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ModusLink Presents Symposium on Supply Chain Management Best Practices

Industry Experts To Provide Insider’s View of Leading-Edge Innovations at October 27 Event in Amsterdam

Waltham, MA (October 21, 2004) – ModusLink Corporation, a subsidiary of CMGI, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMGI), today announced the presentation of “Face-to-Face with the Future: An International Symposium on the Next Generation of Supply Chain Management.”

The one-day seminar at the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam on Wednesday, October 27 will offer attendees important information on creating and sustaining the latest techniques, tools and intelligence for supply chain management systems. The symposium will feature Dr. Hau Lee, a noted leader and innovator in supply chain management and a professor at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.

“ModusLink is proud to present the latest in a series of important events to industry professionals,” said Joseph Lawler, President and CEO of CMGI. “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.”

Interested parties can register for “Face to Face with the Future” online by clicking here.

Topics covered during the symposium will include:

Essentials on how to calculate cash-to-cash conversion cycle times
Developing strategies for cutting real costs in the global supply chain instead of merely shifting costs
Dr. Lee’s AAA (Agility/Adaptability/Alignment) foundation of a supply chain
Case studies on world class 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.

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