SYSPRO FOOD SECTOR CLIENT CITES INVENTORY CONTROL GAINS

Chocolate Potpourri Leverages SYSPRO’s Lean Manufacturing Capabilities; Provides ERP Testimonial at 2008 Demand Planning & Forecasting Conference

LAS VEGAS – May 9, 2008 – SYSPRO, a provider of visionary ERP for the manufacturing pragmatist, announced today that customer Chocolate Potpourri has publicly testified to inventory control gains achieved through its SYSPRO deployment at a recent industry event held April 30 through May 2 in Las Vegas. Chocolate Potpourri’s speech, “The Benefits of Integrated Forecasting,” was delivered at the 2008 Demand Planning & Forecasting, Best Practices Conference hosted by the Institute of Business Forecasting (IBF). The keynote was given by Richard Gordon, president of Glenview, IL-based Chocolate Potpourri.

SYSPRO was invited by IBF to provide the customer testimonial to 120 manufacturing and distribution industry executives from across all industries. The goal of this IBF Best Practices conference is to help companies of all sizes to acquire the skill-sets and knowledge needed for accurate forecasts. Other companies presenting included: Pepsi, Sam’s Club, Herbalife, Saudi Telecom, E&J Gallo Winery and Texas A&M University.

Chocolate Potpourri’s Richard Gordon said that by using SYSPRO, the company has gained “... a more efficient, cost-effective view into its forecasting operations, and a substantial step forward towards Lean operations.”

Earlier this year, SYSPRO received industry attention from the recent announcement of its Families and Groupings module, which collects and aggregates common inventory stock codes into sophisticated categories to forecast business inventory with greater accuracy. The solution is the second in a three-module suite comprising the SYSPRO Inventory Optimization solution, designed to enable companies to effectively fulfill demand and improve profits.

SYSPRO’s more thoughtful approach to adopting new technology, such as web services and SOA platforms, also reflects the desires of its buyers who are driven by business needs and not by the latest headlines. This exemplifies SYSPRO’s ongoing strategy of helping to simplify the success of its customers. SYSPRO calls its buyer landscape “PragmaVision” ™ consisting of pragmatic, visionary ERP executives that are driven by a desire for smart, but aggressive market growth.

About IBF
The Institute of Business Forecasting (IBF) is recognized worldwide as the premier full-service provider of forecasting and planning services. For more than twenty years, the IBF has been helping businesses improve their forecasting accuracy in an effort to improve their bottom line by finding new and better ways to manage demand and improve supply chain efficiency. The IBF is known as a center of learning forecasting strategies and techniques, representing every major industry on a global level.