MFG.com named to Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100

Manufacturing marketplace streamlined
Johnson Space Center’s sourcing process by 95 percent

ATLANTA, July 20, 2005 – Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine has named MFG.com, a leading provider of online sourcing management technology for the manufacturing market, to its Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 list for reducing the typical sourcing cycle for custom manufactured parts at NASA’s Johnson Space Center by 95 percent.

The list, in its current June/July 2005 issue, includes organizations leading the way in transforming companies’ supply and demand chains. “The Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 is one way our magazine helps readers navigate the complex landscape of supply and demand chain solutions and service providers," explained Andrew Reese, editor of Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine.

“This year we focused on end users and how their vendor partners addressed their business challenges and delivered quantifiable ROI. MFG.com and Johnson Space Center delivered a very compelling story of how MFG.com and online sourcing significantly streamlined the center’s sourcing cycles and optimized the supply chain."

MFG.com was selected from hundreds of candidates vying for recognition among the 100 top supply and demand chain initiatives at small, midsize and large companies in a variety of industry sectors.

“Our work with Johnson Space Center is one of thousands of examples of how MFG.com helps buyers discover the right set of suppliers with the expertise and capacity to perform specific work at the exact moment they need it,” said Mitch Free, president and CEO of MFG.com. “We’re simultaneously helping suppliers identify the right set of customers for their niche, enabling them to sustain steady demand for the work they want to perform at a price that helps their businesses thrive.”

More than 40,000 buyers across the industrial spectrum (aerospace, transportation, consumer products, electronics, and more) use MFG.com to source, collaborate, and receive quotes online for more than 200 manufacturing processes such as CNC machining, metal stamping, forging, plastic molding, metal fabrication, and metal casting.

The Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 is featured in the cover story of the June/July 2005 issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive, as well as online at www.SDCExec.com.

About Supply & Demand Chain Executive
Supply & Demand Chain Executive is the executive's user manual for successful supply chain transformation, utilizing hard-hitting analysis, viewpoints and unbiased case studies to steer supply and demand chain management professionals through the complicated, yet critical, world of supply and demand chain management as competitive advantage. Supply & Demand Chain Executive can be found on the Web at www.SDCExec.com.

About MFG.com
MFG.com is the largest global online marketplace for the manufacturing industry. MFG.com instantly and intelligently matches sourcing professionals and engineers with suppliers who have the right expertise and capacity to manufacture parts and tooling on demand in accordance with their engineering drawings and CAD files. MFG.com's on-demand service is consolidating the once- fragmented world of manufacturing into an efficient marketplace, enabling products to be sourced and built more easily, quickly, inexpensively, and at higher quality levels. For more information, please visit http://www.MFG.com.