Tampa, FL – July 20, 2005 – Cincom Systems, Inc., a partner of Pilgrim Software, has announced that Composite Engineering, Inc. has purchased the complete Pilgrim Q&MIS Solutions suite as part of Cincom’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation.  Pilgrim Software, Inc. is the leading provider of Enterprise Compliance and Quality Management (ECQM) Solutions. Since Cincom and Pilgrim solutions are tightly integrated and have been successfully implemented in many manufacturing organizations, Composite Engineering will reap the benefits of lower cost, rapid ROI and low risk implementation. 

Composite Engineering, Inc. (CEi) purchased the complete integrated ERP and ECQM suite from Cincom in order to qualify for a $600M government contract to build robotic spy planes. The system will ensure quality and productivity while they experience growth as well as improve quality, speed to market and profits. The suite includes Audit/Survey (AS) to manage internal, external and customer audits; Calibration System (CS) to manage scheduling of essential equipment maintenance; Document Control (DC) to manage all documentation and provide secure electronic approval, distribution and revision control within an electronic vault; Maintenance System (MS) to manage scheduled and unscheduled asset maintenance; Internal Focus (IF) to ensure shop floor quality management; and, Supplier Focus (SF) to manage supplier relationships and receiving and inspection workflow. The IF and SF modules dynamically link to Cincom‘s Control ERP system.

“Partnerships, such as ours with Cincom, are essential to Pilgrim. The market for compliance and quality software is huge and we need partners to cover the market. Cincom is our strategic partner within the aerospace/defense and complex engineering markets,” said Prashanth Rajendran, Chief Operating Officer of Pilgrim Software, Inc. “Composite Engineering, one of many successes with Cincom, will have competent, experienced Cincom personnel to get them through the implementation and go live processes. ”


About Composite Engineering, Inc.
Located in Sacramento, CA, Composite Engineering (CEi) is a privately held, vertically integrated company. While many firms do only segments of composite product engineering or manufacturing, parceling important elements of the process to outside vendors, CEi performs all the functions. They offer full spectrum product development services for composite products, research and development, including modeling and analysis, as well as rapid prototyping to tool design, testing, and evaluation. Their efforts are focused in three main areas:  custom components and manufacturing services, composite cases for field electronic systems, and a division which specializes in unmanned aerial vehicles. They emphasize working with customers for their mutual benefits to ensure a complete understanding of all the customer requirements. They are Certified ISO9001:2000 and AS9100. For more information about Composite Engineering, please visit their website at http://www.compositeeng.com/. 

About Pilgrim Software, Inc.   
Pilgrim Software, Inc. is the leading provider of Enterprise Compliance and Quality Management solutions for global organizations. Pilgrim helps organizations manage industry and regulatory compliance, reduce manufacturing costs and improve customer satisfaction. By providing live connections to multiple sites, suppliers and customers, Pilgrim enables organizations to centrally manage all of their worldwide compliance efforts and quality operations – providing real-time visibility tied to fast action. The results are a lean, performance-driven enterprise that can respond to change with speed and power. For more information, visit Pilgrim Software’s Web site at www.pilgrimsoftware.com.