Informance News 1/26/2007

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	Informance complements our strategic efforts to migrate all business unites to common platforms. Ron Christenson Cargill, Corporate VP and CTO EMI applications, such as Informance, generally begin to deliver value within days of being installed, offering an ROI that's measured in weeks and months, not years. Allison Smith AMR Research, Research Director We consistently strive for best-in-class manufacturing performance. Informance enables effective continuous improvement, which is key to manufacturing flexibility, low variability, and, ultimately, outstanding customer value. Ish Ahamed Diageo Plainfield, VP Supply Informance allows us to apply TPM loss elimination principles across our plants... We now have visibility of this information regardless of where you sit and can help replicate the improvement gains across multiple factories. Tony Lippert Unilever, Plant Manager Schienvar calls the Informance Manufacturing Intelligence Suite used at L'Oreal a 'beautiful tool.' Scott Schienvar L'Oreal, Logistic Director Informance gives us visibility into all of the facilities across our plant network to drive operational success. Steve Belke AkzoNobel, Supply Chain VP The competitive climate is changing at an increasing pace. Managers are drowning in data, but starving for relevant information. Carol Ptak Pacific Lutheran University, Former President APICS By focusing on operator-identified problems, we addressed the obstacles from each operation within the value stream. Pat Hatem JohnsonDiversey, Plant Manager We can show the cost of not spending capital at the push of a button. Rich Mosgrove Ventura, VP Manufacturing

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INFORMANCE SELECTED BY CONAGRA FOODS TO HELP STREAMLINE OPERATIONS AND REDUCE OPERATING COSTS

REDWOOD CITY, CA — January 26, 2007 — ConAgra Foods, Inc., one of North America's leading packaged food companies, has selected Informance International to help manage its previously-announced initiatives to streamline operations and reduce operating costs. ConAgra Foods will partner with Informance to establish a unified view of its manufacturing assets and opportunities for improved efficiencies across the enterprise.

Informance, a leader in Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (EMI) solutions, recently announced a new release of their EMI solution for companies eager to accelerate improvement initiatives, drive operating strategies and obtain actionable insight for operational performance. Informance is the only EMI solutions provider that delivers the top three critical capabilities as prescribed by leading analysts to drive better business decisions: multi-site performance analysis, enterprise visibility of production financial performance and data aggregation from multiple plant facilities.

"We are honored to work with ConAgra Foods, a company recognized for excellence in their product lines and their commitment to operational excellence," said Sunil Singh, CEO and President of Informance International. "We enjoy working with companies like ConAgra Foods to quickly improve operating efficiencies so that they can increase and sustain their competitive advantage."

"After a thorough search and evaluation, we selected Informance based on their ability to deliver results, high-quality analytics, fast time-to-value and domain expertise in manufacturing," concluded David Kaissling, Vice President, Process Transformation.
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