SmartOrg Portfolio Optimization Tool Leverages SAP® NPD Applications

npdiFIRST™ packaged solution adds SmartOrg Portfolio Navigator™ strategic portfolio optimization to leverage SAP’s leadership in strategic new product development

Menlo Park, CA, October 11, 2007 -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.

SmartOrg announced today that its leading portfolio optimization decision tool, Portfolio Navigator™, will be available as part of ndpiFIRST™, which was announced by PlatinumDB Consulting and The Adept Group, Ltd on October 5. This new packaged solution specific to new product development leverages SAP® solutions.

npdiFIRST couples preconfigured and integrated core SAP solutions and other non-SAP software with organizational change management, industry best practices, secured hosting, and training services. The packaged solution addresses all aspects of product development including phase-gate process management, portfolio management and optimization, front-end concept development and screening, and ERP-integrated project management. The integrated system establishes SAP as the first supplier of a fully comprehensive strategic and operational system for new product development.

Inclusion of Portfolio Navigator brings economic evaluation capabilities to decision-makers, enabling managers to track economic value throughout the development process. Managers, project leaders and their teams can develop unlimited scenarios at both project and portfolio levels, including how risk and uncertainty affects expected economic value.

“We are very excited about this opportunity to integrate our strategic evaluation capabilities with npdiFIRST and the SAP applications,” says David Matheson, SmartOrg President and CEO. “Through npdiFIRST, SAP customers will gain a fully comprehensive strategic and operational new product development capability.”

About SmartOrg Inc.

Value-Based Management Systems help companies drive growth and profitability of projects, products and business opportunities. Portfolio Navigator™ rapidly screens early stage opportunities and monitors the economic value of projects and portfolios throughout the development process. Customers include companies in a wide range of industries in the U.S. and Europe.

About PlatinumDB Consulting

PlatinumDB is a customer and services partner of both SAP America, Inc. & Microsoft. Founded in 1999, PlatinumDB specializes in Project Management, Portfolio Management, Business Analytics, Product Costing, Financial, Logistics, and Controlling solutions for Fortune 100 and 1000 companies across all industry types.

About The Adept Group Limited, Inc.

The Adept Group was founded in 1984 and is a leading consultancy in New Product Development, serving clients around the world. The Adept Group focuses on helping organizations radically improve the speed, efficiency, and strategic impact of new product development by delivering significant and measurable improvements in product development and innovation management.

For Additional Information:

Email: info@smartorg.com
Web: www.smartorg.com

Don Creswell
650-470-0188
dcreswell@smartorg.com

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