July 12, 2005 — SYSPRO, a leading provider of enterprise software, announced that Start Magazine has named SYSPRO a “2005 Hot Company.” This latest honor marks the sixth year in succession that SYSPRO has received recognition from the publication as one of the “hottest” companies in the industry. Start’s editorial team judged nearly 100 entries and selected only 29 manufacturing solution providers as “Hot.”

According to Start Editorial Director Peggy Smedley, “The companies selected for Start’s Hottest Companies of the Year showed remarkable innovation in a challenging environment. I commend them for helping manufacturers compete in the global marketplace and make the most out of all of their available resources. We are excited to award these companies with one of the industry’s highest honors and believe they represent the best of the best in manufacturing technology.”

Joey Benadretti, president, SYSPRO USA, said of the honor, “We are, of course, delighted that our ongoing efforts to provide leading edge software to the manufacturing and distribution communities have again been recognized by Start Magazine. SYSPRO is a company dedicated to innovation and ‘translating’ technology so that it can be easily leveraged by businesses.”

During the past year, SYSPRO continued to introduce innovative software solutions to give small-to-medium size manufacturers and distributors the ability to compete on an equal basis with the largest companies in their respective industries. The following are among these recent introductions:

SYSPRO Analytics, a new end-to-end business intelligence (BI) solution that enables users to set up and deploy business analytics without the need for complex technical knowledge, costly front-end tools or lengthy implementation projects;

SYSPRO Forecasting, the first module of a complete, soon-to-be-released Inventory Optimization solution, which will allow companies to better fulfill demand and reduce inventory holding costs;

SYSPRO Version 6.0 features and functional enhancements that enable customers to better leverage the software across all areas of manufacturing, distribution and accounting and to more fully integrate their supply chains;

SYSPRO e.net solutions out-of-the-box Web-based applications that enable users to replace the Web application ‘desktop’ with a customizable dashboard and menu that provide a ‘portal-style’ look-and-feel.

SYSPRO also added multiple features to its CRM offering, providing new depth of functionality across the product’s sales, marketing and service arenas.