OASIS MEMBER NEWS: MANUGISTICS AND EXTRICITY ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP

["Laura Walker" <laura.walker@oasis-open.org>]

MANUGISTICS AND EXTRICITY ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP

RESELLER AGREEMENT FOR B2B AND ELECTRONIC MARKETS ALONG WITH
MANUGISTICS INVESTMENT IN EXTRICITY

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.- May 16, 2000 - Extricity, Inc., a leading platform
provider for business-to-business relationship management (B2BRM) today
announced its strategic relationship with Manugistics Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:
MANU), a leading global provider of intelligent supply chain solutions for
enterprises and evolving eBusiness trading networks. The two companies have
entered into a reseller agreement in which Manugistics will resell the
Extricity B2B family of products to businesses and electronic marketplace
customers. Manugistics has also made an investment in Extricity as a part of
a $50 million mezzanine-level financing round made up of both
industry-leading corporate and financial investors.

This agreement is designed to enable Manugistics to integrate the Extricity
B2B platform into Manugistics NetWORKS(tm) solutions, enhancing the two
companies' offerings to joint clients in the supply chain, net market and
eRetailer markets segments.

"Our relationship with Extricity is focused on helping drive value in the
marketplace," said Greg Owens, president and CEO of Manugistics. "Together,
we plan to provide the B2B industry with best in class technology and
services so that companies can more easily engage in collaborative processes
in order to increase the efficiency of trading networks."

Extricity B2B(tm) 4.0 is a B2B software platform designed to power and
manage the collaborative flow of information and business processes among
multiple businesses and markets over the Internet. The new platform, to be
offered as part of the Manugistics WebConnect(tm) solutions, will help
enable the two companies' joint customers to integrate with their external
partners, suppliers and customers. In addition, the Extricity platform
combined with Manugistics NetWORKS Collaborate(tm) will facilitate automated
event-driven business processes among trading partners.


About Extricity
Extricity is a leading provider of B2B software products that allow
companies to manage the internal and external sharing of information and the
execution of interactions among software applications and business partners
over the Internet.  Extricity refers to this exchange and management of
information among groups of companies over the Internet as
business-to-business relationship management, or B2BRM.  Extricity's
Xtensible Markup Language (XML)-based platform provides an open,
standards-based solution that allows diverse information systems and
businesses to work together more effectively by automating and synchronizing
the flow of information and execution of processes.  The Extricity platform
supports a process-based flow of mission-critical information that enables
organizations to achieve operational efficiencies and to collaborate without
having to change their internal processes or information technology
environments, regardless of size, sophistication or existing software
applications.  Extricity's customers include Adaptec, Advanced Micro
Devices, MarketFusion, Inc., Mary Kay, Inc., Need2Buy.com, Solectron Corp.
and TSMC.  Extricity also works with system integrators and consulting
firms, including CSC, IBM Global Services and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Extricity's headquarters are located in Redwood Shores, Calif..

For more information, contact Extricity  by phone at (650) 596-4500, via
email at info@extricity.com, or on the Web at www.extricity.com.




About Manugistics, Inc.

Headquartered in Rockville, Md., Manugistics Group, Inc. is a leading global
provider of intelligent supply chain solutions for enterprises and evolving
eBusiness trading networks. With more than 900 clients, Manugistics powers
intelligent decisions for profitable growth in leading companies such as
Coca-Cola Bottling, Compaq, DuPont, General Electric, Harley-Davidson,
Hormel, Mobil, Nestle, Timberland, Unilever, United Distillers and Vintners,
and Wal-Mart.

This announcement contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties that include, among others, Manugistics limited operating
history, anticipated losses, unpredictability of future revenues, potential
fluctuations in quarterly operating results, competition, risks related to
quarterly performance, risks of system interruption, management of potential
growth, anticipated client benefits, delivery of software functionality,
risks of new business areas, international expansion, business combinations,
and strategic alliances. More information about factors that potentially
could affect Manugistics financial results is included in Manugistics
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 29, 2000 and Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended May 31, 1999, August 31, 1999,
and November 31, 1999.

Manugistics is a registered trademark, and the Manugistics logo, the phrase
"Leveraged Intelligence," NetWORKS, WebConnect, and NetWORKS Collaborate are
trademarks, of Manugistics, Inc. All other product or company names
mentioned are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks
of their respective owners. Additional information about Manugistics can be
found at the company's site on the World Wide Web, at
http://www.manugistics.com.


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Carolynn Sherby
Director, PR and Analyst Relations
Extricity Software
555 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 600
Redwood Shores, CA   94065
Direct 650-596-4531
Fax 650-596-1310
email:  csherby@extricity.com
www.extricity.com