LAKE FOREST, Calif. and LONDON, Ontario, Dev. 5, 2008 – Nexiant, a leading provider of indirect (also known as Maintenance, Repair and Operations - MRO) material management solutions for the industrial market, today announced that it has entered into a joint development and marketing agreement with Xtivity Inc. , a world leader in MRO Inventory Decision Support.

Customers of both Xtivity and Nexiant will be able to dynamically optimize MRO inventory levels within maintenance and manufacturing value streams. The partnership eliminates costly manual approaches to keeping key fulfillment and replenishment software operating parameters updated and aligned with the real-time demands placed on a critical manufacturing MRO inventory.

“Nexiant is the acknowledged world leader in MRO inventory management solutions with a very impressive customer base. Xtivity will be able to provide a robust, decision support service for every item in inventory,” said John Cowan, President of Xtivity. ldquo;Both companies have a mandate of MRO xcellence and this will be leveraged to increase an organization’s throughput and reduce costs by up to 40 percent.”

The Nexiant/Xtivity solution is a subscription-as-a-service (SaaS) offering that significantly reduces the costs associated with software and IT infrastructure setup and maintenance. Nexiant/Xtivity's webbased deployment model enables a streamlined implementation process, requires minimal resources and creates one of the shortest time-to-value intervals possible for an MRO initiative. In addition, the open-ended architecture supports seamless integration to common ERP, MRP, eProcurement and Maintenance Management systems supporting complete supply chain collaboration.