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Internet Trading Network Offers Distributors Opportunity to Increase Sales

YARDLEY, PA, March 11, 2005 - Prophet 21 announces the availability of Trading Partner Connect for Disc. Prophet 21 Trading Partner Connect, the fastest growing Internet trading network for distributors expedites sourcing, expands geographic reach, and streamlines transactions between distributors and manufacturers.

"Trading Partner Connect can provide distributors with a competitive advantage," said Chuck Boyle, Prophet 21 president and CEO. "We wanted to make sure our customers who run their businesses on Disc 5.0 have the opportunity to increase sales and market share without opening new warehouses or hiring dozens of new employees."

Streamlining processes between manufacturers/suppliers and distributors, Trading Partner Connect enables distributors to exchange data directly from their Disc solution. Distributors can see real-time availability information, receive order acknowledgements and invoices, and update pricing electronically, thus eliminating the need to re-key information. Manufacturers benefit from reduced supply chain costs, increased connectivity, and improved customer service.

Revolutionize The Industry

"Prophet 21 is the only software provider in this market space to offer this type of application," says Lee Eagan, CEO of Oliver H. Van Horn. "You can't afford not to have Prophet 21 because you won't survive without Trading Partner Connect. This is a good example of how Prophet 21 has helped us stay in the technology vanguard in our industry."

Oliver H. Van Horn has fully implemented Trading Partner Connect. "Since it rationalizes catalog numbers for products, we can look at and use another distributor's stock," says Eagan. "It allows us to become a virtual major corporation. It widens our catalog nearly exponentially every time a new distributor signs up."

Functionality in Trading Partner Connect includes:

• Source millions of items from hundreds of trading partners in real time. Trading Partner Connect provides a rationalized catalog against which your inventory is matched and viewed by hundreds of Trading Partner Connect members.
• Eliminate EDI VAN charges when interacting with other Trading Partner Connect members. Trading Partner Connect fulfills relationship offers and replaces value add networks (VAN) within network members. With out of network members, Trading Partner Connect greatly reduces VAN charges.
• Use your own item codes by matching inventory against a catalog with millions of items. Trading Partner Connect acts as a translator, with everyone maintaining their own item codes in the privacy of their own solution.
• Reduce dead stock by forming trading relationships with distributors who are actively selling stock that you have marked as inactive in your solution. Members choose what types of dead stock they would like to see and can view all distributors offering that particular product line.
• And Much More

Pricing and Availability
Trading Partner Connect version 10.0 is currently available. For additional information and pricing, please visit www.p21.com, e-mail info@p21.com, or call 1-800-776-7438, press 1

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