BURLINGTON, MA, September 9, 2003—Manugistics Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MANU), a leading global provider of supply and demand chain solutions, today announced support for Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN) ReportNet. Cognos ReportNet, a complete, pure Web-based enterprise query and reporting environment, will power new analytic capabilities with the Manugistics 7 series supply and demand chain solutions - helping Manugistics offer its clients a strategic "dashboard" or one-stop reporting and analytics management tool.

"With the integration of Cognos ReportNet, we will provide great value to our global clients by delivering a unique solution - one that offers multinational organizations a one-stop reporting solution that is locale-sensitive, supported by a single metadata model," said Lori Mitchell-Keller, senior vice president of market strategy for Manugistics. "The extensive functionality offered by Manugistics and Cognos will enable the delivery of fully integrated planning, execution and business analytics which can help further our clients' strategic business objectives - enabling profitable growth, helping unlock the value of IT investment, and helping ensure the security and integrity of global supply chains."

The latest reporting and analytics upgrade - powered by Cognos ReportNet - in the Manugistics 7 series will be launched at Manugistics global event series enVISION2003 on October 26th - 29th. Manugistics' reporting and analytics solution is designed to help enable operational monitoring and performance measurement; provide a multi-dimensional view of business data, reusable metrics and measures; and offers alerting and analytical support for optimized design and performance. The solution is designed to help analyze causality and support informed business decisions by offering better, more timely access to critical business intelligence for an organization and its extended trading networks including customers, distributors, and suppliers.

"We are at a watershed point in the history of the business intelligence market. Business intelligence is becoming pervasive. Today everyone, everywhere, in every company needs business intelligence," said Ted Jandl, Cognos vice president of strategic partners. "The powerful combination of intelligence reach and richness ensures optimization of business value for customers. Cognos looks forward to working more extensively with Manugistics around the Cognos ReportNet solution to deliver on our mutual promise of true value in the most demanding of Global 3500 environments."

Manugistics, a Cognos Pinnacle PartnerT, provided extensive technical and field feedback to Cognos ReportNet as a beta client. Cognos ReportNet solution draws upon Cognos reporting and query leadership, delivering the next revolution of reporting. Cognos ReportNet is fully integrated within the entire breadth of the Cognos Enterprise Business Intelligence solution, including flexible scorecards, dashboards, powerful industry-leading OLAP analysis, event detection and alerting, and data integration.

Manugistics' solutions are now in use by companies in a wide variety of industries including automotive; chemical and energy; communications and high technology; consumer packaged goods; government, aerospace and defense; industrials; life sciences; and retail.

About Manugistics Group, Inc.
Manugistics is a leader in delivering innovative pricing and supply chain software solutions. Today, more than 1,200 clients trust Manugistics to help them reduce costs, increase revenues and enhance margins. The company provides comprehensive solutions for supply chain management, service and parts management, pricing and revenue optimization, and supplier relationship management. Its clients include industry leaders such as AT&T, BMW, Boeing, Canadian Tire, Cisco Systems, Circuit City, Coca-Cola Bottling, Coles-Myer, Diageo, DuPont, Ford Motor Company, Harley-Davidson, Kohl's, Nestle, Publix, RadioShack, Safeway, Smith & Nephew, Wegman's, Winn Dixie and Unilever. For more information, go to http://www.manugistics.com.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT
This announcement contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, continuing economic and political uncertainty, the timing and degree of business recovery, anticipated losses, unpredictability of future revenues, potential fluctuations in quarterly operating results, unexpected competition, risks related to quarterly performance, risks of new business areas, international expansion, business combinations and strategic alliances, lengthening of sales cycles for software products and services, and the effectiveness of the cost reduction efforts undertaken by Manugistics and their impact on the company's ability to operate its business. A decreased demand for enterprise application software due to weakened economic conditions could result in decreased revenues or lower revenue growth rates. 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 28, 2003. Manugistics assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this announcement.

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