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Press Release Smart Software Chosen for 100 Great Supply Chain Partners Award for Fourth Year
SupplyChainBrain Magazine Selects Smart Software for Customer-Nominated Recognition
Belmont, Mass., September 15, 2009 - Smart Software, Inc., provider of
industry-leading demand forecasting, planning, and inventory optimization
solutions, today announced that SupplyChainBrain (formerly Global
Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies) has chosen the company for its list
of "100 Great Supply Chain Partners" for the fourth year in a row. Smart
was nominated for this distinction by several of its customers in manufacturing,
distribution, and service parts organizations that are using its flagship
product, SmartForecasts® Enterprise, to solve their demand
forecasting and inventory planning problems. The award focused on Smart
Software's strengths in helping its customers improve their efficiency and
overall supply chain performance.
Smart Software was chosen from more than 500 vendors for the 2009
list of 100 Great Supply Chain Partners published in the July issue of
SupplyChainBrain magazine. According to the magazine, "The purpose of
this list is to recognize those vendors that have so impressed our readers that
they deserve to be singled out and held up as examples for others in the
industry."
The "100 Great Supply Chain Partners" program is the result of a six-month
on-line poll in which logistics and supply chain professionals nominated vendors
and service providers "whose technology, logistics, transportation or consulting
solutions have made a significant impact on their company's efficiency, customer
service and overall supply chain performance." SupplyChainBrain received
more than 2700 nominations from small and large companies covering scores of
different industries around the world.
The magazine's nominating process revealed those qualities that nominating
companies most looked for in their vendors, and decisions were made on the
"quality" of the nominations. This year, the following 10 qualities stood
out: 1. Reliability, 2. Excellence, 3. Value and cost savings, 4. Expertise and
knowledge base, 5. Problem-solving ability, 6. Continuous improvement, 7.
Support, 8. Positive culture, 9. Global reach capabilities, and 10. Strong
management.
"We are very grateful to the customers that nominated us again for this
award. Each year the competition gets stiffer, and each year the quality
of the nominations runs high," said Charles Smart, president and CEO of Smart
Software. "We will continue to be committed to providing excellent value
for our customers that enables them to improve their demand and inventory
planning, realize results that make a positive impact on their businesses, and
deem us worthy for next year's nomination."
SupplyChainBrain covers leading edge strategies and real-world
solutions for executives at the highest levels of supply chain management.
It claims more than 200,000 projected readers worldwide.
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 Abbott
Laboratories, Mitsubishi, Siemens, Disney, Pfizer, Nikon, 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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