Tampa, FL, January 31, 2005 - Pilgrim Software, Inc., the leading provider of Enterprise Quality and Compliance Management solutions, today announced the release of its SmartTrain solution as part of the SmartSolve 7.04 suite. SmartTrain is an employee training and certification solution that helps organizations ensure regulatory compliance, reduce certification and administrative costs, and increase the effectiveness of their workforce.

SmartTrain automates job and SOP-based training processes to ensure that employees are fully trained and qualified to perform their functions within the organization. By monitoring employee training progress and matching qualified personnel to specific job requirements, SmartTrain helps organizations reduce job quality issues. In addition, the solution maintains training history to verify that employees were fully certified throughout their employment.

A fully trained and qualified workforce is critical for meeting regulatory requirements and ensuring the quality of an organization's processes and products, said Atulya Risal, Pilgrim Software's Chief Technology Officer. With SmartTrain, organizations can take advantage of training best practice templates and automated workflows to streamline employee training processes reducing training cycle time and cost. Management also gains in-depth visibility into the training and certification status of its workforce to guarantee that all employees are fully trained on their job requirements and SOP revisions.

 
"We are pleased that the Enterprise Quality and Compliance Management blue print that Pilgrim Software designed and published for Life Science companies is coming to fruition," said Ami Utji, Pilgrim Software's CEO.  "SmartTrain is a key piece of this blue print and will play an instrumental role in ensuring that Life Science companies maintain a well-trained staff".

SmartTrain is a fully integrated part of Pilgrim's SmartSolve suite of Web-based Enterprise Quality and Compliance Management solutions built on the Microsoft .Net platform. Other components of the SmartSolve suite include SmartAudit (quality assessments), SmartCAPA (corrective and preventive action management), and SmartDoc (document management and SOP enforcement).


About Pilgrim Software, Inc.
Pilgrim Software, Inc. is the leading provider of Enterprise Quality and Compliance Management solutions for global organizations. Pilgrim helps organizations manage industry and regulatory compliance, reduce manufacturing costs and improve customer satisfaction. For more information, visit Pilgrim Software's Web site at www.pilgrimsoftware.com.