ClearOrbit Provides Real-Time Bar Code And RFID Transactions Without Customization Or Middleware For Colorcon's Oracle Process Manufacturing (OPM)

ClearOrbit, the leading provider of real-time supply chain execution (SCE) software solutions, today announced that Colorcon has implemented ClearOrbit's Extended Mobile Applications (X.MA) for data capture and process automation for Colorcon's global supply chain operations. Colorcon is a world-leading provider of pharmaceutical technologies and a manufacturer of specialty chemicals. From its global data center in Pennsylvania, Colorcon manages supply chain transactions at more than 20 facilities across North America, Asia, Latin America, and Europe.

The Extended Mobile Applications (X.MA) for Oracle's Process Manufacturing (OPM) is tightly integrated to Colorcon's operating processes and was expressly designed to optimize OPM by "taking the worker to the work." Leveraging the OPM data model, Colorcon benefits from the direct integration of this mobile-data-capture solution because it enables real-time visibility into Colorcon's global inventory and supply chain movement. Direct integration also allows Colorcon to avoid the lengthy and costly development of customized "middleware" operating on independent databases. Immediate benefits of ClearOrbit's application experienced by Colorcon include increased transaction accuracy with a significant reduction in human errors. Colorcon also improved material movement and receiving efficiency without adding staff, as ClearOrbit's solution quickly scaled across its supply chain. Colorcon is now empowered for mobile data capture in new facilities anywhere in the world.

"Our globalization strategy, combined with our need to manage and scale a truly global supply chain, required that we adopt the most advanced mobile data capture and transaction processes," said Perry Cozzone, CIO of Colorcon. "ClearOrbit's ability to simplify and leverage bar code and mobile transactions within our existing OPM system was a critical component in our decision to move away from the more traditional 'best-of-breed' application we had been using. ClearOrbit's built-in RF capabilities, combined with outstanding reliability and stability, gives Colorcon a 'future-ready' platform to meet our growth and productivity goals."

"Colorcon is a wonderful example of the global growth enterprise that ClearOrbit applications serve so well," said Tom Dziersk, President and CEO of ClearOrbit. "Colorcon required a simplified interface and mobile data capture that integrated directly, in real time, to their Oracle data model. That's precisely where ClearOrbit excels. We enable Colorcon to utilize the same servers and same Oracle database for their supply chain transactions, taking advantage of the security, redundancy and failover capabilities of their global data center. We provide over 50 types of transactions, so Colorcon can leverage automatic data capture in a variety of shop floor processes. We're pleased that Colorcon has joined our rapidly growing list of X.MA for OPM customers."

About Colorcon
Colorcon is a global company that develops, manufactures, and supplies specialty chemicals and excipients for the pharmaceutical industry. Our core business is the design and technical support of advanced coating systems for pharmaceutical dosage forms for immediate, sustained, and enteric release. In addition, the Company's technological capabilities include assistance in the development of solid dosage formulations. In order to meet the diverse requirements of international customers, the Company has positioned its business offices, manufacturing facilities, and technical service laboratories in strategic locations around the world. This global network ensures the fast, timely access to the products and services that customers demand today. As an industry leader, Colorcon also makes a point of sharing its expertise through a variety of ongoing educational courses, seminars, and symposia. These efforts all support a common goal: To help Colorcon's customers succeed in the highly competitive and increasingly global pharmaceutical market. For more information call Colorcon at 215-699-7733, email us at infous@colorcon.com, or visit www.colorcon.com.

About ClearOrbit
Since 1994, ClearOrbit has assisted more than 250 clients in automating and controlling their supply chain execution processes. ClearOrbit extends enterprise systems value with proven Supply Chain Execution (SCE) and Collaborative Supply Management (CSM) software solutions that allow customers to fully leverage their investment in enterprise applications while also gaining additional value by incorporating their trading partners into their supply chains. ClearOrbit products work within the existing enterprise system to leverage a "single version of the truth," expanding rather than duplicating functionality to eliminate inefficiencies in the supply chain. By using the customer's data model, ClearOrbit delivers on the promise of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) with fully integrated supply chain execution and collaboration solutions that address "last mile functionality" issues inherent in most ERP systems. ClearOrbit customers include Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), JDS Uniphase (Nasdaq: JDSU) and Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN). See how enterprise systems can reach a higher level at www.clearorbit.com or call us at 800-324-5143.