1. Overview of the Hitachi Global Responsibility Solution October 24, 2005

2. Introductions & Agenda Agenda Introduce Hitachi Consulting Our Experience in CSR Overview of Hitachi Global Responsibility Solution Demonstration of Key Features Q&A/Discussion

3.  Founded in 1910, Hitachi, Ltd. is one of the largest diversified corporations in the world, with almost 1300 integrated and subsidiary companies and about 340,000 employees worldwide.  $ 81.4 billion in revenue (FY 2003 ending Mar. 31, 2004)  A global 25 high-tech corporation, the 4 th largest Electronics company in the world, trailing only GE, IBM and Siemens, and one of the most admired companies in the world.  Hitachi’s Information and Telecommunications Systems business is its largest business globally. (almost 25% of Hitachi’s global business)  Hitachi spent more than $3.5 billion in R&D in 2004 (4.3% of revenues).  Japan and Asia account for a substantial portion of worldwide revenues today but there is a strategic focus on building the brand and increasing revenue in North America and Europe.  Hitachi is a leader in delivering global technology solutions  9 th largest Consulting and Systems Integration Services  9 th largest Professional Services  10 th largest IT Services  21 th largest Outsourcing Services  “i.e. HITACHI Plan” is a strategic plan initiated to transform Hitachi from a manufacturer to a solution provider  Hitachi Consulting acquisition was a key component in the execution of this strategy  Hitachi Consulting is Hitachi’s Business and IT Consulting company Over 20 years of successful engagements U.S. based executive team with headquarters in Dallas, TX 16 offices in the U.S. including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington D.C. Almost 900 professionals across all U.S. locations Hitachi provides access to capital and Global 100 clients  Hitachi Consulting focuses on key industries Food & Beverage / Consumer Goods Mfg. and Retail Energy & utilities Communications, Media & Entertainment Hi-tech Manufacturing & Software Providers A&D, Automotive & Industrial manufacturing  Hitachi Consulting offers a complete range of solutions from strategy through solution deployment Customer & Channel Solutions (CRM) Corporate Management Solutions (ERP and IT Strategy & Management) Supply Chain Solutions (SCM)  Hitachi Consulting leverages many years of strong competencies Business Intelligence Business Process Improvement Change Management IT Infrastructure Portals & eBusiness Technology (Lawson, Microsoft, Oracle/PeopleSoft, SAP, Siebel) Hitachi & Hitachi Consulting - Overview Inspiring Your Next Success! ®

4. Broad Solution Delivery Capabilities Customer Solutions Corporate Management Technology Integration & Business Intelligence Supply Chain Alliance Programs: SAP, Oracle, Siebel, Lawson, Microsoft Client Enterprise Strategic Service Lines

5. Understand Challenges: Ensure compliance, Manage Risk and Reduce Costs In response to substantial growth in code compliance standards, corporations are looking for ways to maintain compliance while remaining competitive in an intensely aggressive marketplace. Although various standards are designed to assist, measure and improve accountability, they often encompass various social/environmental/security issues and add to the complexity of implementing a formalized system. Stakeholders -- including analysts, mutual fund managers, shareholders, regulators, activists, labor unions, employees, community organizations, and the news media -- are asking companies to be accountable for their own performance AND for the performance of their entire supply chain, and for an ever-changing set of CSR issues. Businesses and organizations are looking for solutions to manage the complexity of the various codes and auditing functions while maximizing the economic and social benefits of their actions. However, despite emergence of advanced technologies, most compliance programs are performed manually because systems have failed to measure up to users’ expectations.

6. Solution Overview: Hitachi Consulting Corporate Social Responsibility Solution Hitachi Consulting offers a robust and scalable code compliance platform to capture, track, share, schedule, and report supplier audit information. The solution allows social compliance managers to measure the effectiveness of their organization’s programs by centrally storing and managing data related to internal and external audits, certifications, training, and corrective action plans (CAP). This includes being able to: identify risk issues prioritize corrective measures capture and track operations across a number of functional areas, and improve the productivity of your compliance staff

7. Unique CSR capabilities include: Customize Audit instrument and process Audit scheduling, history, and category summaries Corrective Action Plan setup and monitoring Environmental monitoring Offline entry of audits Auditor and manufacturer profiles Contact and document management Resource library Extensive reporting Sophisticated Analysis- Ad hoc Rapid implementation Web interface Minimal software and hardware requirements

8. Capture Design Audit instrument Contact Management Stakeholders Suppliers Manage Audit Scheduling Audit and CAP Execution Document Management Analyze Standard Reporting Ad-Hoc Reporting Overview of Hitachi Global Responsibility System (HGRS) Demonstration Roadmap

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10. Announcements and Scorecard Feature allows for customized announcements Scorecard your audit efforts

11. Customizable Dashboard Customize views and reminders so your team or external auditors don’t miss outstanding violations, audits, re-audits.

12. Manage Factories and Auditors Sort by Name, AKA, Branding, Address, or manual searches

13. Capture Factory Profiles Customizable fields allows you to quickly identify factory relationships with third parties such as agents

14. Capture Factory Profiles- additional views Flexible data capture options: -Allows for capture of languages spoken -Allows for capture of production capacity -Financial Data -Among others Allows for identification of cross relationships among vendors, agents, and factories

15. Manage Visit/Audit Activities Seamless upload of off line data Schedule individual or batch audits Quick search feature

16. Manage Corrective Action Plans Customize your own categories and audit instrument Pre-populate resolution and references Track progress, delays, efficacy of resolutions

17. Offline and Web Access Manage data off- line- synchronize easily via email

18. Document Management Attach documents to various categories: Audits, Auditors, Factories, and general documents

19. Advanced Analytics, Scorecarding and Reporting Ad-Hoc analysis- select your own metrics, drill down, slice, pivot, in a graph or table

20. Advanced Analytics on the road! Take your data with you on the road for presentations, region or factory reviews Ad-Hoc analysis available off-line via excel

21. Flexible Architecture Can run on your laptop… …Or your IT data center