Smart Software and Purdue Pharma Canada Receive APICS Technology Partnership Award of Excellence

Denver, Colorado, October 22, 2007 - In a ceremony today at the APICS 2007 International Conference and Exposition in Denver, Colorado, APICS--The Association for Operations Management awarded Smart Software, Inc. and Purdue Pharma Canada the 2007 APICS Technology Partnership Award of Excellence.

The APICS Corporate Awards of Excellence is an annual competition that recognizes companies for significant contributions and performance excellence in the field of operations management.  The Technology Partnership Award recognizes a partnership between a technology solutions provider and a corporate customer, where the product noticeably increased the customer's success.  Entries are judged on the originality of the solution and the way it was developed, its usefulness to the customer and the ability to deliver results, supplier performance in creatively and effectively solving the customer's problems, and the expected future impact of the technology solution.

Purdue Pharma Canada has been a Smart Software customer for a number of years.  In 2005, Purdue Pharma and Smart Software partnered to improve the way the pharmaceutical company did its sales and inventory planning.  At that time, Purdue Pharma upgraded its Smart Software forecasting solution to SmartForecasts^® Enterprise, Smart's flagship product for demand forecasting, planning and inventory optimization.  In addition, Smart and its systems integration consultant, Datamorphics, Inc. of Concord, Mass., worked with Purdue's IT, materials planning, and marketing teams to design a way to interface with Purdue Pharma's new J.D. Edwards ERP system that complied with specific data security requirements while providing improved planning and marketing information through a set of customized business intelligence reports.

After Purdue Pharma went live with the finished SmartForecasts system in June 2006, the company was able to increase service levels and reduce inventory.  In addition, Purdue's planning and forecasting process became more efficient because of the special interfaces the integration team designed and built, and Purdue's ability to generate and use important planning information has improved substantially because of the custom reports that were also developed.

"Receiving this award is an important milestone in our long-standing relationship with Smart Software," said John Stewart, President and CEO, of Purdue Pharma Canada.  "The project we implemented with them has improved our inventory management and the way we make stocking decisions, as well as improve the efficiency of our operations.  SmartForecasts continues to produce outstanding results."

"This project was a true partnership with our valued customer, Purdue Pharma Canada," said Charles Smart, President and CEO of Smart Software.  "We're pleased to have been able to work with them to improve their planning operations in a way that has achieved so many positive results.  The APICS award is icing on the cake."

SmartForecasts Enterprise is a cross-industry solution for demand forecasting, demand planning, and inventory optimization that utilizes pioneering innovations, such as Smart Software's patented technology for forecasting intermittent, or "slow-moving", demand.  This unique technology is being used by scores of companies with service parts operations, as well as capital goods manufacturers in a variety of industries.  SmartForecasts also leverages customers' existing IT investments and reduces total cost of ownership by integrating easily with host databases, as well as ERP and SCM systems like Epicor, JD Edwards, and SAP.

About Purdue Pharma Canada
Purdue Pharma is an innovative pharmaceutical company, with Manufacturing, Research and Development, and Administrative facilities in Pickering, Ontario. The privately-held company is known for its pioneering research on persistent pain and associated treatments. Purdue is engaged in the research, development, production and distribution of both prescription and over-the-counter medications and hospital products. Additional information about Purdue Pharma Canada can be found at: www.purdue.ca.

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 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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