M1 by B&G was chosen for this year’s Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 because of the products innovations, Small to Medium Manufacturing Businesses can now tap into the same benefits of ERP as the Big Boys without the hefty price tag.

Placentia, CA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/12/2007 -- Bowen & Groves the developer of M1 by B&G™, a leading Manufacturing ERP System, designed for the small to medium manufacturer, has been recognized in the Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100, for innovation in Supply Chain Infrastructure & Integration/ERP.

The 2007 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 are supply chain solution and service providers that are at the forefront of enabling the 21st century supply chain. The goal with the "100" is to highlight a broad range of solutions and services targeted at a variety of industries, addressing the needs of companies of varying sizes, and assisting in the transformation of the diverse mix of the functions that make up the supply chain.

M1 by B&G was chosen for this year's Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 because of the products innovations; the ease of use, productivity tools, the fully integrated modules that can be added incrementally and the streamlined implementation process. The result; Small to Medium Manufacturing Businesses can tap into the same benefits of ERP as the Big Boys.

Supply & Demand Chain Executive has identified leading providers of supply chain services and technologies who are at the forefront of innovation. Based on submissions to the "100" from end users and solution providers, the judging committee for the "100," including the editorial staff of the magazine, in conjunction with the editorial advisory board, has compiled a list of leading supply and demand chain innovators.

"Our goal with this year's '100' is to highlight a broad range of solutions and services targeted at a variety of industries, addressing the needs of companies of varying sizes, and assisting in the transformation of a diverse mix of the functions that make up the
supply chain," says Editor of Supply and Demand Chain Executive Andrew Reese. "Therefore, our judging committee looked for solutions across a variety of industries, addressing the needs of companies of varying sizes, and assisting in the transformation of a diverse mix of the functions that make up the supply chain."

"We are honoured to be included in the 2007 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 Geoff Groves CEO and Founder of Bowen & Groves says. It is the innovation in the functionality of M1 that stands the system apart and helps our customers face the challenges and pressures of today's globally competitive manufacturing environment. Our Smart Screen Technology, state of the art navigation methods, Built-in business intelligence tools, Search Power, ease and affordability of implementation that is so unique and innovative.

The M1 Design Studio one of the most significant and innovative features of M1, gives manufacturers the ability to design the system to suit their business, unlike other systems where a company must change their business and business processes to fit the system, with M1 companies can maintain their competitive advantage and fit the system to their business and unique processes. M1 Design Studio allows a user to make the software work for them, they can add new fields, change any input form, including moving objects around, they can customize any report, and all of this is maintained with every new upgrade.

About Bowen & Groves
Bowen & Groves is setting the standard in Enterprise Resource Planning software (ERP), for the small to medium manufacturer. Founded in 1992 Bowen & Groves is a privately owned software development company operating in the United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. M1 by B&G™ sets the standard in affordability and ease of use. Bowen & Groves can be reached at sales@bowen-groves.com or via their website, www.bowen-groves.com

About Supply & Demand Chain Executive
Supply & Demand Chain Executive is the executive's user manual for successful supply and demand chain transformation, utilizing hard-hitting analysis, viewpoints and unbiased case studies to steer executives and supply management professionals through the complicated, yet critical, world of supply and demand chain enablement to gain competitive advantage. On the Web at www.SDCExec.com.

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Placentia, CA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/11/2007 -- Bowen & Groves the developer of M1 by B&G™, a leading Manufacturing ERP System, has won an International Stevie Award for Best Support Organization in The 2007 International Business Awards. The International Business Awards are the only global, all-encompassing business awards program honoring great performances in business.

Nicknamed the Stevie® for the Greek word "crowned," the awards were presented to winners at a gala dinner on Monday, September 10 in the Munich Marriott Hotel in Munich, Germany. Primary sponsor for the event was the German State of Bavaria.

Recipients of 98 International Stevie Award trophies were selected from more than 1,000 nominations received from companies and individuals in more than 30 countries. Twenty-five nations have at least one International Stevie winner each, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Luxembourg, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, The Netherlands, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, the U.S.A., and United Kingdom.

Companies from all over the world are eligible to compete in The International Business Awards, and can enter in any of more than 40 categories from Best Multinational Company and Best New Product to Best Corporate Social Responsibility Program and Best Executive.

Members of the Awards' Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors and their staffs selected International Stevie winners from among the Finalists, which were determined by volunteer judges around the world during two months of preliminary judging.

