San Ramon, CA – May 23, 2001 – Relevant Business Systems new, entry level ADvantage allows discrete, build-to-order, engineer-to-order, and contract manufacturers to begin leveraging the same Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) power that their competitors employ. Relevant ADvantage provides an ERP solution that meets the immediate, basic needs of a company at present, yet offers a growth path for future upgrades and expansion to Relevant as the company becomes even more sophisticated. The new, entry level ERP can be accessed by up to 24 users.

“Even large, sophisticated manufacturers that manage their enterprises with our Relevant ERP rely on the same basic functionalities in a core set of 12 modules over 80 percent of the time,” explains Patrick Garrehy, Relevant Business Systems' President and CEO. “Relevant ADvantage captures those functionalities, allowing companies to begin reaping the benefits of an advanced ERP today, while having a migration path to an even richer menu of functions and capabilities tomorrow.”

"There is a lot of talk today about collaboration and the need for supply chains to become more efficient,” adds Adrian Gonzalez, analyst with the ARC Advisory Group. “One of the obstacles to collaboration, however, is that many small and mid-sized companies do not have the technological infrastructure, such as ERP systems, to electronically communicate and integrate with their customers and vendors. Relevant ADvantage is Relevant's solution to this problem, particularly for discrete and contract manufacturers that are looking to not only remain competitive, but also enhance their roles within their supply chains.”

As an entry level ERP, Relevant ADvantage uniquely includes modules of specific interest to discrete and contract manufacturers including Project Control, Production Engineering, Sales Order Management/Quoting, Lot/Serial Control, and Manufacturing Cost. It also includes more traditional modules such as MRP, Inventory Control, Purchasing/Receiving, the financials (A/R, A/P and G/L), and System Control. Additional Relevant modules, interfaces, and capabilities are also available to Relevant ADvantage users as desired.

As with its highly developed ERP, Relevant Business Systems also offers training and annual maintenance and support for the Relevant ADvantage ERP. The new entry level ERP system is available now.