MAPICS Receives Three Awards for Continued Success in China; E-Commerce Magazine and ERP-World Recognize MAPICS With Awards During Ceremony in the People's Congress Hall.ATLANTA -- MAPICS (Manufacturing Accounting and Production Information Control System) A comprehensive and widely used ERP system from MAPICS, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (www.mapics. , Inc. (Nasdaq:MAPX), a leading global provider of enterprise solutions for world-class manufacturers, announced it was recently presented with three awards including being named to "The Top 10 Hottest Application Vendors" along with two other industry awards. E-Commerce and ERP-World conducted four months of research and reviewed more than 1,000 application products and vendors to determine the top 100 candidates, with special recognition to the top 10. The categories included business applications, system management software, security management software, and storage management software. MAPICS was recognized for its leadership in the business applications category. In addition to the top 10 award, MAPICS received an award for "The Best Application and Service in the Manufacturing Industry," as well as a special "Technology Leader" award for MAPICS Flagship solution, MAPICS SyteLine 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. , which is built on Microsoft .NET See .NET. platform. The recommendation group from E-Commerce and ERP-World stated that as the software market in China is still maturing, paying attention Noun 1. paying attention - paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences" attentiveness, heed, regard to these management software developers and their products is increasingly important. "The top 100 recommended management software enterprises will play an important role in assisting governments and enterprises to understand and believe which product and service will serve their organizations best." KaMing Ng, vice president and general manager of AP, MAPICS Inc, and Jimmy Ong, regional director of Greater China, were present to receive the awards in The People's Congress Hall, the political center of Beijing, China. "This is further recognition of the momentum we are building in China with our products and implementation support, as well as our focus on helping manufacturing companies in China achieve world class status," said Ng. "MAPICS has more than 25 years experience in the manufacturing industry, and more than10,000 customer sites world-wide; our focus in Asia Pacific is to help transform successful experiences from our world-wide customer base into tangible benefits for local manufacturers in China. These awards follow in the wake of other industry accolades for MAPICS earlier in 2004, including an Editor's Choice award from China Information World and another Editor's Choice award from e-Manufacturing Magazine. "We are extremely pleased with our success in the China marketplace," said Ong. "These awards provide solid third-party validation and confirm the strength of our MAPICS ERP Solutions and our superb consulting and implementation service offerings." 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 (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 - 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 Many people are too new to the computer industry to remember that IBM once occupied the lofty position that Microsoft currently enjoys. Today, it's a Microsoft versus The Rest of the World computer industry. Yesterday, it was IBM versus everybody else. . Headquartered in Atlanta, MAPICS has implanted im·plant v. im·plant·ed, im·plant·ing, im·plants v.tr. 1. To set in firmly, as into the ground: implant fence posts. 2. 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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