Our provider of thin-client technology, AccuSoft Enterprises, supplying us with AccuTerm, has come out with enhanced screens, at our urging, which will support the addition of wallpaper (like that found on Windows Desktop). This brings an exciting new look to our screens.

Our partnership with Ramdata Systems Ltd. of the UK brings added strength to both Racine Enterprises Inc. and Ramdata Systems Ltd., both in business opportunity and software product strength.

Put your application on a Solid Foundation with the BuildingBlocks4GL Fourth Generation Language (BB4GL), Racine Enterprises Inc. own powerful set of utilities. This excellent product, developed here at REI, was used to build this application and is a robust set of programs, subroutines, compiler includes/code snippets (for the purposes of portability and database independence), verbs, and M/DICT (VOC) items which, when properly applied, can Completely Transform your Existing Application or Start a New One using our State-of-the-Art Methods. The BB4GL is a set of powerful Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools which REI designed and developed independently to accelerate the development of the REI Purveyor Software application and to offer as a separate product, apart from Purveyor, as well. While we did develop these independently, we did so from our experience with other systems and applications and pulled heavily from best practices there. The BB4GL includes utilities and tools for report writing, document editing, MS Office integration, file transfer/download, laser printing, spooler control, Proc conversion, GUI editing, database independence, database integrity, rapid application development tools, portable account saves, sophisticated customer, vendor, and product lookups, extract, transform, and load programs, exciting, easy-to-use and maintain menus, quick screen repainting, powerful security methods, and great support programming. These "Building Blocks" make creating a new application, or upgrading an old one, practically "Child's Play!".

Programs are available in either and/or both Smart User Interface (SUI) and Graphical User Interface (GUI) screen formats. Both the SUI and the GUI are thin-client interfaces which easily support small, medium, large, and extra large user configurations, from LANs, to WANs, to Internet-available applications. The Smart User Interface is a high-performance, simplified graphical user interface designed to support companies whose transaction processing requirements are high. It is attractive, easy-to-use, and often employs common Graphical User Interface features such as mouse usage, arrow key support, tab and back-tab, activation of commands by entering single characters, cursor-controlled editing, colors, sizable screens, and, soon to come, wallpaper (background images). The Graphical User Interface, by contrast, is more geared toward the users who have less need for transaction processing speed. It provides an interface which is more like that of Microsoft Windows. While it runs as quickly as that of Microsoft Windows, it runs many times more slowly than the Smart User Interface. All screens available in GUI are also available in SUI. The reverse cannot be said, though we are making more screens also available in GUI format as time goes on. We recommend that you try both for those which have both available. There are system switches which control which type of screen is used for which application. While the GUI may be initially more familiar, you may decide to use the SUI screens because they will allow you to finish your work more quickly.

Pur-vey v. To supply or furnish (e.g., provisions), usually as a service. Pur-vey'or n.

Designed to fit the needs of foods distributors and manufacturers, and hardgoods supply houses, of any size, Purveyor is integrated, yet modular, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) software, featuring Just-In-Time (JIT) Inventory Control and Activity-Based Cost (ABC/Net Profit Analysis) Accounting and Managerial Reporting, that has undergone extensive further development, testing, and documentation for the new release. Long cognizant of the benefits of modular and parameterized applications, we have produced this software to very high Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) standards.

Purveyor handles Inventory Control, Lot Control including Pedigree Tracking, Sales, Purchasing, Production, Trucking, Warehousing, and Accounting needs completely. It will handle the complete variety of Branch and Warehousing configurations. ERP/MRP/JIT/ABC features include Suggested Purchase Orders/Branch Transfers/Sales Orders/Production, Master A/R and A/P, Production Bill of Materials/Processes (BoM), Net Profit Analysis of Routes, Customers, and Products, and also performs Split Quantities, Catchweights, Serialization, Warranties, Quality Coding, Vendor Rebates, Freight and Storage, and full Security. Human Resource Requirements are calculated for dock loading and production, based on net weight and user-defined parameters.

Purveyor provides advanced Historical Analysis Screens and Reports as well as Customer-Required Reporting. In fact, Purveyor provides over 1000 Reports. Purveyor screens are well laid out, intuitive, easy to navigate, and employ advanced lookup techniques. Purveyor incorporates easily tailored parameters. Sophisticated Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) utilities, a "must have" for efficient Data Warehousing, are an integral part of the 4GL.

On both the BB4GL RAD Tools and Purveyor Software, we offer a 90-day satisfaction guarantee, or your money back! We'd also like to reduce the costs of Purveyor ownership to any new client who would be willing to sell their data back to us every year for at least three years so that we may have more up-to-date testing and demonstration data. We, of course, would fictionalize the customer and vendor names, etc., in that data. Purveyor Software is supported and "wrapped" by, and integrated and bundled with, the BB4GL RAD Tools. The BB4GL RAD Tools can also be purchased separately. References are available upon request for both products.

Purveyor has been and is being developed using the excellent principle of Kaizen. If you're not familiar with the principle, we respectfully suggest you Google the term and find out more.

John Padden Racine - President & CEO, Racine Enterprises Inc.
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