Several of TDCI's established MAC-PAC XE solution partners exhibited at Perspectives 2005. MAPSYS, Nutech Systems, Systems Plus, and Vizion Solutions all demonstrated new capabilities and services. Follow these links for brief updates from each partner:

• MAPSYS
• Nutech Systems
• Systems Plus
• Vizion Solutions

MAPSYS

MAPSYS is an IBM Premier Business Partner, and TDCI's hardware services partner offering value-added iSeries and xSeries hardware and system software services to MAC-PAC XE users.

In addition to iSeries solutions to support core MAC-PAC XE applications, MAPSYS is offering IBM Express products for BuyDesignT deployment. IBM Express offerings are popular IBM models and features priced to compete with DELL and HP Pricing, and inventoried for prompt deliver to the customer. IBM defines the Express products as a portfolio of offerings (hardware, software, services and financing) designed, developed and priced to meet the needs of mid-sized businesses. xSeries Solution offerings are mapped to Small and Medium Business workloads. They are a ggressively priced, readily available, and flexible configurations. They are based on IBM Xtended Design Architecture, IBM eServer BladeCenter and X3 products.

The IBM Express portfolio includes: Intellistations (Workstations), Think Pads, Servers, SANs, and iSeries. IBM Express products provide:

• Reliability - You demand reliability from the technology that's running your business. IBM xSeries servers are built on proven technology and backed by world-class service and support to keep you up and running 24x7, 365 days a year.
• Affordability - Make your infrastructure more cost-effective. Pay less and get more out of your technology investments with IBM xSeries Express offerings.
• Ease of Use - You want to manage your business, not the technology. IBM xSeries simplifies the ease of use and manageability of our servers to free up your time to worry about the important stuff.
• Assurance - You want the latest technology, but it needs to work with the infrastructure you already have. IBM xSeries is built on open standards and designed to work with the technology you have today.

For more information on this and other IBM products available MAPSYS, contact Emmet Apolinario at eapolinario@mapsysinc.com or 866-314-7793.

Nutech Systems

Nutech Systems is a leading provider of iSeries barcode and RFID Auto ID solutions, and TDCI's partner for MAC-PAC XE data collections solutions. The Viewpoint for MAC-PAC interface is a fully supported solution for MAC-PAC XE users on maintenance.

At Perspectives 2005, Nutech announced that HenkelOrbseal has recently selected the Viewpoint for MAC-PAC solution for that company's data collection project.

Viewpoint is a Suite of Auto ID software solutions that help organizations maximize the efficiency of their operations and ERP systems. Viewpoint for MAC-PAC seamlessly integrates with core MAC-PAC XE applications to increase the timeliness of the information available within the system. The Engine/View design of Viewpoint gives users the greatest flexibility to choose how they want to run their business while at the same time protecting their ERP investment. Visit www.nutechsystems.com/macpac to learn more about Viewpoint for MAC-PAC.

Nutech regularly schedules webinars on the Viewpoint for MAC-PAC and Viewpoint TAPS (time and attendance and job reporting) products. If you would like to learn more about these solutions or the kinds of issues you need to consider when planning an RFID pilot project, visit www.nutechsystems.com/webinar and register for the upcoming October 6 th Webinar. Nutech is an Intermec RFID Authorized Partner.

Systems Plus

Systems Plus is an IBM Business Partner and the provider of the APICS award-winning OTTO ('On Time Orders') manufacturing execution intelligence software that is at the heart of the MAX-PAC XE Priority Manager solution. Priority Manager integrates OTTO with core MAC-PAC XE manufacturing applications to clearly identify the near-term actions operations managers need to take in order to ship orders on time, reduce expediting activity, and minimize inventory levels.

At Perspectives 2005 Systems Plus introduced two new modules - Flow Manufacturing and Roll Product Manager as well as an extension to Priority Manager's Production module.

The new Flow Manufacturing module allows firms requiring work orders for accounting purposes to embrace the advantages of one of lean manufacturing's core principles - never produce more than you need before you need it. Priority Manager's Flow Manufacturing module is implemented without changing BOMs, routers or labor reporting procedures. Planners use it to set the final assembly schedule, from which Priority Manager creates the schedules for all feeder "cells". Priority Manager's Flow Manufacturing has been installed at the Ruskin Lau Division's Rochester , IN plant.

The Roll Product Manager is used by firms which convert master rolls of steel, tape, paper, plastic, etc. into small rolls for their customers. Priority Manager's Roll Product Manager "fits" the customer demands to master rolls based on characteristic (heat, thickness, temper, grade, etc.), providing the production planners with an optimal usage plan for each master roll. Planners can either accept the suggested configuration or modify it based on extenuating circumstances.

Priority Manager has also been enhanced to provide the ability to schedule and track production work orders that have multiple concurrent operations. This new Priority Manager function makes it possible to synchronize and track all the production 'threads' that make up the full production flow of an end product as a single work order - something previously unavailable to most MAC PAC XE installations. No modification to core MAC-PAC XE is required to implement the new scheduling capability. All Priority Manager needs to support this new scheduling process is a routing record field which will be used to identify the 'feeding' operation number.

For more information on MAC-PAC XE Priority Manager, contact Shelley Horn at shorn@tdci.com or 614-781-2325 x119.

Vizion Solutions

Vizion Solutions is TDCI's partner in development and delivery of MAC-PAC XE -specific business intelligence (BI) applications. The Vizion Business Intelligence suite for MAC-PAC XE currently includes applications for Financial Analysis and Sales Analysis, with a Profitability application under development, and more planned.

At the Perspectives 2005 TDCI Customer Forum, Vizion Solutions announced two new features for the Vizion Business Intelligence suite for MAC-PAC XE .

The Sales Analysis module has been extended to include Drill-Through from the Sales Analysis data mart to the underlying transaction level detail. In addition to the standard data mart dimensions, the detailed attributes that are now available for analysis include: invoice and invoice line number, order and order line number, customer PO number, sales account, and cost of sales account.

The Vizion Business Intelligence suite now includes a Web Reporting environment in addition to the standard Microsoft Excel interface. Built on the Microsoft Reporting Services platform, the web reporting environment provides delivery of parameter driven reports via a web-browser. In addition to web reports, the platform provides the ability to centrally store and access the standard Excel templates. Users of the web reports and Excel templates can access each from a standard interface.

For more information about Vizion BI solutions for MAC-PAC XE , contact your Shelley Horn at shorn@tdci.com . Also visit www.vizionsolutions.com for more information about Vizion Solutions.

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