Santa Clara, CA - November 17, 2003 -- Noosh, the leading provider of collaborative e-Business software solutions for print, and The American Heart Association, the nation's largest voluntary health agency fighting heart disease, will conduct a joint presentation focused on best practices for print management at the upcoming Services Group Conference hosted by the Institute for Supply Management in Scottsdale, Arizona on December 4th.

Kathy Bridwell, C.P.M., Purchasing Director, American Heart Association will provide an overview of the Noosh deployment at the non-profit agency. Her presentation will:

• Provide an insider's look at how standardized processes for print procurement reduce costs, increase productivity, and improve time-to-market.
• Show how the American Heart Association incorporated collaborative procurement to help manage over 1,000 print projects a year including marketing collateral, direct mail, business forms, and other commercial printing materials.
• Demonstrate how tools used in managing a complex commodity like print are different from other kinds of sourcing and procurement solutions.

Other curriculum leaders and sessions to be conducted at the conference include:

• Christa Degnan, Research Director, Aberdeen Group -- "Best Practices in Online Services Procurement"
• John Stephens, Director, Marketing Procurement, Microsoft Corporation -- "Deploying Strategic Sourcing and Managing Suppliers and Service Programs at Microsoft"
• Roy R. Anderson, Vice President of Purchasing, MetLife -- "Driving Organizational Transformation in Preparation for and with Technology"

More information about the conference is available at: http://www.ism.ws/Conferences/Services2003.cfm

About The American Heart Association
The American Heart Association is the nation's largest voluntary health agency fighting heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases. The Association's efforts involve the work and support of over 22.5 million volunteers and supporters. For more information, please visit the American Heart Association's website at www.americanheart.org.

About ISM (formerly NAPM)
Founded in 1915, the Institute for Supply Management™ (ISM) is the largest supply management association in the world as well as one of the most respected. ISM's mission is to lead the supply management profession through its standards of excellence, research, promotional activities, and education. For more information, please visit the ISM's website at http://www.ism.ws

About Noosh
Noosh, Inc. offers superior, collaborative-procurement technology that rapidly cuts the real cost of doing business. Founded in 1998, the company is recognized as a market leader in collaborative process management and procurement of print, direct mail, and interactive media. Noosh customers include GE Capital, Honeywell Consumer Products Group, Star Tribune Company and other leading enterprises. For more information, please visit Noosh's website at www.noosh.com.

Noosh is the trademark and service mark, respectively, of Noosh, Inc. Other trademarks appearing in this release are the property of their holders.