Bernard Matthews to Reduce Data Processing Costs by 20-25 Percent Per Annum with Inovis

Guildford, U.K — March 12, 2008 — Bernard Matthews, the largest farmer of British turkeys and one of the UK's top grocery brands, has implemented Inovisworks™ from Inovis to provide a unified electronic trading platform with real-time visibility into all EDI transactions, including taking orders from customers, processing delivery notes and matching invoices. With over 1,500 orders received each week - 90 percent of which are shipped on the same day of receipt - Bernard Matthews will rely on Inovis to streamline business processes and increase order accuracy for an expected reduction in processing costs of 20-25 percent per annum.

"Over 80 percent of our orders, which account for 90-95 percent of our business, are taken via EDI seven days a week; therefore, it is critical that orders are accurate and our systems are available at all times in order to serve our customers efficiently," said Edwin Pearson, Information Systems Director for Bernard Matthews. "By simplifying our EDI environment and providing visibility into all of the components within our supply chain, Inovis ensures that we can accurately and efficiently process orders, which keeps our customers happy and bolsters our business."

Inovisworks enables Bernard Matthews to process all customer and supplier data, including AS2 communications with ASDA and Wal-Mart, using a single system. Previously, Bernard Matthews required two sets of processes for dealing with traditional EDI and AS2, introducing another layer of complexity in the supply chain. Now, with Inovisworks, Bernard Matthews has a solution that processes multiple communication protocols so the company only deals with one data standard, simplifying the management of data and reducing the time taken per transaction.

Pearson was also impressed by the cost-effectiveness of implementing Inovisworks. "It was very easy to justify switching over to Inovisworks, as Inovis' unique pricing structure is based on flat-rate subscription rather than volume of traffic. Therefore, we can guarantee return on investment within six to nine months, with minimal disruption required in the migration process from our old EDI system. In fact, the time required to oversee the implementation of Inovisworks was exceptionally minimal," said Pearson.

"Forward thinking companies, such as Bernard Matthews, are realising that migrating to cutting-edge technology such as Inovisworks is not a painful process, and that it provides immediate benefits such as faster order accuracy, better adherence to compliance policies, and significant cost savings," said John Redfern, Managing Director of Inovis. "We look forward to working with Bernard Matthews to provide even more benefits in the future as we deliver continuing innovation within Inovisworks."

Inovisworks operates on the Inovis Multienterprise Expert Services Hub (MESH) platform, a fully redundant platform designed to deliver 100 percent availability and a data centre designed to deliver 99.995 percent availability. MESH provides a solid foundation of quality and operational excellence for all Inovis services.

About Bernard Matthews The Bernard Matthews story began back in 1950 with one man, 20 turkey eggs and a second hand incubator. Today the company is global, producing an annual turnover around £400m and employing more than 6,000 people worldwide.

Bernard Matthews today produces 7 million turkeys every year in the UK, feeding them a strictly vegetarian diet from the company's own feed mills and rearing them on 56 farms throughout Norfolk, Suffolk and Lincolnshire. The company prides itself on creating healthy, high quality turkeys, maintaining the highest standards of agriculture and bird welfare and meeting all regulations and standards from official bodies.

For more information please visit: www.bernardmatthews.com

With more than 20 years of expertise, Inovis delivers its products and services to more than 20,000 companies over a wide range of industries and markets across the globe. For more information, visit www.inovis.com or www.inovis.co.uk

About Inovisworks Inovisworks is a Value-Added-Network service which, via a portal, allows organisations to exchange documents between trading partners securely regardless of data format or network connectivity standards. It is a new product that is a step change to existing technology in that it provides a more secure environment and is far more cost effective, whilst working with existing standards. Furthermore the migration process is proven as being fast and easy to manage. Pricing is an "on demand" module, providing customers with a model that fits their needs whilst enabling them to both understand and forecast their expenditure reliably.

The Inovis VAN offers a wide range of data formats as well as connectivity, access, transport and security options. They include:

• Data formats: EDI, XML, RosettaNet and Flat file.
• Connectivity: Internet, dial-up, frame relay and leased lines
• Access: Event-driven and store-and-forward mailbox capabilities
• Transport: HTTP, FTP and EDI-INT
• Security: SSL, S/MIME, IPSEC, VPN and PGP

Inovis is a trademark of Inovis, Inc.