VOGT-electronic AG Adopts PolyDyne’s Strategic Sourcing and RFx Management Solution and Maximizes Global Responsiveness and Added Value to Customers

April 30, 2004 – Austin, Texas: PolyDyne^® Software Inc. today announced that VOGT-electronic AG, one of Europe’s leading companies in the engineering and manufacturing of inductive components, electronic assemblies, and complete electronic products for the communications, automotive, industrial, and consumer industries, has adopted QuoteWin^{® iX} across their international operations. VOGT chose PolyDyne’s strategic sourcing and RFx management solution to automate processes and to optimize their visibility of changing market conditions, prices, and availability. In turn, VOGT is able to provide additional value to their customers in terms of lower costs, faster and more accurate responses to their RFQs and product inquiries, easier communications, and customized service programs.

VOGT had a similar, but more manually-oriented, process in place for sourcing components and direct materials at each of the company’s locations. However, as VOGT continued to expand their operations internationally and adjust their service mix to align better with changing market needs during the recent global economic downturn, they discovered they needed a cost-effective way to capitalize on the larger scope and scale of their resulting operations. “QuoteWin^iX supplied VOGT with the market intelligence, automation, and supply chain connectivity needed to help them handle their growth in demand for quotes and to quickly find and act on the best pricing opportunities and availability worldwide for components and direct materials on behalf of their customer base,” said Laura Canann, PolyDyne’s Senior Marketing Manager.

“QuoteWin^iX also provides very powerful and sophisticated RFx management tools which help VOGT to accelerate the preparation, iteration, and presentation of professionally sound and competitive proposals in response to customer RFQs,” added Linda Elkins, PolyDyne’s Vice President of Marketing and Sales. “In addition, VOGT is now able to automate the tracking and measurement of their sales opportunities, suppliers’ performance, and sourcing statistics with QuoteWin’s browser-based report suite. These capabilities enable VOGT to discover unique opportunities for customizing and expanding their services, helping to further differentiate VOGT from their competition.”

VOGT chose QuoteWin^iX not only because it represents a deep solution that fits well with how they conduct their global sourcing and sales operations, but also because they were impressed with how easy it is to do business with PolyDyne. “When VOGT asked PolyDyne to make some changes to the SupplyWin^{® iX} web browser interface to facilitate its adoption by their international supplier base, we accommodated that request prior to deployment,” claimed Pedro Murillo, PolyDyne’s Director of Technical Operations. “Also, when they learned that QuoteWin^iX‘s iXchange web-based architecture guarantees secure communications, is streamlined for performance, and would integrate easily with their different IT back-end systems spread across several geographies, VOGT entrusted PolyDyne to host their deployment.”

“PolyDyne treats the sale of an iXchange solution, such as QuoteWinsup>iX, as one of the early steps in ensuring customer satisfaction,” said David Tabb, CEO of PolyDyne. “The rest comes from what we do after the sale, which includes investing in a long-term relationship with each of our customers, listening closely to their needs, and then responding in a timely manner to their requests for features, training, and consulting. We are pleased to have VOGT as one of our global customers.”

For more information on PolyDyne’s enterprising solutions for strategic sourcing and RFx management,
go to www.polydyne.com.

About VOGT-electronic AG
VOGT-electronic AG is one of Europe’s leading companies in the engineering and manufacturing of inductive components, electronic assemblies, and complete electronic products for the communications, automotive, industrial, and consumer industries. The company has manufacturing locations in Germany, Eastern Europe, China, India, and Mexico.

About PolyDyne Software
PolyDyne Software Inc. provides strategic sourcing and RFx management solutions, training, and consulting services to forward-looking companies participating in the supply chain of the contract manufacturing services sector. Benchmark, Celestica, EMC, Flextronics International, HP, Marconi, and Plexus, are among PolyDyne’s worldwide customer base. PolyDyne’s DesignWin^iX, QuoteWin^iX and SupplyWin^iX suite of iXchange solutions streamline material sourcing and RFx management processes, thereby minimizing costs and errors, substantially improving productivity and customer service, and accelerating time to market. For more information, call (512) 343‑9100 or visit PolyDyne’s web site at www.polydyne.com.

Company Contact:
Laura P. Canann
Senior Marketing Manager
PolyDyne Software
9390 Research Blvd.
Suite 415
Austin, Texas 78759
Tel: (512) 343-9100
Fax: (512) 343-9297
Email: Canann@PolyDyne.com