SalesLink Presents Symposium on Supply Chain Management Best Practices

Industry Experts To Provide Insider's View of Leading-Edge Innovations at June 24 Event in Santa Clara , CA.

Charlestown , MA ( June 10, 2004 ) — SalesLink Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of CMGI, Inc. (Nasdaq: CMGI), today announced the presentation of "Face-to-Face with the Future: A Symposium on the Next Generation of Supply Chain Management."

The one-day seminar at the Santa Clara Marriott on Thursday, June 24 will offer attendees important information on creating and sustaining the latest techniques, tools and intelligence for supply chain management systems. The symposium will be led by Dr. Hau Lee, a noted leader and innovator in supply chain management and a professor at Stanford University 's Graduate School of Business.

"SalesLink is proud to bring this important event to industry professionals," said Bryce C. Boothby Jr., president of SalesLink's SCM business. "Dr. Lee offers indispensable expertise on the evolving world of supply chain management. This symposium is going to be invaluable to any executive whose responsibilities include corporate strategy, product design, sourcing and procurement, logistics, IT, finance, marketing, or customer support."

Topics covered during the symposium will include:

• Essentials on how to calculate cash-to-cash conversion cycle times
• Dr. Lee's AAA (Agility/Adaptability/Alignment) foundation of a supply chain
• The opportunities and pitfalls of launching a supplier managed inventory
• Case studies on supply chain management principles across a broad range of industries

Professor Hau Lee is the Thoma Professor of Operations, Information and Technology at Stanford University 's Graduate School of Business. He is also the co-director of the Stanford Global Supply Chain Management Forum, an industry-academic consortium to advance the theory and practice of supply chain management. Professor Lee sits on the board and advisory board of several supply chain software companies and is a co-founder of Evant and DemandTec.