At Bowen & Groves we recognize that the highest level of commitment is necessary to provide World Class customer support. Geoff Groves CEO and Founder of Bowen & Groves says. Providing round the clock, or as we call it follow the sun support has meant putting in place strong systems for continuous improvement in all aspects of our customer service, to ensure we can handle any customer, in any location in the world with excellence no matter what time it is.

An ERP system is simply not just about innovative design, it is the package of innovative design, strength in ongoing development coupled with excellence in support and professional services. Being recognized as the Best Support Organization is very gratifying and we are committed to continually improve and develop innovation methods to always provide our customers with World Class Support. Geoff Groves added.

About Bowen & Groves
Bowen & Groves is setting the standard in Enterprise Resource Planning software (ERP), for the small to medium manufacturer. Founded in 1992 Bowen & Groves is a privately owned software development company operating in the United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. M1 by B&G™ sets the standard in affordability and ease of use. Bowen & Groves can be reached at sales@bowen-groves.com or via their website, http://www.bowen-groves.com

About The Stevie Awards
Hailed as "the business world's own Oscars" by the New York Post (April 27, 2005), Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, The Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards. Honoring companies of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at http://www.stevieawards.com/iba .

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M1 by B&G, the ERP software program developed by Bowen & Groves has just reached the milestone of 700 installed internationally, including users in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the UK markets, the latest Version 6.6 release coincides with the company achieving this significant milestone.

Placentia, CA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/10/2007 -- With its international user base now topping seven hundred installed sites the M1 by B & G™ ERP program for growing small to medium sized manufacturing businesses, the development company Bowen & Groves has released the latest version of the software featuring a range of valuable new enhancements.

Announcing the release of the latest Version 6.6 of M1 by B & G, Geoff Groves chief executive of Bowen & Groves notes that in addition to the vast array of business analysis and productivity tools M1 now has an enhanced interface with Microsoft Office and other industry standard and popular software programs.

"Many businesses are looking to reduce their IT costs so in releasing our latest Version 6.6 of M1 by B & G we have added a number of new enhancements, particularly the interface with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, OpenOffice and Thunderbird.

"For instance some of the specific features include the ability to create call records from emails, and the ability to save selected attachments, increased memos on orders and enhanced mail merge so that it functions with OpenOffice together with the ability to email related attachments and to access contacts direct from the software.

"Integration with Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone systems has enhanced our users ability to meet the demands for customer service.

"M1 now has the ability to display the customer's details as soon as the phone rings and making a phone call is as simple as clicking a button.

"For our US, Australian, UK, and Canadian users we have also added support for Google maps.

"We have now added the ability to use the Shop Floor Entry Data Collection module with a PDA, creating a perfect tool for customers who have employees in remote locations or service representatives in the field.

"In total we have added some 42 new features in the latest upgrade and many of these reflect specific user requests as effectively fine tuning to specific manufacturing industry requirements" Geoff Groves added.

M1 by B & G has always been noted as ERP software that offers the most comprehensive array of modules.

In addition state of the art navigation methods allow users to quickly locate what they are looking for and the smart screen technology means that it is not necessary to have multiple screens open.

The M1 by B & G ERP software has won a reputation for its affordability, low implementation cost, user friendliness and simple operation.

"Through our program design and customer support we are completely focussed on making the management of a manufacturing business easier as well as cost effective" Geoff Groves added.

Further information on M1 by B & G can be accessed from the website www.bowen-groves.com or by emailing sales@bowen-goves.com

About Bowen & Groves
Bowen & Groves is setting the standard in Enterprise Resource Planning software (ERP), for the small to medium manufacturer. Founded in 1992 Bowen & Groves is a privately owned software development company operating in the United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. M1 by B&G™ sets the standard in affordability and ease of use. Bowen & Groves can be reached at sales@bowen-groves.com or via their website, http://www.bowen-groves.com

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Irvine, CA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 06/02/2006 -- In recent years, Southern California has experienced one of the biggest housing booms in the nation. Builders, investors, and homeowners have looked for extra touches to upgrade their homes and make them more attractive to buyers in this competitive market.

CCM Enterprises, based in Santee, California, serves the bustling construction and remodel market in the San Diego, Los Angeles, and western Arizona areas as one of the premier providers of surfaces for bathrooms and kitchens, manufacturing and installing a broad spectrum of products for the bath and kitchen including: bathtubs (with optional therapy systems), shower pans, bath walls and accessories, bathroom countertops, kitchen countertops, and fireplaces. CCM offers a wide variety of choices in surfaces: cultured marble, onyx, and granite, laminated plastic, natural stone, Technistone, major solid surface brands and our CORINTHIAN 2000 solid surface. By offering innovative surfaces and staying committed to quality and customer satisfaction, the company has expanded to nearly 150 employees across five locations.

