Epicor® Customer Symetrics Wins Progressive Manufacturing 100 Award

Epicor Software Corporation (NASDAQ: EPIC), a leading provider of enterprise business software solutions for the midmarket and divisions of Global 1000 companies, today announced that its customer, Symetrics Industries, LLC, is a winner of the 2009 Progressive Manufacturing 100 (PM100) Awards, presented by Managing Automation Media, a Thomas Publishing Company, LLC publication.

Symetrics was named to the PM100 for its Manufacturing Systems Modernization Initiative, the company’s multi-year project comprising deployment of new manufacturing systems to automate and streamline operations, and improve data flow throughout the organization.

The foundation of Symetrics’ modernization initiative is Epicor’s most recent award-winning enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution, Epicor 9, which provides Symetrics with support for manufacturing processes from proposal to delivery, including invoicing/collection, HR and payroll. Epicor has helped Symetrics streamline operations, improve cycle time and reduce errors, while improving the company’s on-time delivery record with best-in-class responsiveness, flexibility and dependability.

“Our Epicor system brings together information from all aspects of our business to provide ‘one version of the truth,’ via one set of data,” said Peter Volkert, director, Information Systems for Symetrics. “This greatly reduces and eliminates errors of the past caused by our use of disparate systems with different information on different spreadsheets throughout different departments. Every user on the Epicor system—from shop floor to top floor—now has the ability to see exactly where the product is in each stage of production. Better information and more consistent information equal fewer mistakes and less wasted time, money, and material.”

“Today manufacturers require decision support in real time, and they want it deployed in the tools they already use, day in and day out,” said James Norwood, vice president of product marketing for Epicor. “As demonstrated by Symetrics’ implementation, Epicor takes business management and control to the next level by extending reach, synergy and visibility to the organization. As the first customer to go live on our innovative next-generation ERP platform, Symetrics is most deserving of this industry recognition as a progressive manufacturer leveraging technology to achieve outstanding business results.”

David R. Broussell, editor-in-chief of Managing Automation Media, commented, "In the face of one of the worst economic downturns in history, these winning companies dramatically underscore how the manufacturing industry will not only get through this period, but emerge in an even stronger position once a recovery takes hold. The projects that enabled these companies to become PM100 winners reflect great creativity and inventiveness, a determined willingness to take risk, and an enduring resilience to continually improve every aspect of their business. These companies are leading the way to a better future for all industry."

Judged by an independent panel of publication management, industry analysts, industry executive and past winning companies, the PM100 recognizes 100 projects that have achieved distinction in at least one of the eight core disciplines critical to business success in the years ahead. Symetrics and the other PM100 winners will be honored and presented with their awards at the Progressive Manufacturing Awards Gala to be held on the last day of the Progressive Manufacturing Summit 2009: Redefining the Business of Manufacturing in Turbulent Economic Times, June 9-11, at the Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota, Fla.

About Epicor Software Corporation

Epicor Software is a global leader delivering business software solutions to the manufacturing, distribution, retail, hospitality and services industries. With 20,000 customers in over 150 countries, Epicor provides integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM) and enterprise retail software solutions that enable companies to drive increased efficiency and improve profitability. Founded in 1984, Epicor celebrates 25 years of technology innovation delivering business solutions that provide the scalability and flexibility businesses need to build competitive advantage. Epicor provides a comprehensive range of services with a single point of accountability that promotes rapid return on investment and low total cost of ownership, whether operating business on a local, regional or global scale. The Company’s worldwide headquarters are located in Irvine, California with offices and affiliates around the world. For more information, visit www.epicor.com.

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