Flower Plus Blooms with Enterprise Solutions from Ross Systems.

ATLANTA -- Supplier of Fresh-Cut Floral Bouquets Implements Ross' iRenaissance to Meet the Growing Needs of Top Customers

Ross Systems (NASDAQ: ROSS), a leading global provider of enterprise software solutions for manufacturers, today announced that Flower Plus, a manufacturer of fresh flowers, has improved stock visibility and increased efficiency to meet demands of its largest customers by automating processes with the Ross enterprise IT solution. Ross Systems' iRenaissance enterprise resource planning (ERP) software has allowed Flower Plus to meet the growing needs of its major retail customer, UK-based retailer Marks and Spencer, by standardizing manufacturing processes including supply chain, stock control, recipe management, accounting and purchasing.

As the exclusive supplier of fresh-cut flower bouquets to Marks and Spencer, the UK's leading retailer of clothes, food, home products and financial services, Flower Plus provides flowers for in-store displays and sale at more than 375 Marks and Spencer stores throughout the UK. Flower Plus has grown substantially over the last few years as Marks and Spencer has ramped up its flower business and added extremely popular home delivery services.

Having outgrown the combination of systems Flower Plus was using to manage its processes, the company turned to Ross for its ability to deliver a single, more sophisticated solution to meet escalating volumes, a requirement for same-day ordering and major peaks in demand around Christmas and Mother's Day. In addition, Flower Plus wanted to improve reporting and real-time availability of management information to enable better planning and forecasting.

"Ross was a natural fit for Flower Plus," said Phil Callow, IT coordinator at Flower Plus. "When we first started looking at enterprise software providers, it soon became clear that a generalist ERP approach simply wouldn't work. Ross' extensive experience of working with fresh produce companies like ourselves set them well ahead of the pack when it came to making our decision. The iRenaissance solution enables us to respond quickly to our customer demands, view information about any aspect of the business at any time and plan and forecast accurately. We are confident that our new system will help us to further improve customer service and grow the business in the medium to long term."

Flower Plus selected Ross' iRenaissance solution based on Ross' deep expertise working with companies in the natural products industry. iRenaissance provides company-wide visibility through integrated information and capabilities to speed the flow of goods, eliminate waste and gain the efficiency necessary to meet product demand while keeping costs at a minimum.

"Ross' expertise in the natural products industry eliminates the risks and overhead costs that are inherent in generalized systems," said Scot McLeod, vice president of marketing for Ross Systems. "Our focus on the needs of mid-market process manufacturers allows Ross to provide solutions with unmatched depth of functionality in inventory optimization, cost and profit management and customer service needed to support Flower Plus' objectives for growth and increased competitive differentiation."

Flower Plus is currently working with Ross to define further functions and benefits of iRenaissance.

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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