SYSPRO Named Private Technology Company of the Year

SYSPRO Wins Second Major Honor in As Many Weeks.

COSTA MESA, Calif. - May 18, 2009 -- SYSPRO, a leading, worldwide provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, has been named Private Technology of the Year by TechAmerica. SYSPRO, with US headquarters in Costa Mesa, Calif., won out over private technology companies that included Silicon Systems, D-Link Systems and Enclarity. The award was accepted by SYSPRO USA CEO Brian Stein and SYSPRO USA President Joey Benadretti at a May 14 banquet at the Hilton Orange County. Both Stein and Benadretti are long-time residents of Irvine, Calif.

TechAmerica was formed by the merger of the American Electronics Association (AeA), the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA), the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) and the Government Electronics & Information Technology Association (GEIA).

Only two weeks prior, SYSPRO was honored as "Software Company of the Year" by the Technology Council of Southern California, beating out Epicor Software Corporation and Guidance Systems.

The TechAmerica award, which is voted on by a panel of prominent judges, including top-notch business and educational leaders, is based on a set of stringent criteria, including:

• Technological breakthroughs
• How the product serves the needs of the market
• Ways in which the company's products and services are unique compared to the competition
• Sales and revenue growth
• Service to the community

SYSPRO USA Joey Benadretti said of this latest honor: "SYSPRO success is a direct reflection of the success of our customers." He cites three examples of how an investment in SYSPRO software is producing outstanding returns:

• Optical Cable Corporation's President and CEO Neil Wilkin states: "Our SYSPRO ERP system has delivered efficiencies by improving production flow and visibility, enabling us to make better business decisions.

  The company has improved gross profit by 31.2% and last year Exporter of the Year Award in Information Technology and Telecommunications from Commercial News USA, the official export promotion magazine of the U.S. Department of Commerce."

• Gary Lange, Director of Information Technology at Airborne Systems Group, notes: "Our ability to customize [SYSPRO] screens according to individual user needs has enhanced operational efficiency by more than 25%. Our users now have everything they need, where they expect to find it, without having to wade through additional screens and fields that they may not require. This results in an improved user experience and reduces new employee training time."

• TriStar Plastics of Massachusetts, an early adopter of SYSPRO's pioneering "green" enterprise resource planning (ERP) approach, reports that by utilizing the SYSPRO Material Yield System alone, the company has saved "hundreds of thousands of dollars" and has eliminated the need to send "thousands of pounds" of plastic remnants to land fills.

Benadretti continues: "Not only does SYSPRO offer a single, integrated enterprise software solution with exceptional core functionality and superlative ease-of-use features, but equally as important, SYSPRO provides unparalleled post sales support." He cites an example of the daily emails received commending SYSPRO on the support provided:

A Benicia, Calif.-based manufacturer writes: "It is very refreshing to see SYSPRO taking such concern in us as a customer. I have never seen a company take such a pro-active interest in their customers. It is truly appreciated."

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,"â„¢ consisting of pragmatic, visionary ERP executives that are driven by a desire for smart, but aggressive market growth.

About TechAmerica

TechAmerica is the nation's largest high-tech trade association and the leading voice for the US technology industry, which is the driving force behind productivity growth and jobs creation in the United States and the foundation of the global innovation economy. Representing approximately 2,500 member companies of all sizes from the public and commercial sectors of the economy, it is the industry's largest advocacy organization and is dedicated to helping members' top and bottom lines. It is also the technology industry's only grassroots-to-global advocacy network, with offices in state capitals around the United States, Washington, D.C., Europe (Brussels) and Asia (Beijing). TechAmerica was formed by the merger of AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association), the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA), the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) and the Government Electronics & Information Technology Association (GEIA). Learn more at www.techamerica.org.

About SYSPRO

Since its inception in 1978, SYSPRO has been delivering state-of-the-art business solutions to some of the world's leading companies. As a global leader in the production of world-class ERP software, the company now caters to the specialized needs of 14,000 licensed companies in more than 60 countries worldwide. SYSPRO is marketed globally through regional territory distribution centers and a global reseller network in the US, Canada, Africa, Asia Pacific, Australia and the UK. SYSPRO is a fully integrated business software solution that provides complete control over the planning and management of all facets of business including accounting, manufacturing and distribution operations in a variety of industries.

For additional information on SYSPRO, call Stanley Goodrich at 714/437-1000 or go towww.sysprousa.com

All company names and products mentioned in this release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

