Camstar Continues to Expand Out-Of-The-Box Integration to Leading ERP Systems.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 2003

Camstar's InSite Improves Business

Processes for JD Edwards Users With Streamlined Access to

Manufacturing Information

Camstar, a leader in enterprise manufacturing performance management systems, today announced InSite(TM) LiveConnect for JD Edwards, a standards-based software integration package that ties Camstar's InSite manufacturing execution system (MES) with JD Edwards' popular ERP system. The package will provide JD Edwards users with expanded integration, enterprise scalability across multiple plants, increased utilization of existing applications and reduced overall costs of system management.

Adding to Camstar's existing ERP integration solutions for Oracle, Peoplesoft, and SAP, InSite LiveConnect for JD Edwards provides a highly scalable environment that allows companies to integrate easily real-time manufacturing information from multiple plants with enterprise planning and financial applications. With LiveConnect for JD Edwards, information is synchronized automatically between InSite and JD Edwards. This enhanced communication between the applications provides greater manageability and lower system support costs, allowing manufactures to scale faster and meet increasing customer demands. Additionally, JD Edwards' life sciences customers will benefit from the integration of InSite LiveConnect for JD Edwards and Camstar's InSite Life Sciences Edition, which addresses FDA compliance and CAPA requirements.

InSite Live Connect takes full advantage of existing XML industry standards to allow for greater scalability and multi-point integration while reducing integration cost by as much as 65% - 80% by using out-of-the box adapters. LiveConnect uses predefined business logic and process flows that follow best practices for data integration. The key integration points between InSite and JD Edwards provide enhanced visibility and management of production orders, accurate data for planning, and actual work in process (WIP) and finished goods costs.

"Next generation plant software has to move away from point-to-point interfaces in order to build the necessary infrastructure for business process improvement. Any new investments should be built on a flexible point-to-framework approach," said Greg Gorbach, director of manufacturing practice at ARC. "Manufacturers need connectivity solutions like Camstar's LiveConnect that scale across multiple sites and enable real-time performance management."

About Camstar Systems, Inc.

Headquartered in Campbell, Calif., Camstar is a leading provider of manufacturing performance management systems for life sciences, semiconductor, electronics and other global industrial manufacturers. Camstar's InSite(TM) product suite extends traditional manufacturing execution systems (MES) to monitor and synchronize manufacturing activities across globally distributed plants, and integrates them in real-time core business processes. The system enables customers to respond rapidly to changing demands, optimize the use of production assets and quickly ramp the production of new products. More than 100 leading companies, including IBM, Corning, Kodak, Hitachi, Lexmark, ALZ Steel and La-Z-Boy, rely on Camstar as a trusted software partner. For more information about Camstar visit www.camstar.com.