Naperville, IL, April 15, 1999 -- Wizdom Systems, Inc. today announced availability of The Manufacturing Enterprise Reference Model, which follows on the heels of The Healthcare Enterprise Reference Model, released last month. Enterprise reference models provide corporate process improvement teams with process templates to streamline the time it takes to analyze and redesign their business processes. Use of a reference model can cut the time it takes to conduct a typical reengineering project in half. Considering that virtually all US manufacturing companies are involved in some sort of reengineering effort, the potential impact on productivity these models can bring about is astronomical.

The Manufacturing Enterprise Reference Model is designed to help manufacturing organizations improve their operations by providing them with a "strawman" model of the best business processes across the enterprise. The model was created through a consortium of some of the most widely known American manufacturing firms, and sponsored by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS).

"Wizdom Systems, Inc. is proud to announce this latest addition to its library of enterprise reference models," said Jack Garrahy, President. "Reference models drastically reduce the analysis and redesign work through the application of proven best practices for analysis, validation and quality assurance in each process area."

Available at Wizdom's web site, www.wizdomsystems.com, and from amazon.com, The Manufacturing Enterprise Reference Model package consists of a book and CD. The book contains a comprehensive, graphical model of best business processes in a typical US manufacturing company as well as a primer explaining the model and how to apply it. The CD includes an electronic version of the model and a viewer version of Wizdom's ProcessWorks!98 to access the model. Order direct at $495 per single issue or call for quantity pricing.

Wizdom Systems, Inc. is known for its clear and straightforward approach to Business Process Reengineering (BPR) and Knowledge Management (KM). As a BPR pioneer, Wizdom provides products, services and training that rise above the complexity and confusion of the myriad of buzzwords and techniques to provide a level-headed, easy to understand approach to process improvement. Wizdom has offices in Naperville, Illinois, Alexandria, Virginia and Los Angeles, California, as well as distributors in Europe and Australia.

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