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For Immediate Release

Zebra Technologies Corporation Utilizes TierConnect’s Application Technology in New Product Launch


PLMOUTH, Mich., March, 2010 — TierConnect, Inc. announced today that Lincolnshire, Illinois based Zebra Technologies Corporation Corp., the leader in on-demand printer and wireless solutions for tracking and managing enterprise assets, has purchased TierConnect’s web application technology for use in its own solutions. Zebra will utilize CoreConnect™ from TierConnect to develop and market new products for its logistics customer market. CoreConnect™ is a unique web application core technology engineered to drive functionality for continuous improvement manufacturing environments.

CoreConnect’s purpose is to assist manufacturers to produce quality enterprise web applications, backed by reliable, scalable, and proven technology. To this end, years of research have gone into defining a common technology architecture and platform to support these goals. CoreConnect was architected using various industry standard, Java-based web technologies to form the base application needed as the foundation for any web application. CoreConnect includes common requirements needed in application development including internationalization, security, ASP service hosting, and more. Applications built on CoreConnect enjoy about 40% lower long-term cost of ownership due to the relative ease of feature modifications enabled by the CoreConnect software manufacturing process.

TierConnect’s technology is incorporated into Zebra’s premier logistics solution called Material Flow™. Zebra leverages this solution to help customers schedule and track material requests and deliveries for a global manufactures.

About TierConnect, Inc.:
Founded in 2002, TierConnect’s cost-effective Enterprise Materials Management solutions help manufacturers compete and succeed. With expertise in complex supply chain management, TierConnect can streamline a supply chain with integrated SaaS or licensed applications that keep pace with business processes.
Specializing in Reverse Supply Chain Management, TierConnect’s web-based systems serve original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), third-party logistics providers, and outsourced service providers with optimized inventory usage to fight decreasing profits. TierConnect’s Non-Conforming Material Management application accurately tracks non-conforming materials in real time, while integrating with existing material management or ERP.
TierConnect’s Quality Issue Resolution software leverages the 8D corrective action process. Manufacturers solve complex problems rapidly by organizing work activity for global business environments. Visit www.tierconnect.com for more information.