PolyDyne Announces QuoteWin iX 1.0

Powerful New Web-Based eSourcing Tool for Contract Electronics Manufacturers Offers
Enhanced Performance, Seamless Integration and Flexible Reporting

Austin, TX – Aug 31, 2001: PolyDyne Software^®, a leading provider of strategic eSourcing solutions, today announced the release of QuoteWin^iX, its next-generation web-based solution for direct materials sourcing developed for contract electronics manufacturers.

PolyDyne’s QuoteWin^iX software automates and optimizes the sourcing of direct material for the electronics manufacturing industry. The new release adds a powerful new web-based architecture, the latest integration technology and dynamic reporting capabilities to the QuoteWin solution.

With this revised web application, QuoteWin^iX provides CEMs with a “cradle-to-grave”, strategic eSourcing solution from creating Bills of Material to awarding business and issuing purchase orders. Designed to meet the sourcing needs of contract electronic manufacturers, QuoteWin^iX reduces material and overhead costs, reduces quote cycle time, and increases supply chain productivity, making a positive impact on profit margins and corporate growth. QuoteWin is used by over 75 customers in the high tech, medical device, and manufacturing fields, including such industry leaders as Lockheed Martin, Flextronics, Celestica and Sanmina.

QuoteWin^iX is powered by PolyDyne’s new web-based architecture, iXchange. The iXchange technology provides QuoteWin with a secure, Internet-based infrastructure that delivers rapid deployment and scalability to meet a company’s global supply chain requirements.

Utilizing the latest eSourcing technology, iXchange manages the complexities of format translation and transformation, supply chain partner integration and maintenance, and system efficiency. As a web enabled automation tool, iXchange enables CEMs to develop tight cross-departmental business process integration, substantially improving the design, source and quote process.

“With the help of over 50% of the top 50 global CEMs we have been able to continuously enhance our product offerings to our customers throughout our eight year history. QuoteWin^iX is the result of customer feedback from over 75 of the largest CEMs in the world and over twenty years of supply chain management experience. QuoteWin^iX takes PolyDyne’s strategic eSourcing solutions to the next level of supply chain sourcing efficiency and delivers these results over the web,” said David Tabb, CEO of PolyDyne Software.

QuoteWin^iX was designed as a “plug n play” solution for quick implementation and minimal IT assistance. QuoteWin^iX integrates directly with ERP and legacy systems using XML technology, maximizing the use of existing IT infrastructure. The new release also adds “Any-to-Any Translation” allowing CEMs to communicate with their supply chain partners in their preferred format such as fax, web, email, XML, or EDI.

The softening economy and disappointing demand for high-tech products this year has caused CEMs, more than ever, to look closer for ways to cut costs and sustain profit margins. QuoteWin^iX can help meet this challenge by enhancing the purchasing organization’s ability to leverage the spend. PolyDyne’s system creates a more precise understanding of how dollars are being spent through the software’s extensive reporting capabilities. By using that knowledge, CEMs can develop better commodity management strategies and more favorable strategic supply contracts. QuoteWin^iX can then drive compliance to those contracts. As a result, this allows companies to significantly enhance the way procurement data is prepared, analyzed and distributed.

QuoteWin^iX streamlines communications, standardizes internal quoting processes, and provides accurate procurement data to the extended supply chain. By providing deep analysis on quote statistics and sourcing competitiveness, QuoteWin^iX allows CEMs to react quickly to changes in the marketplace.

QuoteWin^iX is available today. To learn more about the QuoteWin^iX software call PolyDyne at 512-343-9100 for details.

About PolyDyne^® Software
PolyDyne^® Software is a leading provider of B2B, supply chain software tools for strategic eSourcing. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company’s solution suite includes DesignWin, QuoteWin, and SupplyWin, a series of quote processing software tools designed specifically for OEMs, contract manufacturers, and component suppliers.

These solutions simplify and enhance the critical elements in the quoting process from quoting materials to delivering proposals. Customer feedback has validated that this streamlined process reduces RFQ cycle time for bills of material to 3 days or less, reduces costs on direct material by as much as 5%, increases supply chain productivity by 30% and maximizes the use of eBusiness technology.

PolyDyne’s^® worldwide customer base includes over 50% of the leading contract manufacturers and 90% of component suppliers in North America. PolyDyne^® has also established key business relationships with PTC, Oracle Corporation, FACSys, and Centura Software to enhance their product offering and add value to their supply chain management tools. For more information, please visit www.polydyne.com or call (512) 343‑9100.

Company Contact
Mike Pallarino
PolyDyne^® Software
9390 Research Blvd.
Suite 415
Austin, Texas 78759
Tel: 512/343-9100
Fax: 512/343-9297
Email: pallarino@polydyne.com