August 8, 2005 - Columbus, Ohio. TDCI, Inc., a diversified enterprise software and consulting company serving both mid-size and large manufacturing organizations, today announced that the company has acquired exclusive world-wide rights to the MAC-PAC Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software from Accenture. Originally developed by Andersen Consulting in the 1980s and 1990s, the MAC-PAC software product is in use today within hundreds of manufacturing and distribution sites around the world. Many of those companies participate in a maintenance & support program offered by TDCI, which has been the authorized support organization for MAC-PAC since 1997. TDCI has expanded the original MAC-PAC solution to include advanced capabilities for web-based ebusiness, engineering, and enterprise application integration. TDCI's expanded solution is called MAC-PAC XET. In addition, TDCI has built and recently launched a related solution suite called the BuyDesignT Product Customization Management System, which can be integrated with any ERP product or in-house developed business system.

"Gaining the rights to MAC-PAC enables us to solidify our commitment to long-term support of the software and continued enhancement of the entire MAC-PAC XE solution suite," stated Dan DeMuth, TDCI President. "In short, it gives us the ability to ensure that MAC-PAC XE remains a vibrant and cost-effective ERP solution for many years to come."

"The MAC-PAC user community is very pleased that TDCI now has full control of the direction of the MAC-PAC XE solution," stated Bill Danuloff, Gorman-Rupp Corporate Vice President for Info rmation Technology and President of TDCI's MAC-PAC XE User Advisory Board. "TDCI has provided excellent support since taking over and has done a good job of developing the kind of new applications companies like ours have needed."

One of the uniquely strong features of the original MAC-PAC software was its product configuration capabilities. Because of that, many of the companies that have adopted it are configure-to-order manufacturers in industries such as windows & doors, HVAC systems, construction equipment, and industrial machinery. Working closely with those companies over the past several years, TDCI has developed a suite of solutions focused on sales and service of such products utilizing a new generation of web-based configuration technology. Those solutions are now being marketed as the BuyDesign Product Customization Management System, as well as components of the MAC-PAC XE solution. BuyDesign is now in use by a number of leading companies using other ERP products as well as companies using MAC-PAC XE . TDCI has recently initiated joint marketing relationships with other ERP companies to market BuyDesign as part of their solutions. For instance, Tectura, the number one provider of Microsoft-based ERP, CRM, and technology solutions, is in the process of integrating core BuyDesign components with the Microsoft Navision and Axapta ERP products.

About TDCI

TDCI is a diversified enterprise software and consulting company serving both mid-market and large organizations. TDCI's proven MAC-PAC ® XET ERP solution for the IBM iSeries/400 provides comprehensive support for manufacturing, distribution, financial, e-business, and engineering management. And TDCI's innovative BuyDesignT product customization management solution helps manufacturers of highly customizable products leverage configuration, engineering, and ebusiness technologies to streamline key business processes across product design, marketing, sales, and manufacturing. For more information, visit www.tdci.com .

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