WILMINGTON, MA. - October 20, 2003 - Omnify Software, a leading provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software for mid-market electronic, medical, and mechanical OEMs, today announced significant enhancements to its OmniBOM application for bill of materials (BOM) creation, processing and management. OmniBOM 3.5 is incorporated into the Omnify PLM Product Suite but is also available as a stand-alone product, offering OEMs and EMS providers a comprehensive BOM management tool to create, edit and process BOMs.

Small and Mid-market OEMs require solutions that enable them to quickly and easily create and compare bill of materials. To reduce overall costs of product development and more easily compete with larger competitors, these OEMs need applications that provide greater visibility into costs of materials, can facilitate sharing of material overlap across product lines, and can improve communication with manufacturing and technology partners. Innovative OEMs that integrate BOM management with a complete PLM solution ensure faster and more efficient development throughout the product lifecycle. OmniBOM 3.5 addresses organizations' needs to compare and view bill of materials costs, while also seamlessly integrating with the complete Omnify PLM suite.

"OmniBOM has provided the ability to automate our BOM process with one simple click of a button from schematic to manufacturing," said David J. Feres, principal engineer, Starent Networks Corporation. "It also allows integration to Mentor Graphics' Design Entry Suite, Dx Databook, for BOM verification, and most importantly allows the user to create design variations from one design without having to replicate schematic files. This is a very powerful tool that provides for the type of BOM process there should be."

OmniBOM is an easy-to-use bill of materials processing tool and editor module that can help create, modify and manage BOMs. OmniBOM enables organizations to easily pull together all data from various sources, customize a set of automated tasks, manage multiple revisions and configurations and produce outputs that can automatically interface with ERP systems and environments used by external manufacturing partners. In addition, reports can be created and exported in any format, including Text, Excel, Microsoft Word or XML. As a part of the Omnify PLM Suite, it seamlessly integrates into the entire product development process, ensuring ordering and delivery of information does not slow the overall product development lifecycle. Key new functionality in OmniBOM 3.5 includes:

• New grid control ensures greater usability and easier cell-based editing functions;
• Enhanced file/BOM Importer and Exporter supports new file formats and extended features;
• New database search engine supports improved database searching and drag and drop to BOM window;
• Improved loading, saving and viewing performance for very large BOM files, and;
• Improved integration with the Omnify PLM suite.

"OmniBOM facilitates the management of the entire BOM process for OEMs," stated Chuck Cimalore, chief technology officer at Omnify Software. "With support for many new file formats, OmniBOM 3.5, as a stand-alone product, can now be used even deeper into the manufacturing process. Offering OEMs and EMS providers the functionality required to process data on the shop floor. As an integral part of the Omnify PLM suite, OmniBOM 3.5 allows customers to easily create prototype or preliminary BOMs and provides a simple process for uploading, creating ECOs and managing revisions of the BOM, ultimately ensuring that the small and mid-sized OEMs can compete with larger players and create competitive, cost effective products in less time."

For more information on OmniBOM 3.5 please visit the Omnify Software Web site at http://www.omnifysoft.com/products/omnibom.htm

About Omnify Software

Omnify Software designs, delivers and supports innovative, business-ready product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions designed to meet the needs of small to mid-tier enterprises and Electronics Manufacturing Service providers. The Omnify Software platform provides bi-directional interfaces with an organization's existing engineering and business systems to offer a single environment for the sharing of product data among the design environment, Enterprise and supply chain. The Omnify product content and change management system delivers significant cost-savings, improved product innovation, quality, and decreased time-to-market for customers in a wide range of industries. For additional product information, including pricing, please call 978-988-3800, email info@omnifysoft.com or visit www.omnifysoft.com.

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