Smart Software Signs Agreement with Blue Canary Consulting

Blue Canary to resell and support SmartForecasts

Belmont, Mass., May 12, 2009 -- Smart Software, Inc., provider of industry-leading demand forecasting, planning, and inventory optimization solutions, today announced a reseller agreement with Blue Canary Consulting of Cumming, GA.  As an authorized reseller, Blue Canary will resell Smart Software's flagship product, SmartForecasts^®, and also provide first-level customer support, product training, and consulting services to its clients.

"We are impressed with the high level of expertise and experience that the principals at Blue Canary possess in solving supply chain problems," said Charles Smart, president and CEO of Smart Software.  "We're confident that they will make a significant contribution to our sales and support efforts for SmartForecasts.  We look forward to a growing, productive relationship with Blue Canary that helps new SmartForecasts users improve the performance of their supply chains during the current economic downturn and position themselves for success in the eventual recovery."

"SmartForecasts is a superb solution for our clients who do not already have systems in place for demand planning and inventory optimization or have outgrown their current planning solution," said Michael Memmel, Chief Process Officer for Blue Canary.  "We chose SmartForecasts because it provides a strong complement to our consulting and support services, as well as quick implementation time, unique forecasting and planning solutions, and rapid return on investment for our clients."

SmartForecasts is a cross-industry solution for demand forecasting, planning, and inventory optimization.  It integrates easily with host databases, such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and IBM DB2, as well as ERP and SCM systems like Epicor, Sage, and SAP.  SmartForecasts contains award-winning, patented technology for forecasting hard-to-forecast items with intermittent, or "slow-moving", demand.  This unique technology, which yields nearly 100 percent accurate estimates of service level inventory requirements, is being used by scores of companies with service/spare parts operations, as well as industrial tools and other capital goods manufacturers.

About Blue Canary Consulting
Blue Canary Consulting is a consortium of supply chain planning professionals from a variety of industrial backgrounds that is dedicated to creating value for managers of supply chains and their partners.  The company was formed to help businesses increase revenues and reduce supply chain costs by providing them with comprehensive consulting and software solutions to improve their supply chain planning processes.  Located in Cumming, GA, Blue Canary Consulting can be found on the Web at www.bcanary.com .

About Smart Software, Inc.
Founded in 1984, Smart Software, Inc. is a leader in providing businesses with enterprise-wide demand forecasting, planning and inventory optimization solutions.  Smart Software's flagship product, SmartForecasts, has thousands of users worldwide, including customers at mid-market enterprises and Fortune 500 companies, such as Abbott Laboratories, Mitsubishi, Siemens, Disney, Pfizer, GE and The Coca-Cola Company.  SmartForecasts gives demand planners the tools to handle sales seasonality, promotions, new and aging products, multi-dimensional hierarchies, and intermittently demanded service parts and capital goods items.  It also provides inventory managers with accurate estimates of the minimum inventory and safety stock required to meet future orders, thereby ensuring the most cost-effective inventory allocation to achieve desired service levels.  Smart Software is headquartered in Belmont, Massachusetts and can be found on the World Wide Web at www.smartcorp.com .

SmartForecasts is a registered trademark of Smart Software, Inc.  All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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