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Press Release Smart Software Launches New Website and Showcases Latest Product Enhancements at APICS 2006
Charles Smart leads session on spare parts inventory planning
Orlando, Fla., October 29, 2006 - "See What's Next" is the theme of
Smart Software's new website, launched this week in conjunction with the APICS
International Conference and Exposition in Orlando, Florida. In Booth
#618, Smart Software is showcasing the latest version of its flagship product,
SmartForecasts®
Enterprise, with powerful new conversion capabilities and customization tools
for automating the forecasting process, as well as its web-based collaborative
forecasting solution
SmartCollaboratorTM.
In addition, Charles Smart, president of Smart Software, is speaking on "Improving
Spare Parts Inventory Planning with a Focus on MRO Operations," at Session F-01,
on Sunday, October 29th, at 8:45 a.m. in Room 231 A-C.
Smart Software's completely redesigned website, which can be viewed at
www.smartcorp.com, features a streamlined look with more content and improved
organization. The "See What's Next" theme highlights Smart's
leadership in technological innovation and its pioneering solutions which help
organizations plan their future better, enabling them to See What's
Next.
Version 7 of SmartForecasts includes a new set of powerful conversion
capabilities that significantly enhance the S&OP process by increasing
planning flexibility and allowing more effective collaboration to take place
between departments. A new, automated set of "Forecast and Selection
Parameters" tools reduces forecasting tasks previously taking hours to complete,
to just a few minutes. These tools increase consistency and accuracy by
ensuring that the same set of SKU-specific parameters will be applied from one
forecasting session to the next.
Smart Software's SmartCollaborator is a forecasting and planning solution
that enables users of SmartForecasts Enterprise to publish forecast results and
reports via the World Wide Web, and manage real-time, interactive feedback among
planners. This process helps foster better consensus forecasting and more
efficient demand planning across a company's supply chain.
SmartForecasts is a cross-industry solution for demand forecasting, planning,
and inventory optimization. It integrates easily with host databases, such
as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and IBM DB2, as well as ERP and SCM systems
like Epicor, Adonix, and SAP. SmartForecasts contains award-winning,
patented technology for forecasting hard-to-forecast items with intermittent, or
"slow-moving", demand. This unique technology, which yields nearly 100
percent accurate estimates of inventory stocking requirements for any lead time
and desired service level, is being used by scores of companies with service
parts operations, as well as industrial tools and capital goods
manufacturers.
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
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SmartForecasts is a registered trademark and SmartCollaborator is a 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 Back to Press Releases
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