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Smithfield Foods Serves Up TabWare EFx From AssetPoint

Smithfield Foods (www.smithfieldfoods.com) Tar Heel, Kinston, Clinton and Romania processing plants are now using TabWare EFx from AssetPoint (www.assetpoint.com) as their CMMS/EAM software for maintaining their manufacturing operations. Live use of the TabWare EFx product commenced over the past few months with work orders, spare parts inventory, requisitioning and purchasing in a total integrated maintenance, inventory and procurement suite interfaced with their existing financial software package.

Located in North Carolina, Smithfield Foods' Tar Heel plant is one of the largest pork processing plants in North America; the Kinston plant is the most modern, efficient cooked-ham plant in the United States and the Clinton plant produces smoked hams, sliced and microwave cooked bacon, and sausage. The Romanian plant produces fresh pork for retail customers in Europe.

A series of successful acquisitions largely over the past decade has transformed Smithfield Foods into a global food company with revenues approaching $12 billion.

"Implementation of TabWare in these impressive Smithfield Foods plants further solidifies our position as a top supplier of maintenance, inventory and purchasing software to the food & beverage industry," said Vince Carrozzi, Managing Partner at AssetPoint. "Our expanding footprint in this industry is due to our outstanding customer service, certified software products, certified professionals and proven methodology."

About Smithfield Foods:

Smithfield Foods is the world's largest processed pork and hog producer with revenues approaching $12 billion in fiscal 2007. They are also the leader in turkey processing, cattle feeding, and several packaged meats categories as well as the fifth-largest beef processor. From national brands and regional powerhouses in the United States to some of the best-known European brands, Smithfield Foods packages meats that are prized by retail, foodservice, and deli customers alike.

About AssetPoint:

Established in 2002 as a spin-off from a major engineering, construction and maintenance corporation, AssetPoint has a legacy of over 25 years in delivering integrated enterprise asset management (EAM) software and services that improve profitability and productivity for the food & beverage, mining & metals, oil & gas, forest products, manufacturing and facilities management industries. AssetPoint is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. For more information see http://www.assetpoint.com.