Along with success, however, the company has experienced some growing pains. Communication, while easier in a small company, became more challenging with multiple projects in progress. Without a unified system for tracking orders and installations, team members resorted to calling and emailing to learn the status of each project. Likewise, those answering the phone had to direct customers to specific individuals with access to the relevant information to get answers.

"We weren't getting communication across all aspects of the company," said Paul Servello, VP of Finance at CCM. "Sales reps and measurers didn't know when jobs were due to be installed. It was email city."

Contributing to the problem, the company had separate, disconnected systems for accounting and production. The various departments had to re-enter data into each system, leading to errors that affected project quality and service to customers.

"Easier than Any Other ERP Solution"
Experienced with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, Servello joined the company largely to help find a solution to unify the company's separate information and activities. Ultimately, he chose M1 by B & G™ software for its rich functionality, simple cost-effective installation, and ease of use. By comparison, other solutions would have required months of implementation time and upfront implementation costs that would add up to as much as the software itself. In fact, Servello implemented and customized the software on his own using M1's comprehensive implementation checklist after receiving training from Bowen & Groves.

Employees quickly picked up the software, even those who had never used a computer before. That ease of use empowers employees to enter and access information on their own, rather than requesting it from coworkers.

"M1 has been easier than any other ERP solution I have ever used," Servello said. "I can add fields and tables as needed, and show employees how to run their own searches and reports. In two to three weeks, two production supervisors with no prior computer experience were looking up their production schedules and using M1 to balance their workloads – to find jobs when they weren't busy."

Now, about 30 CCM employees use the software across Accounting, Finance, Sales, Production, Installation, and Purchasing. When an employee enters customer or order information once, that information carries through to each step of the process, reducing the chance for errors. "With M1, we manage customer relationships and orders all the way from the time a customer comes in, through to the final installation, and to accounting and invoicing," Servello said.

M1's value also extends to sales, which previously had no way of tracking leads. When a customer walks in or the company collects leads at a home show, CCM manages those leads through to sales and beyond. Employees tap into customer information to create quotes and later invoices, and can even run reports to determine win-loss ratios. CCM relies on a variety of reports to look at information previously unavailable or difficult to attain without manual calculations. With standard M1 reports, or reports the company easily customizes using Crystal Reports, CCM looks at sales order volumes, open jobs, inventory status, open purchase orders and more. Servello quickly creates charts for meetings, and can leverage information to project accounts receivable amounts, identify areas for quality improvements or determine where resources could be used more effectively.

"All the information ties together to give us the whole picture," Servello said. "By tracking data we can make more intelligent decisions."

Time-Savings, Quality Improvements and Communication benefits enhance the Bottom Line
M1 saves CCM time in a number of areas. For example, the company created M1 screens for configuring the specs for each installation, a task that before required employees to wade through several thousand pages of parts. Now, the list of codes adds up to just two pages, and employees simply choose from drop-down menus for options like color and edge detail. As they make selections, those choices automatically update stock status in M1.

M1 has also driven quality improvements. As employees finish each step, they add their initials to show completion. The combination of employees taking ownership for parts of the process, and the ability to pull reports to indicate where errors occurred, has decreased the need for remakes, increased customer satisfaction, and saved the company time and money. Using M1's Call Management, CCM ensures that every call is logged and that each issue is answered. At times, having answers at their fingertips in M1 allows employees to take care of caller questions right there, which expedites responses to customers.

Next, CCM plans to add the Unlimited Shop Floor Entry module to track parts use by job. Servello will also tap into M1's flexibility to link time tracking on the shop floor with the company's external payroll provider, allowing the company to see the time spent on each job. From Servello's perspective, the more the company uses M1, the greater its efficiency, service, and quality, which all contribute toward the bottom line.

"We're trying to take the company to a higher level, to create a competitive advantage," Servello said. "With M1, we can track the quality of projects and customer inquiries. In response, customers are more satisfied with the end result."

The M1 by B&G™ ERP software offers comprehensive modules designed and fully supported to meet the needs of growing manufacturing businesses.

With more than 500 installed sites around the world and a comprehensive user group interface ERP Software has never been more affordable or beneficial.

About Bowen & Groves

Bowen & Groves is setting the standard in Enterprise Resource Planning software (ERP), for the small to medium manufacturer. Founded in 1992 Bowen & Groves is a privately owned software development company operating in the United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. M1 by B&G™ sets the standard in affordability and ease of use.

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