Joerns Healthcare Selects and "Goes Live" with Solutions from SAP and Answerthink,...

Joerns Healthcare Selects and "Goes Live" with Solutions from SAP and Answerthink, Including EzMed(TM)

Answerthink Continues Strong Succession of Deployments of SAP(R)
Solutions in 2008
MIAMI--(Business Wire)--
Answerthink, a division of The Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCKT)
focused on providing and supporting SAP(R) solutions, today announced
the successful go-live implementation of EzMed(TM), a qualified SAP
Business All-in-One partner solution for the medical device industry
at Joerns Healthcare, Inc. (Joerns).

Joerns, located in Steven Points, WI, is a leading provider of
advanced healthcare products and services for the long-term care
industry. As a manufacturer of medical beds, furnishings,
repositioning equipment, and wound management products, Joerns wanted
to increase their strong position in the industry and maintain a
reliable supply chain, keep strict inventory controls, manage
regulations and enhance the overall customer experience. Joerns
selected SAP and Answerthink to help in this effort.

"We are a mid-size company with global reach and aspirations of a
true industry leader," said Partha Biswas, Vice President and Chief
Information Officer, Joerns Healthcare. "Complexity of business
processes and stiff competition describe our business landscape.
Solutions from SAP not only meet virtually all of our functionality
requirements, but they also position us well to meet our current and
future challenges in a cost-effective manner. SAP's vision and
consistency of strategic execution made them an obvious choice for
us."

After a comprehensive ERP software evaluation process, Joerns
chose SAP solutions based on the need to meet demanding growth and
business management objectives. After the SAP selection, Answerthink
was contracted to lead and manage the effort based on a track record
of successful implementations for mid-market customers. Answerthink
enabled Joerns' vision to install a platform for full and powerful
functionality to meet current and future business needs.

On June 2 of this year, the implementation of SAP solutions at
Joerns successfully went "live" on time and on budget. The
implementation included the SAP ERP Release 6.0 application and EzMed,
a qualified SAP Business All-in-One partner solution designed for
medical device companies. Diligence, collaboration, and commitment of
the Joerns and Answerthink implementation team contributed to the
success of the project.

According to Answerthink Managing Director John McGrath, "We were
delighted to have the opportunity to partner with Joerns in this
mission-critical business step. Without the use of our EzMed solution,
we could have never achieved what we collectively did in a short
period of time. The combination of our solution and the dedicated team
members from both organizations were the keys to success. Coupled with
solutions from SAP, Joerns is now well-positioned to assume the growth
it anticipates in the years to come."

EzMed is based on best practices from SAP and customized for
growing companies in the medical device industries. It is part of
Answerthink's EzLifeSciences(TM) family of preconfigured solutions
that are designed specifically to help life sciences companies achieve
goals unique to their industry.

About Answerthink

Answerthink (www.answerthink.com), has achieved gold-level status
as an SAP channel partner that develops and offers qualified SAP
Business All-in-One partner solutions - industry-specific software,
implementation, and training packaged solutions. By leveraging the
best practices database of The Hackett Group, Answerthink's help
clients improve performance and maximize returns on SAP software
investments. Answerthink is a division of The Hackett Group and has
offices in the United States and India.

About Joerns Healthcare

Joerns Healthcare (www.joerns.com) is a leading provider of
advanced healthcare products and services for the long-term care
industry. Joerns manufactures medical beds, furnishings, repositioning
equipment, and wound management products and is located in Stevens
Point, WI.

SAP and all SAP logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of
SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries.

EzMed is a trademark of Answerthink.

Answerthink
Marjorie Constable, 610-429-1625
Marketing
mconstable@answerthink.com

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