Sparta Systems Concludes Successful 2010 Global User Conference

HOLMDEL, N.J., April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Sparta Systems, Inc., the maker of TrackWise® software and the market leader in enterprise quality and compliance management solutions, today announced the culmination of its hugely successful TrackWise Connection 2010 Global User Conference, held March 15-19 in Miami.  The 2010 event brought together TrackWise software users from across the globe for a week of education, training and networking all aimed at providing users with best practices and new insights for getting the most out of their TrackWise Enterprise Quality Management System implementations.

This year's global event brought TrackWise software users from around the world to Miami to learn from both their peers and Sparta executives about new TrackWise uses, product features and industry issues that impact their companies' quality operations.  The keynote presentation was given by Simon Jacobson, research director, Gartner, who spoke on "Quality and Operations Excellence in Product Supply" and highlighted the challenges and opportunities companies in highly regulated industries face due to the lengthening of global supply chains.

"The need to drive operational efficiencies is pushing companies to take a proactive vs. a reactive approach to managing quality's role in the supply chain," said Jacobson.  "Quality must become a core and conscious capability for not just an organization but the value network it wants to participate in.  It cannot and should not be driven from the bottom up."

Beyond an insightful keynote presentation, additional content offerings at TrackWise Connection 2010 included educational breakout sessions designed to address specific TrackWise capabilities, customer success stories and exclusive hands-on previews of upcoming product features and enhancements.  Among the specific topics addressed in the sessions were:

• Implementing a Global Change Solution at a Large Biotech Organization
• Audit Preparation to Submission
• Global Complaint Handling
• TrackWise:  From Point Solution to Global Deployment
• TrackWise Electronic Regulatory Reporting
• Supplier Quality Management and TrackWise at a Contract Manufacturer
• Environmental Health & Safety Deployment: When, Why and How-To

"The success of our 2010 user conference was evident by the shared learning and knowledge transfer on key industry issues," said James E. McGowan, CEO, Sparta Systems.  "With companies in pharmaceutical, medical device and other highly regulated industries facing new quality challenges everyday in the global market, it was important that TrackWise software users be given a forum to share their concerns and strategies in leveraging our EQMS to manage their quality, compliance and regulatory operations across the enterprise."

About Sparta Systems

Sparta Systems, Inc., is an industry leader for global quality and compliance management systems.  Its TrackWise® product is a Web-based software application used by quality, manufacturing and regulatory affairs professionals to manage quality and compliance issues across the enterprise.  The company has more than 15 years of experience and an extensive customer base in the life sciences and other highly regulated industries.  Sparta Systems offers its customers a complete solution for global quality management needs, including the onsite support required throughout the project lifecycle.  More information about Sparta Systems and TrackWise software can be found at www.spartasystems.com.

Sparta Systems and TrackWise are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sparta Systems, Inc.  All other marks are trademarks of their respective companies. 

SOURCE Sparta Systems, Inc.