``You're Hired:'' IDS Scheer Announces Apprentice Season One Winner Bill Rancic as Keynote Speaker for ProcessWorld 2005.

BERWYN, Pa. -- Apprentice Winner to Apply Entrepreneurial Spirit and Lessons Learned to Business Process Management Professionals

IDS Scheer, the leading provider of business process excellence services and tools, today announced the keynote speaker for its annual ProcessWorld 2005 conference at the Seminole Hard Rock & Casino in Hollywood, FL, April 3-6 - Bill Rancic, the first-season winner of The Apprentice. In addition, Prof. Dr. August-Wilhelm Scheer, Founder of IDS Scheer, and Dr. Mathias Kirchmer, CEO, IDS Scheer in North America, will be featured speakers. Dr. Mathias Kirchmer's presentation is titled, "Process Governance: Orchestrating the Management of BPM."

ProcessWorld 2005 is a three-day event that brings together business process experts and thought leaders from around the world to share best practices and gain insights on how to harmonize the concepts, theories and applications of business process management for long-term success; the conference theme is "Orchestrating Business Process Excellence" which reflects the unique discipline needed to ensure successful process improvement initiatives. The conference provides a forum for decision makers, technical strategists and business process improvement executives to learn, understand and collaborate on effective business process management. Keynote sessions and workshops provide insight into new concepts and applications that are shaping the future of business process management.

As season-one winner of "The Apprentice," created by Donald Trump, Bill Rancic is busy overseeing the construction of the Trump Tower in Chicago. His recent book "You're Hired: How to Succeed in Business and Life" was ranked number 6 on the Wall Street Journal's best selling book list. Eight years ago, Mr. Rancic founded cigarsaroundtheworld.com in a 400 square foot apartment and has built the business into a multi-million dollar national operation. While he still manages the day-to-day cigar operation of the business, he is also making a name for himself in the Chicago real estate market. At ProcessWorld, Mr. Rancic's April 4 keynote is titled, "The Entrepreneurial View on BPM." In a later session, he will participate in a 45-minute panel discussion titled, "Orchestrating Business Process Excellence - Challenges of the Entrepreneur of Tomorrow."

"We are pleased to announce Mr. Rancic as our keynote speaker. His presentation is most timely as he presents his entrepreneurial approach to BPM as he applies those principles in the real estate project he is overseeing in Chicago," said Dr. Mathias Kirchmer, CEO of IDS Scheer in North America. "Attendees at ProcessWorld will benefit from his insight as well as witness dynamic sessions from customers implementing BPM solutions, and industry thought leaders sharing their market perspectives."

Offered in three main session tracks consisting of Approaches & Enterprise Architectures, Best Practices & Lessons Learned, and Applications & Tools, the conference will cover a variety of topics including Sarbanes-Oxley, Six Sigma, ISO, SAP NetWeaver, SCM, ERP CRM, Process Modeling, Enterprise Architecture, Process Automation and Workflow. ProcessWorld also features a partner pavilion where exhibitors will present concepts and demonstrate solutions to complete the business process lifecycle. For more information about this year's event, visit http://www.usprocessworld.com or call 866-265-1105.

About IDS Scheer in North America

IDS Scheer is the leading provider of solutions for business process excellence. The company's ARIS-based solutions offer a complete portfolio for "Business Process Excellence," including the services, software and methods to address all phases of the business process lifecycle: design, implementation, execution and continuous improvement. From small/medium enterprises to Global 1000 organizations, IDS Scheer provides a wide array of solutions to help customers optimize, and profit from, their investments in Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and Next Generation Business Process Automation solutions. As a SAP Global Services Partner, IDS Scheer enables customers to maximize their SAP investment and build winning businesses. As part of an organization of more than 2000 employees worldwide and over 250 in North America, IDS Scheer is built upon a foundation of business process excellence that began when the company was founded in 1984 by August-Wilhelm Scheer, widely recognized as a founding father of Business Process Management. For more information on IDS Scheer in North America, visit http://www.ids-scheer.com/us.

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