New Exact Software Release Helps Manufacturers Thrive through Uncertain Economy

Exact JobBOSS 11 provides highly accurate date commitments on quotes so manufacturers can ship jobs on time and on budget

Exact Software™, the leading provider of solutions that help businesses better serve their customers by integrating their organization through optimized processes and structured critical knowledge, today announced that the latest iteration of its JobBOSS product empowers manufacturers to meet tight, ever-changing deadlines while increasing customer satisfaction, providing companies with a competitive advantage that is especially valuable during times of economic uncertainty. The ability to more accurately schedule and reschedule jobs as well as reallocate resources and work centers will have a profound impact on an organization’s ability to meet customer demands by fulfilling delivery promises as quoted.

Exact JobBOSS 11 makes it easy to:
Provide customers with projected delivery during the quoting process
Manage work center capacity down to the shift level and override by date
Finite schedule bottleneck work centers allowing better management of the work flow
Drive the shop schedule based on material availability
Use “what if” capabilities to see the impact on work center loads and delivery schedules
Gain immediate visibility into scheduled late jobs, missed deliveries and starts, unapproved jobs, jobs over estimates, and jobs waiting on materials

In addition, ShopBOSS advanced scheduler, available with JobBOSS 11, includes an interactive dashboard designed and built specifically for the production scheduler. This dashboard provides visibility into scheduled late jobs, missed job starts, jobs running over estimates, and jobs waiting on materials, allowing the scheduler to immediately address issues needing attention.

“Manufacturers are faced with unique challenges, particularly when it comes to complex assembly work,” said David Lechleitner, senior product expert of Exact JobBOSS. “If one component is delayed or a few members of the workforce aren’t available at just the right time, job completion dates and profit margins suffer. JobBOSS 11 employs a demand-driven manufacturing approach for overcoming these bottlenecks, improving the result of the bottom line.”

JobBOSS 11 includes numerous enhancements, including enhanced material linking, variable capacity per shift per day, improved performance of global scheduling, increased visibility into potential scheduling problems, and employee job assignment capabilities. To learn more about the latest additions to JobBOSS, visit www.exactamerica.com/jobboss/.

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 2,750 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.

Exact Software Americas is headquartered in Middleton, 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.

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