PRONTO North America, based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, is North American Master Distributor of PRONTO-Xi, a comprehensive software system allowing manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to effectively manage all phases of supply chain. Far beyond just another Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System, PRONTO-Xi’s financial and distribution applications are unique and have provided maximum return on investment for a wide variety of organizations since 1976. From PRONTO Planning to PRONTO Production; from PRONTO Forecasting Management to PRONTO Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP); from PRONTO Advanced Warehousing to PRONTO Quality Management System (QMS), cross-section and breadth of integrated elements addressed by PRONTO-Xi is unmatched in marketplace and justifies company’s natural leadership role as best fully integrated business software solution for more than a quarter century. PRONTO North America is quickly emerging as combined manufacturing, service, and distribution ERP leader.

Pronto North America www.prontoerp.com Tom Verzi 952-942-5858

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Cutler continues to serve as editor of quarterly publication Manufacturing Profiles and authors more than three hundred feature articles annually for more than two hundred publications.

Thomas R. Cutler also serves as spokesperson for ETO Institute (www.etoinstitute.org).

Cutler is founder of Manufacturing Media Consortium™ consisting of more than two thousand journalists worldwide writing about trends in manufacturing sector. Cutler is author of best-selling PR guide, The Manufacturer’s Public Relations and Media Guide. Cutler is a national public speaker, and recently announced August 2005 launch of PR Advantage™ -- an affinity PR program for Manufacturing Associations and their members.

TR Cutler, Inc. www.trcutlerinc.com e-mail protected from spam bots 954-486-7562

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