SYSPRO Positioned in ERP Magic Quadrant Report

SYSPRO Evaluated on Completeness of Vision; Ability to Execute.
JOHANNESBURG - June 10, 2009 - SYSPRO is recognized in Gartner's recently released "Magic Quadrant for Midmarket and Tier-2 Oriented ERP for Product-Centric Companies."1 SYSPRO is positioned in the report as a "challenger."
Gartner's Magic Quadrants graphically display vendors, rating them on two criteria: completeness of vision and ability to execute. Using different qualifiers per criteria for the varying industries, the Magic Quadrant then positions the vendors into one of four quadrants: Leaders;Challengers; Visionaries; Niche Players.
SYSPRO was one of the first companies to develop an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software solution. The company has continued to innovate its single product offering, adding unparalleled functionality, ease of use and customization capabilities that enable SMB (small, medium-size business) manufacturers and distributors to successfully compete in their respective industries by "leaning" and "greening" their operations.
Phil Duff, SYSPRO CEO, notes: "The Tier One market leaders are struggling to understand the vast difference in requirements for smaller businesses. We have been in this space for over 30 years, and we know what the market needs and have built these desired functionalities into the SYSPRO product. We will continue to help manufacturing and distribution companies realize their full potential by giving them an extra advantage that they can't get from other software providers, even those serving the largest companies."
"The SYSPRO status as a major software supplier to SMB manufacturers and distributors is confirmed by recent industry awards. Within the past month SYSPRO was named 'Software Company of the Year' by the Technology Council of Southern California and 'Outstanding Private Technology Company' by TechAmerica," notes Brian Stein, CEO, SYSPRO USA.
1) Gartner, Inc. "Magic Quadrant for Midmarket and Tier-2 Oriented ERP for Product-Centric Companies" by C. Hestermann, R. Anderson, and C. Pang, June 4, 2009
About the Magic Quadrant
The Gartner Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2009, by Gartner, Inc., and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
About SYSPRO
Since its inception in 1978, SYSPRO has been delivering state-of-the-art business solutions to some of the world's leading companies. As a global leader in the production of world-class ERP software, the company now caters to the specialized needs of 14,000 licensed companies in more than 60 countries worldwide. SYSPRO is marketed globally through regional territory distribution centers and a global reseller network in the US, Canada, Africa, Asia Pacific, Australia and the UK. SYSPRO is a fully integrated business software solution that provides complete control over the planning and management of all facets of business including accounting, manufacturing and distribution operations in a variety of industries.
For additional information on SYSPRO, call Stanley Goodrich at 714/437-1000 or go to www.sysprousa.com
All company names and products mentioned in this release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

SYSPRO Inventory Optimization Key to Recession Survival

SYSPRO, a leading, worldwide provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, said its Inventory Optimization software is helping manufacturers level out the current recessionary dip via the ability to cut costs by closely aligning inventory investments with realistic demand scenarios.SYSPRO USA President, Joey Benadretti commented, "SYSPRO customers are leveraging their systems to better manage inventory and offset the effects of the downturned economy." Supporting this theory is www.InventoryManagement.com that said, "[Today] we are not getting a classic recession, probably due to the fact that inventory management has been so much better than it was 30 years ago." Additionally, a recently published study by a leading research firm concluded that better inventory alignment is the most prevalent action many companies are taking in response to the recession

With systems like the SYSPRO Inventory Optimization suite, companies can significantly reduce inventory costs and fill current demands via superior inventory management. SYSPRO Inventory Optimization is designed to allow companies to model their environment by adjusting their policies, such as order frequency, risk, profit, etc., while monitoring the effects on cash flow, until they find the optimal balance between inventory levels and their desired customer service levels.

SYSPRO Software Foundation of Confectioner's Recall Plan

Chocolate Potpourri Product Recall Plan Leverages SYSPRO Software Functionalities .

COSTA MESA, Calif., Sep 10, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- SYSPRO, a provider of visionary ERP for the manufacturing pragmatist, has announced that its software is the foundation of a comprehensive product recall plan in place at Glenview, Ill.-based chocolate maker, Chocolate Potpourri.

Winner of numerous industry awards for its effective utilization of SYSPRO enterprise software, Chocolate Potpourri said it has established a product recall plan that fully leverages the extensive traceability and tracking capabilities inherent in SYSPRO software. Chocolate Potpourri's plan makes full use of these functionalities to trace product ingredients from origin, through the manufacturing process, to their ultimate destination, fully maintaining assurance certification and tracking expiration dates.

Using SYSPRO ERP queries, Chocolate Potpourri's recall team has the ability to locate the supplier of the suspect ingredients, the supplier production lots and the dates received. The team can call up the jobs to which the ingredients were issued, determine which customers had purchased the resulting products and issue a product recall, when required by governmental authorities.

According to Richard Gordon, president of Chocolate Potpourri, "SYSPRO ERP software not only enables us to compete successfully with the largest confectioners in the industry, but also to safeguard our customers and the public in the event of the recall of an ingredient."

Joey Benadretti, president of SYSPRO USA, adds, "SYSPRO has been on the forefront of providing greater visibility and control over quality and tracking in industries like medical devices, pharmaceuticals and food. In fact, SYSPRO software facilitates full compliance with the more stringent food recall standards being proposed by Congress."

SYSPRO's more thoughtful approach to adopting new technology 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,"(TM) consisting of pragmatic, visionary ERP executives that are driven by a desire for smart, but aggressive market growth.

About SYSPRO

Since its inception in 1978, SYSPRO has been delivering state-of-the-art business solutions to some of the world's leading companies. As a global leader in the production of world-class ERP software, the company now caters to the specialized needs of 14,000 licensed companies in more than 60 countries worldwide. SYSPRO is marketed globally through regional territory distribution centers and a global reseller network in the US, Canada, Africa, Asia Pacific, Australia and the UK. SYSPRO is a fully integrated business software solution that provides complete control over the planning and management of all facets of business including accounting, manufacturing and distribution operations in a variety of industries.

For additional information on SYSPRO, call Stanley Goodrich at 714/437-1000 or go towww.sysprousa.com

All company names and products mentioned in this release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.