Press Release

TGI Releases New Workbench Functionality to Provide
Personal Workspace for Enterprise 21 ERP Software Users

Toledo, Ohio – August 18, 2008 – Technology Group International (TGI), a leader in ERP software for small to midmarket businesses (SMB), today announced it has added personalized workbenches to its award winning Enterprise 21 ERP software.

The newly released workbenches are unlike other dashboards or inquiry screens available in traditional ERP systems. Enterprise 21’s workbench technology allows for a personalized workspace environment that is generated by the user for the user.

A given workbench will provide a consolidated view of information within Enterprise 21. A workbench allows a user to accumulate and assembly various points of data within one easy to use inquiry screen. This newly created screen is designed by the user based on the user’s individual visual and data preferences. When constructed, a given workbench will display information pertinent to an individual user’s functional area and responsibility level. While workbenches can be shared among a group of users, they are intended to allow an individual to personalize his workspace without the need for customizations or changes to the application source code.

Workbenches may consist of data viewable in either a tabular or graphical format. A user’s workbench can consist of an infinite number of tabs with each tab extracting data from one or more data tables within the Enterprise 21 system. Workbenches allow for a user to easily group data, as well as accumulate a number of records to provide a group or dollar amount total.

Key workbench features highlights include:

• User defined inquiry screen
• Tabular or graphical presentation of data
• Individual selection of table and fields displayed
• Personalized field placement
• Ability to filter and group data in both design or live mode
• Ability to display, hide, or move columns in both design or live mode
• Ability to quickly drill down to detail information via workbench hot buttons

When deployed properly, a given user can create his workbench to efficiently manage his workday via one, convenient screen. From the personalized workbench, the user can quickly navigate to all other areas in the system to perform transactions, run reports, or drill down to lower level data.

A real world example of workbench usage is a sales representative or sales manager’s workbench. A sample workbench for a sales representative could include pending activities, pipeline reports, open quotes, sales order history, open customer issues, aged receivables, quota attainment, and virtually any other data that resides with the Enterprise 21 application.

While the above workbench is a sales focused example, Enterprise 21’s workbench technology is intended for all functional areas and would include other relevant such as customer service, production planning, production operations, procurement and sourcing, warehouse operations, financial management, and a variety of other areas.

About Technology Group International, Ltd.

Technology Group International, Ltd. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Toledo, Ohio. Technology Group International is a proven technology leader delivering Tier 1 application software functionality at a price performance level that can be readily accepted by organizations of all sizes. Specializing in software systems for small and mid-market manufacturing and distribution companies, TGI’s integrated Enterprise 21 software package is a complete business process management solution. The product offering includes Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP), Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Warehouse Management System (WMS), Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS), Decision Support System (DSS), Business Intelligence, Manufacturing Execution System (MES), and eCommerce. For more information go to www.tgiltd.com.

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