News | April 25, 2006

TMX Aerospace Selects SSA Warehouse Management Solution To Meet Supply Chain Requirements For Aerospace Industry

SSA Global™ (NASDAQ: SSAG), a leading global provider of enterprise business software and services, today announced that the TMX Aerospace division of ThyssenKrupp Materials NA has selected the SSA Warehouse Management solution (SSA WMS) to help the company address stringent supply chain requirements in the aerospace industry.

"The advanced warehouse management capabilities in SSA WMS, including kitting and serial number tracking, set SSA Global apart from the more than 80 companies we evaluated," said Ron Hawkins, systems analysts manager, TMX Aerospace. "We're confident the SSA Global warehouse management solution will help us meet the needs of our current customers and partners in the aerospace industry and deliver the scalability necessary to support our long-term growth plans."

Embracing a service-oriented architecture (SOA), SSA WMS will provide TMX with the capability to reconfigure its supply chain execution processes in real time to meet changing client needs without hard coding the application itself.

"With its embedded SOA capability, the SSA WMS solution has been designed to enhance a company's competitiveness through greater IT agility, ease of use and low total cost of ownership in their logistics processes," said Jim Handy, global president, SCM, SSA Global.

SSA WMS, a best-in-class high performance distribution solution, is designed to perform the complex, business-critical operations demanded of modern fulfillment operations. SSA WMS is part of SSA Supply Chain Management (SSA SCM) and is used by more than 600 customers, including the world's leading third-party logistics providers, electronics firms, auto makers and retailers.

About ThyssenKrupp Materials
ThyssenKrupp Materials NA, Inc. is a leading materials management and services company with 80 locations in North America focused on value-adding processing and distribution of a full line of non-ferrous metals, steel, and plastics. The company also provides supply chain management, logistics and business process solutions, as well as industrial services. The TMX Aerospace division was formed in 1998, and focuses on optimizing material and information flow for their customers' supply chain.

About SSA Global
SSA Global™ (NASDAQ: SSAG) is a leading provider of enterprise business software for mid-sized and large organizations, primarily in select manufacturing, consumer and services industries. The company's software solutions include enterprise resource planning, financial management, human capital management, corporate performance management, customer relationship management, product lifecycle management, supply chain management and supplier relationship management. Headquartered in Chicago, SSA Global has over 50 locations worldwide and its product offerings are used by customers in over 90 countries. For additional information, visit the SSA Global web site at www.ssaglobal.com.