PHOENIX, Ariz., COE Conference - March 23, 2005 - SmarTeam Corporation Ltd., a Dassault Systemes company (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) and leading worldwide provider of enterprise Product Lifecycle Management solutions, today announced that precision fluid control supplier Whittaker Controls Inc. has rapidly completed Phase One of its SMARTEAM enterprise collaboration deployment. Together with Microsoft, the Meggitt PLC Aerospace Equipment division company will showcase its use of Dassault Systemes-SMARTEAM PLM on the Microsoft platform this week at the COE Annual Users Conference in Phoenix.

In just six and a half weeks, Whittaker, a supplier to customers such as General Electric, Rolls Royce, and Pratt & Whitney, used SMARTEAM to set up lifecycle management workflow processes across engineering and manufacturing teams, also enabling other departments such as planning, contracts, marketing, and quality, to participate. The project included the successful import and qualification of a staggering amount of legacy data, including 140,000 documents from three different systems, and 1,200 projects and related meta-data.

Already successfully using its SMARTEAM solution for enhanced collaboration and productivity across the extended enterprise, Whittaker is now expanding the solution, merging its PLM, ERP and supplier processes to maximize its competitive advantage while further reducing costs and business risks. The company will soon begin using SMARTEAM for configuration management. It has already completed pre-production integration of the engineering BOM with its ERP system, using SMARTEAM EAI Gateway capabilities, Microsoft BizTalk Server and an ERP adapter for business rules definition. Whittaker uses the Microsoft Windows infrastructure integrated with the IBM i-series server for its enterprise IT platform, including Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and other Microsoft Office productivity tools.

“SMARTEAM has given our Strategic Business Unit an excellent enabling tool,” said Geoff Smith, general manager, Whittaker Controls. “The nature of our business—which involves the engineering, design and manufacture of sub-component systems and heat management systems to aerospace—is highly complex and intricate, with our customers challenging us to deliver speed, agility and efficiency in all aspects of the process. SMARTEAM gives Whittaker a layer of advantage to effectively execute complex, multi-site co-creation projects.”

Derek Aitken, Whittaker’s IT Director, noted: “Our own PLM Core Team conducted eight internal training classes, leveraging SMARTEAM reseller Design Data’s mobile SMARTEAM training environment. This enabled us to grow from six to 130 users in a 4-week period, while at the same time reinforcing our new business processes.”

“Seamless collaboration between applications and the teams that rely on them is the desired state for any enterprise organization focused on bringing new products to market in a more efficient manner,” said Don Richardson, director, manufacturing industry unit at Microsoft Corp. “Microsoft and Dassault Systèmes have a long history of marrying the latest platform developments with advanced innovations in PLM, enabling suppliers such as Whittaker Controls to better serve their extensive manufacturing customer base.”

“Whittaker Controls has grasped the essence of the PLM vision: a sum-total of mission-critical capabilities that facilitate successful product development and drive business transformation,” said Avinoam Nowogrodski, CEO, SmarTeam. “We are delighted that Whittaker has positioned SMARTEAM, together with technology partner Microsoft, at the core of its corporate strategy.”

The next phase in Whittaker’s PLM deployment calls for “extending the enterprise to our customers, suppliers and colleagues bridging the Meggitt divisions by leveraging SMARTEAM’s collaboration suite,” said Aitken. Design Data will handle all integration, training, and deployment activities.

Built on Microsoft technologies and infrastructure, SMARTEAM solutions deliver an open architecture for optimal interconnectivity and integration across applications, a powerful data model, and an easily-implemented Windows-based user interface. SMARTEAM and Microsoft provide affordable, customizable, best of breed collaboration solutions for today’s strategic manufacturing needs, featuring availability, scalability, performance, enhanced security and open standards support.

About Whittaker Controls Inc.
Whittaker Controls Inc. is a market leader in the design and manufacture of a broad range of precision fluid control devices and systems for aerospace, marine and industrial applications. Whittaker is located in Los Angeles and has been a leading supplier of these products since its formation in 1942. Whittaker is a division of Meggitt PLC (LSE: MGGT.L). Whittaker Controls maintains a close working relationship with key customers such as General Electric, Boeing and various major airlines. These longstanding relationships, combined with a global marketing effort and a distinguished 57-year history in the aerospace valves market, provide strong support for Whittaker Controls' continuing success. For more information, visit http://www.whittakercontrols.com/

About Microsoftt
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

About SmarTeam Corporation
SmarTeam Corporation Ltd. develops, markets, and supports rapidly implemented, yet totally customizable, product lifecycle collaboration solutions that drive efficiency, quality and responsiveness for customer-centric organizations and their value chains. Founded in 1995, SmarTeam is one of the fastest-growing companies in the PLM market, with almost 3,000 customers worldwide and a broad solutions portfolio that enables manufacturing organizations and their supply chains to efficiently manage and collaborate on product information from concept through retirement. SMARTEAM solutions help companies gain improvements in product quality, reduce costs, expedite project turnaround, comply with industry standards, and shorten time-to-market. SMARTEAM is a Dassault Systèmes and IBM PLM solution and is delivered by world-class resellers on every continent.

For more information, visit http://www.smarteam.com

About Dassault Systèmes
As world leader in 3D and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) solutions, the Dassault Systèmes group brings value to more than 80,000 customers in 80 countries. A pioneer in the 3D software market since 1981, Dassault Systèmes develops and markets PLM application software and services that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of the entire life cycle of products from conception to maintenance. Its offering includes integrated PLM solutions for product development (CATIA®, DELMIA®, ENOVIA®, SMARTEAM®), mainstream 3D product design tools (SolidWorks®), and 3D components (Spatial/ACIS®). Dassault Systèmes is listed on the Nasdaq (DASTY) and Euronext Paris (#13065, DSY.PA) stock exchanges.

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