IDS Scheer Focuses on Alignment of Business Processes at CeBIT 2005; Company Previews New Versions of the ARIS Process Platform, ARIS for SAP NetWeaver, and ARIS Solutions for SOx Compliance and Corporate Performance Management

Business Wire, Feb 8, 2005

BERWYN, Pa. -- IDS Scheer, the leading provider of business process excellence services and tools, today announced that the company is making an all out product offensive at the upcoming CeBIT 2005 conference (Hannover, 10-16 March 2005), showcasing its initiatives for the emerging SAP NetWeaver(TM) platform, as well as demonstrating its value in compliance and corporate performance management.

"CeBIT is the premier international forum to debut our newest business process management solutions," said Dr. Mathias Kirchmer, CEO of IDS Scheer in North America. "Corporate accountability and performance metrics are top of mind for CEOs of multi-national organizations. These latest releases fully optimize our award-winning ARIS Business Process Platform so that C-level executives can be armed with industry-leading technology tools to meet their challenging compliance and performance objectives."

New functionality will include ARIS Business Architect, a Java-based solution that offers an ARIS Business Designer with basic modeling for those new to process management. In addition, the new version will integrate ARIS Business Publisher that makes all data available via flexible, role-based access.

"The web-based and intuitive user interface of the next generation of the ARIS Process Platform will enable customers to set up individual enterprise architectures, and offer seamless configuration with their IT infrastructure so that business processes can be structured and published more quickly," added Dr. Kirchmer.

Other IDS Scheer solutions demonstrated at CeBIT include:

1. ARIS for SAP NetWeaver - the first BPM tool to be embedded in SAP
    NetWeaver now offers improved modeling options and ensures optimum
    exchange between the commercial view and the enterprise contents
    to be implemented. ARIS for SAP NetWeaver will also be offered
    with the web functionality offered in the new version of ARIS.


2. ARIS Process Performance Manager (ARIS PPM 4.0) - unlike any other
    corporate performance management tool on the market, this new
    version of ARIS PPM will enable customers to analyze and visualize
    data in running processes. An organization analysis component
    automatically analyzes the interactions between organizational
    units so that the cooperation between the units can be mapped on
    the basis of the current state. CIOs will also welcome the
    enhanced Process Performance Cockpit, which presents all the
    company's important process data at a glance.

3. ARIS SOx Audit Manager - this compliance management tool guarantees
    the reliability of a company's internal control systems while
    simplifying and ensuring compliance with a wide range of
    regulations -- Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Basel II or a corporate
    governance codex. This comprehensive solution suite for Compliance
    Management offers a preventative system for avoiding negative
    impact on reputation and assets that also meet the requirements of
    external auditors.

Visit IDS Scheer at CeBIT 2005 in Building 4, Stand E 48. For more information on CeBIT, visit http://www.cebit.de/homepage_e?x=1.

About IDS Scheer in North America

IDS Scheer is the leading provider of solutions for business process excellence. The company's ARIS-based solutions offer a complete portfolio for "Business Process Excellence," including the services, software and methods to address all phases of the business process lifecycle: design, implementation, execution and continuous improvement. From small/medium enterprises to Global 1000 organizations, IDS Scheer provides a wide array of solutions to help customers optimize, and profit from, their investments in Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and Next Generation Business Process Automation solutions. As a SAP Global Services Partner, IDS Scheer enables customers to maximize their SAP investment and build winning businesses. As part of an organization of more than 2000 employees worldwide and over 250 in North America, IDS Scheer is built upon a foundation of business process excellence that began when the company was founded in 1984 by August-Wilhelm Scheer, widely recognized as a founding father of Business Process Management. For more information on IDS Scheer in North America, visit http://www.ids-scheer.com/us.> Copyright (C) 2005 IDS Scheer. All rights reserved.

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