excellence program.

Frontstep's software will be incorporated into classroom activities and will provide students with hands-on experience with industry-leading enterprise management software. As part of this relationship, Frontstep and Loyalist are developing a program for release in Fall 2002 that will teach students how to embrace enterprise management and collaborative commerce solutions to improve day-to-day business activities and enhance operational efficiencies.

``Frontstep is pleased to provide Loyalist College with solutions to advance their core business curriculum. We applaud Loyalist College and their innovative approach to embracing technology for the future,'' said Stephen A. Sasser, chief executive officer and president of Frontstep. ``Technology advancements continue to shape the businesses of tomorrow and programs such as these will prepare Loyalist students for success.''

Loyalist College is taking aggressive steps to better equip graduating students from the School of Business with the knowledge, skills and abilities that will help them assume leadership roles in Materials Management, Financial Management, Human Resource Management, and Professional Sales.

``Achieving competitive advantage in today's aggressive business world requires that companies operate at peak efficiency to maximize the return on their technology investments,'' stated Dan Holland, Dean of Business and Continuing Education for Loyalist. ``Loyalist College and its students are fortunate to have this opportunity to learn firsthand how Frontstep's innovative and pragmatic solutions enable companies to achieve that competitive advantage by aligning customer expectations in real-time, with internal and external operations and business processes. We believe this experience will position Loyalist students to lead tomorrow's businesses.''

About Loyalist College

Loyalist College, a community driven and globally alert college, prides itself in being an integral element of graduate and career success. Loyalist offers a progressive and unique line-up of programs designed to exceed tomorrow's expectations. From computer analyst, environmental technician and on-line publishing, to nursing, social services worker and advertising, these are the programs defining new prospects for both local and global communities.

Loyalist offers over 50 academic programs with an additional 40 certificate programs through continuing education. Moreover, with a substantial list of university transfer agreements and financial support, the potential opportunities with Loyalist are boundless. More information about Loyalist College is available at www.loyalistcollege.com .

About Frontstep

Frontstep is a leading provider of software and services for growing, midsize manufacturers, distributors and subsidiaries of Fortune 500 companies. Frontstep helps companies advance customer service, reduce costs, drive sales revenue, outmaneuver the competition and grow market share. Founded in 1979, Frontstep is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio and has over 4,400 customer sites and a worldwide network of 28 offices in 16 countries.

Frontstep's ERP, CRM and supply chain solutions are quickly deployed to integrate and manage order processing and fulfillment from the Internet to the front, back and corner offices. These CustomerSynchronized(TM) Collaborative Solutions provide enterprise visibility across multiple plants, distribution centers, suppliers and buyers. Today's ``movers and makers'' can align supply with demand and deliver products and components on time, every time. More information about Frontstep is available at www.frontstep.com .

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