Yoh Exchange Wins 2004 ASUG Impact Award

Americas' SAP Users' Group recognizes Yoh and Day & Zimmermann for significant strategic business results

PHILADELPHIA, PA – April 19, 2004 – Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company and a leading provider of talent and outsourcing solutions, has been awarded the 2004 Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG) Impact Award for the Yoh Exchange – its eBusiness portal for the temporary labor market.

The ASUG Impact Award honors companies that have achieved significant business advances through the integration and implementation of SAP products and services. The winner is recognized for magnitude of innovation, service improvement and return on investment. Built on the mySAP™ platform, the Yoh Exchange had more than 4,500 users in 2003 and accounted for 98 million USD in online sales. Previous Impact Award winners include Pitney Bowes, SBC Communications and Deluxe Corporation. Among this year's finalists were Johnson & Johnson, Canada Post Corporation and Avid Technology, Inc.

"Yoh truly demonstrated an innovative use of SAP's ERP and mySAP toolsets that has proven to provide a high internal ROI and dramatically improved services to its customer base," said Rick Lloyd, ASUG Board of Directors and Chair of the ASUG Impact Award Committee. Stefan Kneis, Vice President and ASUG Executive Liaison, SAP America, went on to say: "Yoh demonstrated exceptional achievement with the launch of their SAP-powered, web-based Yoh Exchange. We congratulate Day & Zimmermann and Yoh on their leading-edge implementation which clearly demonstrates Yoh's ability to drive additional business value to customers and partners."

Yoh's click-and-mortar Exchange delivers a unique blend of on-site services with state-of-the-art Internet technology. The Yoh Exchange offers customers a content, commerce and community platform that facilitates business processes such as time entry/approval, order management and distribution. The accompanying managed services program gives customers greater control of the interactions and information in staffing programs, as well as providing a visible layer of co-employment insulation.

The commerce portion of the Yoh Exchange is delivered through a strategic alliance with SAP, the world's leading enterprise software company. Yoh's use of SAP software ensures a robust managed services offering that effectively integrates solutions from mySAP™ Business Suite, including mySAP™ Enterprise Portal, mySAP™ Customer Relationship Management, key business processes from mySAP™ Product Lifecycle Management and mySAP™ Human Resources. Customer information and industry knowledge are supplied and maintained by Yoh, its customers and select content providers.

"We are very excited to receive an award that recognizes the efforts of a dedicated team of Yoh and Day & Zimmermann employees," said Anthony J. Bosco, Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Day & Zimmermann. "As a result of our relationship and integration with SAP, and other business enhancements in the past year, Day & Zimmermann and Yoh have further strengthened their positions in the managed services field."

"Our goal is to help our customers know the best talent in their markets and gain maximum value from their use of flexible staffing. What is unique about our approach is the emphasis we place on delivering industry-leading customized services that coordinate supply chains for maximum efficiency at reduced transaction costs, so our customers can focus on their core competencies and outsource contract labor programs to us," according to Jim Lanzalotto, Vice President of Strategy & Marketing for Yoh. "ASUG's recognition of the Yoh Exchange reflects our continued commitment to leadership in the staffing industry and endorses our belief that customers are looking for more than just software when it comes to eBusiness services."

About ASUG
The Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG) is the world's largest independent, not-for-profit organization of SAP customer companies and partners in the world. As an independent, customer-run group, ASUG provides its members with the benefits of product and service direction, customer education and awareness. With more than 1,300 corporate and 30,000 individual members, ASUG also strives to facilitate networking among colleagues and SAP representatives, and influence future SAP product releases and direction. For more information, visit asug.com.