SAN RAMON, CALIF. - April 4, 2007 - The Corporation for Manufacturing Excellence (Manex) is teaming with the COO Forum to regularly host the San Francisco East Bay senior executive peer group meetings in their corporate headquarters located in San Ramon, California.

The COO Forum provides a collaborative environment for Chief Operating Officers, Presidents, General Managers, and other second-in-command executives to expand their professional development through monthly peer group meetings and discussions. These peer group meetings provide a roundtable setting for executives to engage in confidential discussions on strategic and operational issues, and to share best practices.

Michael Honeycutt, Manex Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, is an active member of the COO Forum with considerable involvement in the East Bay senior executive peer group, sharing insights from his experience with expanding the operations of the firm.

"Manex is delighted to work with the COO Forum to provide an environment for executives to exchange ideas on critical issues and gain creative strategic insights from their peers. We look forward to helping the Forum nurture a strong community of senior leaders to drive breakthrough performance in their businesses," said Honeycutt.

"With Manex now located in the heart of East Bay, I'm thrilled that the company will host the East Bay executive peer group on a regular basis," said Bill Shepard, Founder and Executive Director, COO Forum. "Their focus on helping enterprises drive performance excellence, along with their recognition of the importance of professional development and the power of bringing leaders together to exchange ideas on critical strategic and operational issues, makes the Manex-COO Forum a natural and high-value fit."

Please visit www.cooforum.com to learn more about the COO Forum.

About Manex
Founded in 1995, The Corporation for Manufacturing Excellence (Manex) (www.manexconsulting.com) provides a broad array of proven advisory and implementation solutions exclusively to manufacturers, distributors and their supply chains, enabling them to increase growth, productivity, quality and profitability. Manex delivers high-impact solutions in four key areas: strategy, people, process and performance. Meaningful, rapid impact and ROI are achieved through a modular-yet-holistic approach encompassing corporate strategy and planning, marketing strategy, training and development, lean manufacturing, supply chain and logistics, Six Sigma, ISO and performance management systems.