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Internet Trading Network Offers Distributors Opportunity to Increase Sales

YARDLEY, PA, December 15, 2005 - Activant announces the availability of Activant Turns version 3000 featuring integration with Trading Partner Connect.

Activant Trading Partner Connect, an Internet trading network for distributors, expedites sourcing, expands geographic reach, and streamlines transactions between distributors and manufacturers.

"Trading Partner Connect will help our Turns customers streamline their processes, increase sales, and reduce costs while strengthening their position in the competitive marketplace," says Steve McLaughlin, senior vice president and general manager of the wholesale distribution group at Activant. "Trading Partner Connect will allow our Turns customers to more quickly source items and thereby improve customer service."

Streamlining processes between manufacturers/suppliers and distributors, Trading Partner Connect enables distributors to exchange data directly from their Turns solution. Distributors can see real-time availability information, receive order acknowledgments 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.

David Ragland, CEO of Duncan Equipment Company, a distributorship based in Oklahoma City, OK, talks about the benefits he has seen since implementing Trading Partner Connect: "Trading Partner Connect really opened my eyes to the potential of Internet trading networks, not only as a means to exchange inventory with fellow distributors, but also as a powerful tool when working with suppliers."

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 distribution.activant.com or call 1-800-776-7438, press 1.

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