Smart Software Chosen for Two Industry Awards for Second Year

Belmont, Mass., September 7, 2006 - Smart Software, Inc., provider of industry-leading demand forecasting, planning, and inventory optimization solutions, today announced that two industry publications, Supply & Demand Chain Executive, and Inbound Logistics, have again chosen the company for recognition as a leader in its industry domain.  The awards focused on Smart Software's strengths in technical innovation and the ability to meet customers' needs.

For the second year, Supply & Demand Chain Executive chose Smart Software for its fifth annual "Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100" in its June/July 2006 issue.  This year's award focused on innovation.  This recognition, according to the magazine, puts Smart on the "cutting edge of supply chain transformation and enablement." 

Smart's entry this year highlighted its customer, Creativity, Inc., a leading U.S. supplier of products in the hobby crafts business.  Creativity has used Smart's flagship product, SmartForecasts®, and the company's training and consulting services to improve their demand planning processes and achieve multi-million dollar inventory savings in less than a year.

"This year's '100' are leading providers of supply chain services and technologies across a variety of industries that can demonstrate their solutions and services are at the forefront of innovation, addressing the needs of companies of varying sizes and assisting in the transformation of a diverse mix of the functions that make up the supply chain," said Andrew K. Reese, editor of Supply & Demand Chain Executive.

For the second year in a row, Inbound Logistics Magazine also awarded Smart Software a place on its "Inbound Logistics Technology 100 (ILT 100)" list of top technology providers.  According to the editors at Inbound Logistics, the companies chosen for the ILT 100 reflect customer needs for simplicity, high ROI performance, and efficient implementation.

"These awards continue to recognize our ability to effectively meet customer needs with pioneering innovations that help them achieve significant ROI and improve their supply chain performance," said Charles Smart, president of Smart Software. "We greatly appreciate these awards, as well as the support of our customers and others in the industry, and realize that this support depends on our meeting their needs with superior products and services."

SmartForecasts is a cross-industry solution for demand forecasting, planning, and inventory optimization that utilizes pioneering innovations, such as Smart Software's patented intermittent demand forecasting technology, to solve difficult demand planning problems and achieve improved service levels, reduced inventory costs, and high ROI for the company's customers.  Smart's training and business consulting services also enable customers to increase productivity and achieve maximum value from their software investment.

About Smart Software, Inc.
Founded in 1984, Smart Software, Inc. is a leader in providing businesses with enterprise-wide demand forecasting, planning and inventory optimization solutions.  Smart Software's flagship product, SmartForecasts, has thousands of users worldwide, including customers at mid-market enterprises and Fortune 500 companies, such as Monsanto, Mitsubishi, Siemens, Disney, Pfizer, GE and The Coca-Cola Company.  SmartForecasts gives demand planners the tools to handle sales seasonality, promotions, new and aging products, multi-dimensional hierarchies, and intermittently demanded service parts and capital goods items.  It also provides inventory managers with accurate estimates of the minimum inventory and safety stock required to meet future orders, thereby ensuring the most cost-effective inventory allocation to achieve desired service levels.  Smart Software is headquartered in Belmont, Massachusetts and can be found on the World Wide Web at www.smartcorp.com.

SmartForecasts is a registered trademark of Smart Software, Inc.  All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

For more information, please contact Smart Software, Inc., Four Hill Road, Belmont, MA 02478.
Phone: 1-800-SMART-99 (800-762-7899); FAX: 1-617-489-2748; E-mail: info@smartcorp.com

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