Berner Foods Enables Quality Assurance and Regulatory Compliance with Ross Systems.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2004

Leading Private-Label Cheese Manufacturer Meets Mandates for Food

Safety and Quality with iRenaissance

Ross Systems (NASDAQ: ROSS), a leading global provider of enterprise software solutions for manufacturers, today announced that Berner Foods, Inc., a market-leading supplier of quality food products including processed cheese, natural cheese and soy beverages, is among the food manufacturers it is helping to comply with government regulations and protect America's prepared food supplies. Using Ross' iRenaissance enterprise software system, Berner is working to comply with critical federal regulations and streamline its private-label manufacturing, improving efficiencies and increasing profit margins.

To meet increasing regulatory scrutiny from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and specifically the record keeping and traceability requirements of the Bioterrorism Act of 2002 (BTA), Berner has implemented a broad-reaching technology infrastructure that is helping the company's practices today and will serve as a foundation for future opportunities.

As a private-label manufacturer, Berner contends with tight margins, necessitating maximum efficiency, visibility and productivity in its manufacturing operations to ensure profitability. Finding a trusted partner in Ross, Berner implemented iRenaissance as its system of record for manufacturing operations, quality control, supplier management, financials and regulatory management.

Berner now has the ability to trace products and supplies and perform mock recalls to ensure compliance with federal food safety guidelines. The lot traceability, recipe management and quality control applications in iRenaissance provide the data and functionality to maintain and inspect food records, including the source and movement of all raw materials, the process by which product is produced and destinations where all product is shipped. With Ross' comprehensive solution, conducting mock recalls at Berner has gone from taking an entire day to a mere 30 minutes.

"Ross' iRenaissance helps us comply with strict quality control mandates from regulatory bodies and the expectations of our customers," said Gary Gold, vice president of quality assurance for Berner Foods. "With the ability to immediately determine the disposition of any raw ingredient, throughout production and distribution of all finished products, we are streamlining mock recalls and food safety audits. In addition, the attribute-tracking capabilities in iRenaissance allow us to monitor for quality and ensure we're delivering products that will meet the expectations of each customer."

The Ross iRenaissance solution was built on the company's expertise in serving process manufacturers, especially food manufacturers faced with addressing specific needs such as quality control, regulatory compliance, food safety and profit-margin improvement. Ross' focus on medium-sized businesses also appealed to the Berner team's need for rapid implementation and minimal customization during deployment.

"At Ross, we are committed to helping our clients' run better businesses, from planning and sourcing to the plant floor to customer service," said Scot McLeod, Ross vice president of marketing. "With iRenaissance as their operational system of record, food processors are operating in compliance and containing the scope of potential recalls while increasing focus on the development of new products and growing their businesses."

About Berner Foods

Berner Foods, Inc. is a market-leading supplier of quality food products including processed cheese, natural cheese and soy beverages. With entrepreneurial beginnings as Swiss cheese makers dating back 60 years, Berner Foods offers leading-edge products and services to the supermarket, drug, mass merchandiser, club, dollar store, specialty food distributor, foodservice and contract manufacturing channels.

About Ross Systems

Ross Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROSS) delivers innovative software solutions that help manufacturers worldwide fulfill their business growth objectives through increased operational efficiencies, improved profitability, strengthened customer relationships and streamlined regulatory compliance. Focused on the food and beverage, life sciences, chemicals, metals and natural products industries and implemented by more than 1,000 customer companies worldwide, the company's family of Internet-architected solutions is a comprehensive, modular suite that spans the enterprise, from manufacturing, financials and supply chain management to customer relationship management, performance management and regulatory compliance. For more information, visit www.rossinc.com.

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