BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, FEBRUARY 10,1992 -- Expandable Software, Inc., a market leader of integrated factory and financial management software on PC-LANs, today announced its new release 4.4. Over sixty new features were incorporated. Major ease of use enhancements include pop-up help (user modifiable) with point-and-shoot selection of valid values, hot-keys jump users to other related programs or inquires from any prompt, and over 100+ drill-down inquires. The new release also supports companies requiring sales and financial reporting by product line. This release will be provided free to all Expandable/MRP users under their standard maintenance contract. Release 4.4 also includes a major new module, Lot Tracking. This significant addition to the Expandable/MRP system lists for $3,000. Aimed at companies that require part traceability where material must be tracked by lot number, batch number, or serial number, the Lot Tracking module provides complete tracking of a part and its lot/serial number information from the time it is purchased or manufactured until it is consumed or shipped. Features include traceability of parts as they are received, cycle counted, kit issued to work orders or jobs, backflush issued, completed and or shipped. Marshall Guile, president and CEO of Expandable Software said, '"The new Lot Tracking module provides optimum downward (lot source) and upward (lot consumption) traceability required by companies with either FDA or serial number traceability requirements. Lot Tracking also provides capabilities to help a firm improve its quality control and save a firm unnecessary write-offs because of lot expiration date control." The Expandable/MRP system manages manufacturing (MRP II), financial, and order management information for manufacturing companies. Feature rich and completely integrated, it employs fourth-generation relational data base technology and runs on IBM's AIX and in a variety of PC/LAN environments. Because Expandable/MRP is an open-ended, total solution for manufacturing management, --- and one that combines affordability with great power --, the Expandable system on AIX and LANs has emerged as the premier manufacturing software product of the 90s. Expandable Software can be reached at: 408-261-7880 +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | From the America On-Line & PC-Link New Product Info Services | +===============================================================+ | This information was processed with OmniPage Professional OCR | | software (from Caere Corp) & a Canon IX-30 scanner from data | | provided by the above mentioned company. For additional info, | | contact the company at the address or phone# indicated above. | | All submissions for this service should be addressed to | | BAKER ENTERPRISES, 20 Ferro Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080 U.S.A. | +---------------------------------------------------------------+