2004 MAPICS Customer Conference Sessions ``MPower'' Manufacturers.Business Editors 2004 MAPICS (Manufacturing Accounting and Production Information Control System) A comprehensive and widely used ERP system from MAPICS, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (www.mapics. "MPower" Customer Conference ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 2004 Noted Business Author, Tom Peters and Olympic Hockey Champion, Mike Eruzione Mike "Rizzo" Eruzione (born October 25, 1954) is an American former ice hockey player who was the captain of the 1980 Winter Olympics United States national team that defeated the Soviet Union in the famous Miracle on Ice game. , Slated to Present to over 1,000 Attendees MAPICS, Inc. (Nasdaq:MAPX), a leading global provider of enterprise solutions for world-class manufacturers, announced some of its highlighted speakers and sessions for the upcoming 2004 MAPICS "MPower" Customer Conference, in Chicago June 6th-9th. Among the key attractions are presentations from noted business author and guru Tom Peters, Olympic hockey champion Mike Eruzione, prominent AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. industry analyst Jim Shepherd and top manufacturing industry publication editor-in-chief, Pat Panchak from Industry Week. Featured presenters will address MAPICS' strategy, trends in manufacturing, the direction of MAPICS' solutions and more. Tom Peters, a business and motivational speaker A motivational speaker is a professional speaker, facilitator or trainer who speaks to audiences, usually for a fee. The keynote speech generally takes place either at the beginning of the event, or the close of the event. , will kick off "MPower's opening session". Peters has authored several best selling books, including "In Search of Excellence" and "Re-imagine: Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age". His energy and enthusiasm for operational excellence and the pursuit to successfully compete, speaks to manufacturers and their numerous competitive challenges. Peters will offer his philosophies and observations for achieving operational excellence and creating a competitive advantage through sound operational and business processes. Mike Eruzione, captain of the gold medal-winning 1980 Olympics -- immortalized in the recent film "Miracle" -- has experienced success on and off the ice throughout his career. His motivational presentation, "Go For The Gold" closes the conference. Eruzione will offer an enlightening en·light·en tr.v. en·light·ened, en·light·en·ing, en·light·ens 1. To give spiritual or intellectual insight to: look at leadership in an intensely competitive field and finding new and innovative means to improve and excel. "We are proud to offer such exceptional, relevant speakers and content during our first consolidated, Americas conference since the Frontstep acquisition," said Dick Cook, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , MAPICS. "We have succeeded in continuing to raise the bar and provide speakers that deliver valuable guidance on how manufacturers can compete better and move their enterprises into the lead in today's global market." Other sessions will address additional business transformation strategies. Presenters, such as Shepherd and Panchak, will speak on such relevant topics as hot manufacturing industry trends, leveraging technology for competitive advantage, characteristics of the world's best manufacturing plants and more. Product-related breakout sessions and workshops throughout the conference will include customer success stories featuring MAPICS ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. , CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. and supply chain management solutions and other strategic extensions designed to increase business and operational efficiencies. MAPICS annual conference attracts more than 1,000 participants looking to transform their operations and processes to achieve world-class performance in key business metrics, gaining market share, operating at peak efficiency and exceeding customer expectations. To register, or to get more information about MPower 2004 visit: www.mapics.com. About MAPICS MAPICS is a leading global solutions provider focused exclusively on manufacturing. Building on more than 25 years of industry experience and proven success, MAPICS helps manufacturers be world class by gaining market share, operating at peak efficiency and exceeding customer expectations. MAPICS solutions include software-extended ERP, CRM and supply chain management-and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. . The solutions are implemented on the two industry-leading technology platforms-Microsoft and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) . Headquartered in Atlanta, MAPICS has implemented solutions in more than 10,000 customer sites in more than 70 countries. For more information, visit www.mapics.com. MAPICS is a trademark of MAPICS, Inc. Other brand and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Editor's note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : The correct usage of the MAPICS name is all capitals. 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