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Enbridge Pipelines Accelerates Communication On Changes to Facilities and Equipment With Motiva eChange Solutions Business Editors & High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2000-- Today Motiva(R) announced that by deploying its eChange Solutions(TM) product, Enbridge Pipelines (TSE:ENB), (NASDAQ:ENBR) was able to use the Internet to provide access to design information from all field locations and eliminate delays of up to three to six months in sharing information on changes to facilities and equipment. Together with affiliate Lakehead Pipe Line, Enbridge operates the longest and most sophisticated crude oil and petroleum products pipeline system in the world. Prior to implementing the eChange system, Enbridge found it time consuming and complicated for personnel in remote sites to share updates to design information with the company's centralized engineering team. eChange Solutions manage and automate collaboration between worldwide design teams, customers and supply chain partners. The eChange system enabled Enbridge to provide remote staff and contractors with anywhere-access to current design information, reduce the cycle time of engineering changes, improve collaboration during both new construction and ongoing maintenance projects, and communicate efficiently across the extended enterprise. "We achieved immediate, quantifiable return on our investment in Motiva eChange Solutions," said Tamara Caldwell, engineering systems analyst for Enbridge. "Now all field locations have Internet access to updated information and we can communicate instantly with outside contractors. A CAD operator told me that drawing updates that would have taken two months to do before now take as little as two hours with Motiva eChange Solutions." "eChange Solutions are ideally suited for energy companies that have highly distributed networks of remote staff and outside contractors," said Michael Haviken, Motiva's COO. "Helping Enbridge drive change and improve collaboration across the extended enterprise is extremely gratifying." About Motiva Motiva is a leading provider of collaborative design change management solutions for e-business. Motiva eChange Solutions enable worldwide organizations to take advantage of the speed and global access of the Internet to drive product and facility change across the extended enterprise. eChange Solutions deliver measurable value to customers via the following core capabilities: information access, business process automation, CAD integration, configuration management, system connectivity and collaborative exchange. Motiva provides solutions to customers in the energy, automotive and other manufacturing industries. Today eChange Solutions are at work in more than 200 customers worldwide including Bonneville Power Administration, Borg-Warner, British Telecom, FG Wilson, Kimberly- Clark, Lockheed Martin, Pacific Gas & Electric, Pilkington Glass and Shell Oil. Headquartered in San Diego, Motiva has offices throughout North America and Europe. CONTACT: Motiva Tiffany Hawkins, 858/481-4822 ext. 164 tiffany@motiva.com
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