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Macs Software and Alta Via Consulting Partner to Provide Leading Software and Consulting Solutions to Advanced Cost Management Challenges

Posted on: Friday, 9 June 2006, 09:00 CDT

PITTSBURGH, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- macs Software NA, Inc., the leading provider of advanced cost management & budgeting and planning software for better enabling organizations to determine where resources are providing optimal returns, and Alta Via Consulting, LLC, the leading consulting solution provider for comprehensive management accounting, advanced cost management and management information challenges, today announced a partnership to integrate their offerings. The partnership is embodied in an agreement where the richness of the functionality of macs Software combined with the depth of Alta Via's experience in advance cost management solutions together provide not only leading thought process solutions to clients but also the ability to leverage technology as an enabler for driving tangible benefits into organizations.

Benefits to clients of the partnership include: -- comprehensive offering combining depth of Alta Via's consulting experience with the richness of macs Software functionality; -- macs Software being an enabling technology of the advanced management accounting approach, "Resource Consumption Accounting (RCA)"; and -- shorter time-to-market of new developments in advanced cost management principles. As implementers, thought leaders and technology enablers work closely together, time-to-market of new concepts and differentiators is greatly reduced.

Chris Meyer, CEO of macs Software NA, stated, "Our partnership with a firm with such depth of Strategic Enterprise Management and Advance Cost Management experience and their continuous research in the area of 'Resource Consumption Accounting' provides us with the confidence of being able to remain at the leading edge of developing thought practices."

Anton van der Merwe, a Partner of Alta Via, added, "We are delighted in this partnership with macs Software, in particular their solid grounding, as robust GPK software serves as the perfect baseline for RCA. macs Software addresses the management planning, control and decision support needs of a broad range of our clients."

Continuing, Meyer said, "macs Software is characterized by the quality of tangible demonstrable benefits it has been able to drive into client organizations. This is evidenced by our cumulatively expanding customer base which not only includes midsize organizations but also household names like Dole, Coca Cola, Alcoa and TRW. This relationship very much supports our core focus and further enables us to drive quality business-improving solutions for our customers."

about macs Software

macs Software focuses on enabling advanced Cost & Management Accounting Solutions by assisting organizations to:

-- improve the quality of financial planning using an integrated business and scenario planning process; -- identifying more accurately contribution margin potential through its profitability analytics capabilities based on improved costing accuracy; and -- implement sound corporate performance management principles. About Alta Via Consulting

Alta Via Consulting provides clients with the extensive experience required for the challenges associated with comprehensive management accounting, advanced cost management and strategic enterprise management solutions, including:

-- envisioning workshops to map a client's current landscape and highlight functionality needs, integration points and potential tandem usage scenarios of technology solutions, project implementation approaches, adoption and roll-out strategies, etc.; -- on-site training workshops to familiarize clients with the capabilities of various technology solutions and of advanced concepts like Resource Consumption Accounting; -- conceptual design of management information, simulation, planning & control and decision support solutions; -- integration of organization planning, control and corrective action processes; and -- implementation services to enable managerial processes and decision support information needs through an existing ERP or best-of-breed systems. For more information, contact: Chris Meyer macs Software NA, Inc. Summit Place, 3244 Washington Road Pittsburgh, PA 15317 1-800-946-3160 http://www.macssoft.com/ Anton van der Merwe Alta Via Consulting, LLC 2424 Caspian Drive Knoxville, TN 37932 1-877.ALTA.VIA Or via email: info@altavia.com

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macs Software NA, Inc.

CONTACT: Chris Meyer of macs Software NA, Inc., 1-800-946-3160; or Antonvan der Merwe of Alta Via Consulting, LLC, 1-877-ALTA-VIA or info@altavia.com

Web site: http://www.macssoft.com/http://www.altavia.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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