Teledyne Technologies EMS Business Unit Selects Steelwedge Software for Sales & Operations Planning
Technology-Enabled Load-Balancing Solution to Go Live in Less Than 6 Months

PLEASANTON, CA - Dec 14, 2005 -- Steelwedge Software, the leader in Enterprise Planning and Performance Management solutions, announced today that the Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) business unit of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) has selected Steelwedge software for Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP).
 
The EMS business unit manufactures low-to-moderate volume, high technology products for customers in complex communications, medical, defense, and aerospace industries. Teledyne needed to deploy a streamlined S&OP process to improve its strategic planning capabilities and to better load balance across clients and manufacturing cells to support rapid growth. The solution will include work cell-based rough cut capacity planning across multiple plants, collaborative demand forecasting, and S&OP scenario analysis capabilities. More than fifty users globally will be using Steelwedge. Key users include the business unit executive team, financial planners, production planners, manufacturing engineers, business development specialists, and program managers.

"We are pleased that Teledyne EMS chose Steelwedge for S&OP," said Steelwedge CEO, Timothy Campbell. "With this selection, Steelwedge continues to be validated as the preferred provider of S&OP solutions to the market place."

"We selected Steelwedge for its best-in-class S&OP solution, its innovative Enterprise Excel-based user interface, its powerful analytic capabilities, and its ability to be quickly deployed," said Norm Wolstein, General Manager of the Electronics Manufacturing Services business unit of Teledyne Technologies. "We expect the solution to go live in less than six months and to play a key role in supporting our growth."

About Steelwedge Software
Steelwedge Software, Inc. is the leading innovator in the emerging field of Enterprise Planning and Performance Management, helping manufacturing companies create, validate and synchronize functional plans, actively align them with business and financial targets, and gain executive visibility and control over enterprise performance. Founded in 2000, Steelwedge Software is privately held and located in Pleasanton, California. For more information, please visit www.steelwedge.com.

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