Prodika releases Design Workbench v2.5
Prodika announces availability of its newest version of the advanced Design Workbench application service for recipe and formulation design.

Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas - November 10, 2002 — Prodika, a premier provider of collaborative Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions for global Consumer Goods companies, today announced the release of version 2.5 of its advanced Design Workbench application service.

Prodika Design Workbench (DWB) is a scientific design application that enables product developers to model the behavior of formulations given different nutrition/compliance objectives, ingredient substitutions, and cost constraints. By conducting "rationalized experimentation", R&D groups can rapidly prove the most feasible and optimal formulations prior to entering the lab. In addition, real-time calculation and automation utilities assist in the creation of Label Ingredient Order and Nutrition Panel information.

"Key features within version 2.5 enable product developers to optimize new formulations according to both least-cost formulation and consumer preference design constraints. Additional enhancements have been made to streamline the design process through raw material visibility and substitution, rationalized experimentation, and direct access to supplier capability and performance metrics" explained Kenneth Crain, Prodika's Founder and Chief Architect.

Version 2.5 of the Design Workbench application service is now being piloted in both US and European markets.

About Prodika
Prodika is a premier provider of collaborative Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions for global Consumer Goods companies. Prodika's solutions for managing global specifications, recipes and formulations, labeling and packaging, supply chain relationships, and New Product Development (NPD) processes help companies capture business value by accelerating time to market, improving value chain collaboration and coordination, enhancing support for quality and safety management, rationalizing suppliers and spend, and optimizing return on R&D. Prodika solutions are delivered as managed application services based on the Microsoft .NET platform and a service-oriented architecture. Deployed around the world, Prodika solutions natively support all languages, cultures, and currencies.

For more information about Prodika and its innovative products and services visit www.prodika.com or contact us at info@prodika.com