Exact JobBOSS Partners With CEBOS to Bring MQ1 Quality Management to Job Shops

Partnership to Provide Exact Shop Floor Manufacturing Software Users With Upgraded ISO, Six Sigma, Compliance Capabilities
Exact Engage 2008 User Conference

Exact Software North America LLC, (”Exact Software”), a leading provider of solutions that connect the people, processes and knowledge essential to an organization, today announced a partnership with quality management and compliance software provider CEBOS to bring CEBOS’ MQ1™ quality management software system to users of Exact’s JobBOSS®, its industry-leading shop floor manufacturing software.

MQ1 helps companies running JobBOSS improve the processes that drive a top-notch quality program. MQ1 can help organizations implement and maintain ISO and Six Sigma standards, and respond to industry-specific or government requirements, including FDA and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance mandates.

MQ1 can be customized to support the wide variety of quality practices and procedures common among small and mid-sized manufacturers today, including existing processes that have already been implemented. Whether a shop uses an “8D” or a “5 Why” problem-solving methodology, or even a method unique to a specific business or industry, MQ1 allows JobBOSS users to tailor responsibilities, tasks and required steps to complete corrective or preventative actions and non-conformances.

“MQ1 delivers a comprehensive quality solution that helps JobBOSS users focus on activities that add the highest value to their quality program,” said Steve Massey, General Manager for Exact JobBOSS. “That was our goal for this relationship, and the MQ1 integration delivers.”

MQ1 delivers the following for JobBOSS customers:
Manages quality documents, including keeping a record of printouts
Records non-conformances and tracks corrective and preventative actions
Helps organizations maintain equipment and machines by tracking preventative maintenance records
Provides useful analytics that help organizations evaluate the success and cost of their quality program

To see how Exact has raised the bar on quality with MQ1, visit the Exact JobBOSS booth at the Engage 2008 Vendor Showcase.

Exact JobBOSS is the leader in shop management software for job shops, small to medium-sized make-to-order, engineer-to-order, contract, and mixed-mode manufacturers, and has maintained that leadership standing since it was originally developed in Minneapolis in 1984. More than 4,300 customers and 23,000 users worldwide benefit from the control that JobBOSS gives them to easily manage all of the processes and changes their shops experience on a daily basis. For more information, please visit www.exactamerica.com/jobboss.

About CEBOS

CEBOS is a leading provider of company-wide quality management and compliance software and services. CEBOS’ MQ1 software offers significant time savings while providing the assurance that your company is in compliance with industry and governmental regulations including: ISO 13485, Sarbanes Oxley, ISO 9001:2000, TS 16949, FDA, 21 CFR Part 11, ISO 14001, Layered Process Audits, and many more.

About Exact Software™

Established in 1984, Exact Software is one of the world’s leading providers of business software solutions. Its integrated solutions comprise traditional enterprise resource planning (ERP) as well as related software solutions such as human resource management (HRM), customer relationship management (CRM), corporate performance management (CPM), project management and electronic workflow.

Exact is headquartered in Delft, the Netherlands and has offices in Europe, the Middle East, North, Central and South America, Asia, Australia and Africa. With around 2750 employees, subsidiaries in more than 40 countries, and solutions available in 40 languages, Exact currently serves customers in more than 125 countries.

Revenues in 2007 amounted to € 252.1 million. Exact Holding N.V. has been listed on Euronext Amsterdam since June 1999. For further information about Exact Software visit www.exactsoftware.com.

Exact Software Americas is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, and is responsible for the management, development, marketing, sales and services associated with the Exact Synergy and Exact Globe Enterprise brands in North, South and Central America, as well as the Exact Macola ERP, Exact JobBOSS, Exact MAX, Exact Alliance/MFG and Exact Business Analytics brands worldwide. For more information, please visit: www.exactamerica.com.

Exact, Exact Software, Macola, Synergy, Globe Enterprise, JobBOSS, MAX, Alliance, and Exact Business Analytics are trademarks or registered trademarks of Exact Holding N.V. and/or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries.
Contacts

PAN Communications
Mike O’Connell, 978-474-4900
exact {at} pancomm(.)com
or
Exact Software
Harry Merkin, 978-409-6907
harry.merkin {at} exactsoftware(.)com