Form-Rite Recognised for Outstanding Business Achievements

Orlando, Florida - Wednesday, 24 March 2004 - Form-Rite Australia Pty Ltd was honored by Microsoft Business Solutions, with a 2004 Pinnacle Award for outstanding business achievements at Convergence 2004, Microsoft® Business Solutions’ annual customer conference.

Form-Rite, a customer of Eclipse Computing (Australia) Pty Ltd earned the Pinnacle Award for Evangelism. Form-Rite was the only Australian organisation to win an award at the international conference.

The Pinnacle Awards, established in 1997, are presented yearly and recognise Microsoft Business Solutions customers that have been nominated by Microsoft certified Business Solutions resellers and have achieved notable accomplishments with the applications they are using.

Microsoft Business Solutions selected Form-Rite for the award because of its strong commitment to and evangelism of its Microsoft Business Solution-Axapta solution. Form-Rite has been active in sharing its experiences with Microsoft Axapta with other clients, as well as providing ongoing feedback to help improve future product releases.

“We’re very proud to receive this award in support of our Microsoft Axapta solution” said Harry Houston, General Manager, Form-Rite Australia Pty Ltd. “Axapta has become an invisible element of the organisational processes of our business. It helps us get the job done easier, we’ve reduced our turnaround times and we’ve decreased the administration labour required. I’m happy to talk about that sort of efficiency.”

Houston also said that Form-Rite’s support of Microsoft Axapta was also linked to their choice of supplier. “Eclipse has experts on the ground with practical manufacturing knowledge – it really makes a difference when you’re planning your business processes and for on going support,” said Houston.

Form-Rite specialises in general and medical plastic packaging and point-of-sale displays. Privately-owned Form-Rite turns over $10 million annually and has a full time staff of 50. They implemented Microsoft Axapta in September 2001 and have a 20 user solution running Axapta Finance, Logistics, Production, Master Planning, Fixed Assets and Warehouse Management.