170 Systems is the leading provider of complete software solutions that automate and optimize Financial processes for the world's largest and most ambitious Finance organizations. The company's customers include Bank of Montreal, British Telecom, ConAgra, France Telecom, Juniper Networks, Plains All American, Reader's Digest, Sandia National Laboratories, Select Medical, Thomson Reuters, University of Pennsylvania, and Verizon Wireless.

The company's flagship product , the 170 MarkView® Financial Suite, is a complete, proven Financial process automation solution for Accounts Payable (AP), Expense Management, Procurement, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Asset Management, Project Re-Billing and Human Resources. Certified with Oracle e-Business Suite and SAP ERP, 170 MarkView provides real-time Oracle and SAP integration, leveraging the ERP's approvals and validations - without risk of data duplication. At the same time, all 170 Systems' offerings employ best practice workflows, advanced capture technologies such as OCR and interfaces appropriate for each type of user: AP processor, line-of-business manager, Finance manager and supplier.

The 170 MarkView Financial Suite is complemented by 170 MarkView Advisor, the industry's first application for real-time Financial process performance management and cash flow optimization, and SupplierExpress, an easy-to-implement service for buyers and suppliers that reduces the overhead of supplier interaction and enables on-time and accurate payment with minimal effort.

The 170 Systems Advantage

170 Systems' customers benefit from complete visibility into all transactions and related information, and achieve best-in-class transaction costs, fastest transaction cycle times, strengthened internal controls, improved service levels, maximized cash flow and the best user experience for all process participants - with average payback in less than 8 months. The company's solutions are unmatched in their ability to transform expensive, inefficient, labor-intensive, paper-burdened Finance tasks into streamlined, automated, efficient end-to-end processes. The advantages 170 Systems offers to its customers include:

Unrivaled Experience

170 Systems is unmatched in its experience automating Financial processes in large organizations worldwide. Working with the world's leading Finance organizations, 170 Systems demonstrates unsurpassed knowledge and understanding about its customers' challenges and the solutions that will deliver the greatest value for them. The company's customers have global Finance operations and shared service centers worldwide, often with offshore processing centers, and have won numerous industry awards for their successes.

170 Systems customers can be found across a wide range of industries including aerospace and defense, consumer goods, education, energy, engineering and construction, Financial services, food and beverage, government/public sector, healthcare, high technology, manufacturing, publishing, telecom, retail, travel & entertainment.

Comprehensive, Proven Suite of Financial Solutions

The 170 MarkView Financial Suite is a complete proven set of Finance solutions for Accounts Payable, Expense Management, Procurement, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Asset Management, Project Re-Billing and Human Resources. Complementing these are 170 MarkView Advisor for the real-time management of AP process performance and SupplierExpress, a self-service supplier portal. With modules to support all key Finance functions, the 170 Systems solution delivers cross-functional integration to support the flow of transactions throughout the organization and with suppliers, across ERP modules.

Unlike many vendors that focus on a single task (e.g., document capture), enabling technologies (workflow, imaging), or that rely on customers to design and implement portions of the solution, 170 Systems delivers end-to-end Finance applications optimized for each participant. From the first step of a process (e.g., at invoice receipt for an AP process) through analysis of the whole stream of invoices, 170 Systems' best practice solutions create the foundation for efficient and effective world-class Finance operations.

Complete, End-to-End Best-of-Breed Applications

Many companies offer toolkits for creating custom applications, incorporating various technologies (imaging, OCR, EIPP, and workflow), as necessary. In contrast, 170 Systems delivers complete software products and built-in best-practice workflows. Our sole focus is Finance process automation and our applications, as a result, are built to be best-of-breed. 170 MarkView Financial Suite, 170 MarkView Advisor, and SupplierExpress are designed to support large-scale, end-to-end Finance processes for Finance departments managing hundreds of thousands of invoices per year. They offer:

• Fully Tested, Certified and Supported Software - 170 Systems' products, including an extensive library of best practice workflows, are fully tested, certified with ERP releases, fully documented, fully supported, completely upgradeable and deployment-proven in the world's leading companies. Custom-developed or custom-integrated solutions do not offer those benefits and introduce numerous risks.
• The Foundation for Incorporating Key Automation Technologies - 170 MarkView Financial Suite supports all of the technologies required to automate Financial processes: imaging, OCR, electronic invoices (EIPP), workflow, and more.
• Proven in the Field - As a result of 170 Systems' focus on optimizing and managing Finance processes, delivering a complete product and extensive experience, 170 Systems' customers derive a rapid and quantifiable return on their investment (ROI). In an independent study of 170 Systems' customers, The Gantry Group found an average payback period of less than 8 months.

Real-time ERP Integration - without Duplication

170 MarkView Financial Suite is fully integrated and certified with the leading ERP Systems -Oracle e-Business Suite and SAP ERP - working directly with live ERP data and leveraging the ERP system's workflows, approvals and validations. Unlike other technologies, 170 MarkView:

• Never copies ERP data so that records are never outdated, lost or inaccurate;
• Automatically attaches original information such as invoices and all back-up information to the ERP record;
• Leverages the ERP's approval hierarchy, validations and security; and
• " Provides point and click functions (approve, forward, etc.) for Finance staff and line-of-business users to drive the ERP workflow

The Best User Experience

170 MarkView Financial Suite, 170 MarkView Advisor and SupplierExpress applications are also specifically tuned to the visibility and needs of the various participants in the process - from ERP-savvy Finance staff to non-ERP users in the lines of business to suppliers:

• Finance staff have 170 MarkView tools integrated into their ERP work environment for managing individual transactions, initiating workflows and checking approval status.
• Finance managers have visibility into incurred liabilities, potential internal controls violations, employee productivity, and other key metrics enabling them to make better decisions about departmental performance and resources - and take action in real-time.
• Line-of-business users benefit from simple, intuitive web-based access for approvals and inquiries, so that they don't need to understand or directly access the ERP, but can easily perform their required functions.