MASTERControl Select Smarttech Consulting Services as European Distributor for Quality Management Software

Out Of The Box Configurable Quality System Helps Lower Implementation Costs, Improve Quality and ROI



Cotswolds, UK — April 15, 2006 — Smarttech Consulting Services Ltd, a leading provider of technology and consultancy for enabling regulatory compliance, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with MASTERControl. Under the terms of the agreement, SmarttechCS will provide direct support with professional management services, including training and support for marketing, implementation, and integration of MASTERControl’s Quality Management system, a web based platform for the management and control of Documents, Employee Training , business processes such as Corrective and preventative actions (CAPA) ,Change Control ,Customer Complaints, Auditing and Calibration & Maintenance.



“With MASTERControl, companies can easily deploy and validate a Quality System. As standardisation using corporate intranet/web enabled solutions increases, more companies are looking for assistance to implement controls enabling better Collection, Collation, Collaboration and Compliance” said Adrian Carter, director for SmarttechCS. “We were chosen by MASTERControl because of our experience within the Life Science Pharmaceutical industry with solutions that enable regulatory compliance.”



Greg Beeber, VP Global Alliance for MASTERControl., says “the need for a company such as SmarttechCS to act as a distributor grew out of the increase in European demand for our Pharmaceutical applications. This is especially important where a company is addressing regulations such as FDA’s 21 CFR , SEC Sarbanes-Oxley SOX404 & ISO/IEC 17799, Process Analytical Technology (PAT) ASTM E55 and also the EMEA EU Annex’s and Orange guide , ICH Q8, ICH Q9, ICH Q10, , ISO 9000 ,14001,13485 medical devices , BS 6079-1 project management

where separate people, departments or sites are collaborating and sharing information.”





About Smarttech Consulting Services

Smarttech Consulting Services, Ltd. is a privately owned company established to meet the demand for enabling technology for compliance. SmarttechCS consults, distributes, and supports software solutions which provide knowledge from data, value from quality, and financial return from compliance. The company is headquartered in Stow-on-the-Wold, Cotswolds, United Kingdom. More information on can be found at http://www.smarttechcs.com.





About MASTERControl

MasterControl Inc., the pioneer in developing quality management software solution for companies in FDA and ISO environments, understands how critical it is for medical device manufacturers to stay compliant.



The company has been at the forefront of providing quality management software solution since 1993. The company was the first to develop software that enables compliance with FDA 21 CFR Part 11. Today, hundreds of companies worldwide use MasterControl to consistently meet EU & FDA regulatory requirements and industry quality standards, including ISO and QS/TS.