Hannover Fair 2005: Cincom Presents Innovative Solutions in Complex Manufacturing

Schwalbach/Ts., Germany, March 14, 2005 — At Hannover Fair in Hanover (April 11-16), Cincom Systems GmbH & Co. oHG will present solutions for streamlining business processes and accelerating operational efficiency in complex manufacturing (Digital Factory, Hall 16, Booth A 20/1). For discrete manufacturers with highly engineered and complex products with many variations, especially in Automotive, Heavy Machinery and Equipment, and Electronic Engineering, Cincom provides product and sales configuration systems ("quote to order") as well as ERP systems and quality management solutions. Cincom solutions help improve the efficiency in product engineering, production planning and control, technical sales, and order management. With more than 25 years of experience in complex manufacturing, Cincom clients take profit from high quality, high value, and very low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Cincom Manufacturing Business Solutions include the Cincom Quote to Order Suite, the enterprise management system CONTROL, and Cincom Quality Management.
Complex manufacturers with high variation, complex pricing, use Cincom Quote to Order Suite to accelerate their operational excellence by lean sales and quotation processes. Lead times from the first prospect contact until quotation and actual delivery of the configured products are considerably reduced; accurate and high-quality quotations and customized products and services lead to a drastically improved customer satisfaction. Typical applications are interactive selling, quotation automation, as well as product and price configuration.
Its technological foundation provides also an easy-to-use development tool for enterprise-wide complex rule-based applications such as expert systems, diagnostic or analytic systems.

For simplifying complex business processes in discrete and/or project-centric manufacturing, Cincom provides a mature, modular, web-based Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP). CONTROL:2005 meets all of today's requirements of complex manufacturing and supply-chain-management processes (Lean Manufacturing, Demand Management, Collaborative Management).
Cincom Quality Management provides an efficient and comprehensive set of quality control solutions as web-based application. Modular components, such as Document Control, Calibration System, Preventive Maintenance System, Training System, or Supplier Focus, can be implemented or standalone or integrated with Cincom's or third-party ERP systems.

About Cincom Manufacturing Business Solutions
Cincom Manufacturing Business Solutions provide ERP, SCM, and CRM systems as well as quality management solutions for complex manufacturers. For companies with high variation in configuration and complex pricing, Cincom Quote-to-Order solutions enable the efficient order, production, and delivery process of customized, complex products, e. g. in industrial equipment or machinery. Cincom Quality Management is an integrated system with sophisticated applications that address all quality-management objectives. CONTROL provides a web-based Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP). You will find more information about Cincom Manufacturing Business Solutions at http://www.cincom.com/manufacturing/.

About Cincom
With more than 36 years of experience in the software industry, Cincom Systems, Inc. (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA) ranks as one of the most experienced software manufacturers in the world. Cincom's products and solutions help its customers to simplify complex business processes, and to achieve a competitive advantage through the intelligent exploitation of their own data. Our high quality, rapid implementation, and superlative services offer our customers higher productivity and a faster time-to-market for their products and services, which results in a faster Return on Investment (ROI). Cincom's 850 employees serve more than 5000 customers in 93 countries, including Alcatel, AMD, Citibank, Federal Express, Karstadt/Quelle, Nationwide, Siemens and Trane. Cincom Systems GmbH & Co. oHG is the German subsidiary, with its headquarters in Schwalbach/Ts. More information about Cincom is available at www.cincom.com.

Corporate contact
Cincom Systems GmbH & Co. oHG
Dr. Monika Laurent
Am Kronberger Hang 4
D-65824 Schwalbach/Ts.
Telephone: +49 (0) 61 96-90 03-0
Fax: +49 (0) 61 96-90 03-270
E-Mail: infode@cincom.com
www.cincom.com

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Hanauer Landstraáe 161-173
D-60314 Frankfurt am Main
Telephone: +49 (0) 69-92 31 86-0
Fax: +49 (0) 69-92 31 86-22
E-Mail: cincom@hfn.de
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