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MAPICS Regional Conferences Bring Together World-Class Manufacturers Across Europe
ATLANTA --(Business Wire)-- June 4, 2004 -- MAPICS, Inc. (Nasdaq/NM: MAPX), a leading global provider of enterprise solutions for world-class manufacturers, recently gathered manufacturers from across Europe at conferences held in France, UK and Germany to share best practices and learn how MAPICS solutions can help them achieve world-class success. Customers and partners from Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, France, UK, Poland, the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland benefited from these unique localized events.
While the economy across Europe is recovering at different rates, the pace of innovation and change in manufacturing is accelerating. It is now more important than ever for companies to align their businesses with customer expectations and define strategies for world-class manufacturing success. MAPICS' regional European conferences provided a valuable forum for business and technology executives to learn more about making the best use of their information technology investments to drive improvements and advance their business. During this year's annual events, MAPICS demonstrated how its comprehensive enterprise solutions can help manufacturers automate and optimize the unique processes that define their businesses, and position them to better operate at peak efficiency, exceed customer expectations and gain market share.
During the conferences, attendees had the opportunity to hear first-hand about real-world customer experiences with MAPICS solutions, gain knowledge about the latest trends from industry experts and experience product demonstrations. MAPICS customers were eager to learn more about MAPICS SyteLine ERP, the company's extended ERP suite on the Microsoft .NET platform, which was recently delivered in localized versions to meet the needs of European countries.
"We've developed these regional conferences, presented in the local language, as a way to better address the ongoing needs of our European-based customers that are looking to transform their businesses," said Dick Cook, president and chief executive officer. "Through these events, we're continuing to expand our role in assisting customers in developing effective IT strategies that allow them to improve their profitability and outperform their competition with prudent investments."
Featured presenters addressed the company's strategy, trends in manufacturing, the direction of MAPICS' solutions and more. Other sessions presented by Deloitte and Touche and Cognos addressed additional business transformation strategies that related to supply chain management and key performance Indicators.
MAPICS has nearly 1000 customers in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, including large, multi-national enterprises such as Volvo Construction Equipment, SKF, JLG, IKO, MAN, Krone, Smiths Industries, Dana, Bayer and Legrand. MAPICS ERP, SCM and CRM solutions are internationalized for the European marketplace and are supported by a comprehensive network of MAPICS professionals and affiliates. The company is expanding rapidly across EMEA and there is increasing opportunity in emerging markets such as Russia, Czech Republic and Turkey. There are now many European customers using the latest versions of MAPICS SyteLine ERP and MAPICS ERP for iSeries.
These regional European conferences were precursors to the upcoming 2004 MAPICS "MPower" Customer Conference, to be held in Chicago June 6-9. Among the scheduled key attractions at this year's international conference are presentations from noted business author and guru Tom Peters, Olympic hockey champion Mike Eruzione, prominent AMR industry analyst Jim Shepherd and top manufacturing industry publication editor-in-chief, Pat Panchak from Industry Week. To register, or to get more information about MPower 2004 visit: www.mapics.com.
About MAPICS
MAPICS is a leading global solutions provider focused exclusively on manufacturing. Building on more than 25 years of industry experience and proven success, MAPICS helps manufacturers be world class by gaining market share, operating at peak efficiency and exceeding customer expectations. MAPICS solutions include software-extended ERP, CRM and supply chain management-and professional services. The solutions are implemented on the two industry-leading technology platforms-Microsoft and IBM.
Headquartered in Atlanta, MAPICS has implemented solutions in more than 10,000 customer sites in more than 70 countries. For more information, visit www.mapics.com.
MAPICS is a trademark of MAPICS, Inc.
Other brand and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Editor's note: The correct usage of the MAPICS name is all capitals.
Statements in this press release or other wise attributable to the Company regarding the Company's business which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "rebounding," "can," "expanding," "opportunity," and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Many factors could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company including, without limitation, economic recovery, the availability of qualified resources and offerings, relationships with business partners and customers, the ability to develop and enhance products and other risks detailed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10K and other filing with the SEC. The company undertakes no obligation to revise or publicly update these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information or otherwise.
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