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MAPICS Helps
Businesses Manage Their Data Electronically
April 28th, 1999
--- Orlando. MAPICS,
Inc. (NASDAQ: MAPX), a leading provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) business
solutions to mid-sized manufacturers, today announced the delivery of two targeted
offerings focused on significantly advancing electronic data management. JacanaForms an
electronic forms management application, and ValetMiner, an information mining tool for
heritage reporting.
"For our customers to manage their business
effectively they must be able to easily and seamlessly manage their mission critical data,"
said Dick Cook, President and CEO of MAPICS, Inc. "Our
commitment to providing the latest advancements for our customers is demonstrated through
our delivery of JacanaForms and ValetMiner. With Momentum, MAPICS delivers a proven
solution designed to ensure the integrity of sharing and reporting of critical business
information."
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| JacanaForms is a targeted offering focused on
significantly advancing print technology designed for impact printers and pre-printed
forms. JacanaForms is a dynamic solution, merging powerful data access, design,
presentation, data manipulation and printer management to provide a complete business
solution for form output. Working together with MAPICS report writer Info WorkPlace (IWP),
JacanaForms combines iSeries, Windows 95 and Windows NT server technologies, successfully
balancing technical sophistication with desktop ease of use. With JacanaForms customers
will be able to track and manage paperwork electronically – resulting in the
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- Cost Savings
– Organizations can reduce capital expenditures on pre-printed
forms, checks and label inventory; lower paper storage costs; reduce form administration
and distribution costs; reduce obsolescence costs; and cut forms design expense.
- Competitive Advantages
– Companies can easily refine presentations and modify
form output to meet changing business requirements leading to improved customer service
and satisfaction.
- Productivity Gains
– Within minutes, companies can quickly have edits made to
reflect changes in telephone numbers, addresses or company names.
ValetMiner on the other hand is an easy-to-use data access and analysis tool that helps
users manipulate and analyze data extracted from business reports. Providing drill down
capabilities users can reveal successive layers of detail and charts that change
dynamically as the user explores the data. ValetMiner can also distribute the resulting
electronic report across internal or external networks to other ValetMiner users improving
information flow and reducing the time and cost of printing and distributing hardcopy
reports. Further, ValetMiner can easily extract formatted data for virtually any PC
application, including: 1-2-3, Harvard Graphics, Excel, Word, Access, Paradox, dBase,
Quattro, FoxBASE and Word Perfect, overcoming the need to re-key report data.
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About MAPICS, Inc.
With more than 20 years of proven manufacturing expertise, MAPICS, Inc., is one of the
world’s leading providers of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application software
specifically designed for the business needs of manufacturers. The company’s flagship
ERP solution, MAPICS XA, delivers proven, in-depth functionality for the management of
operations, financial, engineering, product demand and supply chain planning.
The solution leverages standard
technologies like the iSeries platform and integrates advanced new technologies such as
Java, client/server and the Internet to deliver companies an ERP suite that meets their
business needs today and tomorrow. More than 2,400 customers have selected MAPICS XA since
its introduction in 1993, including Bayer Corp.; General Electric Co., P.L.C.; Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Co.; Honda Motor Co., Ltd.; IBM; Matsushita; Michelin Corp.; Volvo
Corp.; Westinghouse Electric Corp. and York International.
MAPICS, Inc is headquartered in Atlanta with offices around the globe
and a worldwide sales network of over 80 affiliates servicing customers in more than 70
countries worldwide.
MAPICS is a trademark of MAPICS, Inc.
More information about MAPICS, Inc.
and their
products are available on the World Wide Web.
Click here to leave Momentum's website and visit
http://www.mapics.com
Alternatively phone 1-888-3MAPICS.
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For
further information, contact:
USA
Public Relations Contact
Darren Horwitz
FitzGerald Communications Inc
Phone: +1 617 494 9500 Dhorwitz@fitzcomm.com
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USA
Marketing Contact - MAPICS
Yvonne Genovese
Vice President Worldwide Marketing
Phone: +1 678 319 8000
yvonne.genovese@mapics.com |
Australia
Frank Tidswell
Momentum Utilities
Phone: +61 2 9680 6000
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UK
Alan Catherall
Momentum Utilities
Phone: +44 1 181 656
7221
acatherall@jacana.com |
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Statements in this press release or otherwise attributable to the
Company regarding the Company's business which are not historical fact, including those
regarding benefits associated with the Company's products, are forward looking statements
made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. The forward looking statements are based on assumptions regarding nature,
timing and volume of products and services to be delivered, the ability of the Company and
others to develop and enhance products, and the customer's use and satisfaction with such
products and services. These or other assumptions could prove inaccurate and could cause
the Company's results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward looking
statement.
All products or name brands and company
names are the
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