Sparta Systems Announces that BD has Selected TrackWise as its Global Corrective and Preventive Action Management Solution

Holmdel, NJ - December 11, 2007 - Sparta Systems, Inc. (Sparta), the maker of TrackWise® and the market leader in enterprise quality and compliance management software, announced that BD, a global medical technology company, has selected TrackWise as its enterprise tool for managing global Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA).

BD serves healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, industry and the general public. It manufactures and sells medical devices, instrument systems and reagents. BD required a CAPA solution that would increase visibility and share information across the organization, while also providing the ability to monitor and improve quality trending and management reporting.

"We anticipate the ability to consolidate redundant systems and enhance collaboration throughout BD,” said Mike Marchlik, Director of Quality Systems at BD. “We are impressed with how Sparta Systems has focused on helping us address our particular business needs"

"BD’s Manufacturing Center of Excellence and a selection committee from the various business units thoroughly evaluated TrackWise on a number of levels - usability, configurability, implementation and support – against several vendors, in-house systems and existing processes.” said Bruce Edgar, Sparta Systems Account Executive. “We were pleased to provide BD with the support they needed to make this decision, and we’ll continue to deliver to the level they expect and deserve."

TrackWise global CAPA solution enables organizations to manage investigations that range from the simple to the complex. The solution enables companies to improve quality, reduce costs, and meet compliance requirements by automating and centralizing the CAPA process. TrackWise manages CAPAs originating from any source, and enables organizations to integrate and relate investigation and corrective action processes.

“TrackWise’s CAPA solution is based on best practices derived from hundreds of successful implementations throughout the industry. The system is designed to facilitate process harmonization, providing users with valuable, real time information to ensure investigations and CAPAs are closed on time,” said Ran J. Flam, President and CEO at Sparta Systems.