REDWOOD CITY, CA (August 2, 2006) -- Instill® Corporation, the leading provider of on-demand supply chain solutions and services for the foodservice industry, today announced that Independent Purchasing Cooperative (IPC), owned by over 21,000 U.S. and Canadian SUBWAY® franchisees, has won the QSR Magazine Applied Technology Award for it's use of Instill's Quality & Compliance Management solution. Instill's solution which, according to QSR Magazine, “might be the first of its kind in the industry”, is responsible for significantly improving product quality in IPC's supply chain and increasing the credit recovery for poor quality products.

“Supply chain quality is a critical area for any foodservice company and we are proud to be recognized for our significant achievements in this area,” said Rick Buttner, Director of Quality and Purchasing at IPC. “Instill's Quality & Compliance Management solution has directly enabled us to drive supply chain quality improvement, improve the response time on complaints and reduce supply chain costs.”

“This award recognizes the important advancements technology has made to improve supply chain quality for everyone in the supply chain. Today the solution is driving value for over 21,000 restaurants, 200 suppliers and 80 distribution centers,” said Anthony Wilson , CEO of Instill Corporation. “IPC continues to be an innovative foodservice leader and we are proud to have them as a partner.”

Instill Quality & Compliance Management is a web-based, end-to-end solution that enables foodservice companies to capture, route, correct, prevent and analyze system-wide issues between their organization and their trading partners. Unlike spreadsheet or email-based processes, Instill Quality & Compliance Management gives companies the ability to collaborate online with their partners on issues such as supplier approval processes, complaints, audits, employee training, product specification management, and document control, providing a real-time closed-loop view of enterprise wide quality and compliance. By unifying all quality and compliance data into one central repository, foodservice companies can leverage robust reporting, dashboard and alert capabilities to easily identify trends, overdue actions, and other key metrics while maintaining detailed scorecards against key performance indicators (KPIs).

Instill's Quality and Compliance Management solution is part of a comprehensive, integrated suite of proven solutions for foodservice that includes Food Spend Management, Procurement, Promotion Management, Product Information Management, Trade Spend Management, and Business Intelligence.

About Instill Corporation
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For more than a decade, Instill has been helping customers build enterprise value by applying innovative technology and industry expertise to address the unique challenges facing foodservice companies. Instill is the only technology company focused exclusively on the foodservice industry, providing a proven, comprehensive set of solutions for leading companies such as IPC, Hardee's, International Dairy Queen, Nathan's Famous, YUM! Brands' UFPC and UPGC, Centerplate, General Mills and Procter & Gamble. Instill is headquartered in Redwood City , California , and can be reached at 1-888-Instill or at www.instill.com .

 
About Independent Purchasing Cooperative (IPC)
Independent Purchasing Cooperative, owned by over 21,000 U.S. and Canadian SUBWAY® franchisees, provides supply chain management services to the SUBWAY® restaurant system. IPC's mission is to negotiate the lowest costs for purchased goods and services, improving quality and enhancing competitiveness and insuring the best value to SUBWAY® franchisee members and their customers.

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