Tryllium Industries & Abacus Enterprise Formalize Agreement to Promote NeXtreme Automation Software to Canadian Engineer-to-Order Manufacturers

Abacus Enterprise Solutions is now marketing the NeXtreme Automation software application to Canadian engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturers. Following 4 months of discussions, Tryllium Industries and Abacus have formalized a Reseller agreement. As the author of NeXtreme Automation and a 20-year veteran of the ETO environment, Tryllium welcomes the efforts of a leading professional sales organization like Abacus which is focused on building best-of-breed ERP solutions for vertical market segments.

October 2, 2004 -- Abacus Enterprise Solutions is now marketing the NeXtreme Automation software application to Canadian engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturers. Following 4 months of discussions, Tryllium Industries and Abacus have formalized a Reseller agreement. As the author of NeXtreme Automation and a 20-year veteran of the ETO environment, Tryllium welcomes the efforts of a leading professional sales organization like Abacus which is focused on building best-of-breed ERP solutions for vertical market segments.

Abacus is an established Microsoft Gold Certified Partner representing Microsoft Business Solutions Axapta and Great Plains product lines. The new alliance with Tryllium enables Abacus to take leadership in offering the new business technology known as ERA (enterprise resource automation). The combination of NeXtreme Automation and Great Plains, seamlessly integrated, delivers next-generation software to the SMB market, filling the gap for most ETO manufacturers who have been unable to benefit from conventional ERP systems.

About NeXtreme Automation
Changing market conditions and scarce human resources in today's engineer-to-order environment demands a simpler approach to performing knowledge work and managing information. Increased work loads only elevate the incidence of human error through miscommunication, distracted thinking, or simple omission. The new ERA focus is on automating costly tasks that add no value but are key to meeting customer demands. Just as ISO was designed to ensure predictable, repeatable results, the ETO manufacturer needs tools to achieve the same goals. ERA formalizes the ETO manufacturing process starting at the design stage where it automates the engineering of products through captured knowledge and generates predictable, repeatable technical output. With a unique blend of process, knowledge, and technology, ERA enables custom manufacturing to operate with significant cost savings and higher efficiency. Added to this are the benefits of connectivity and data sharing where Sales, Engineering, Estimating, Purchasing, and Production interact with the core data captured in traditional ERP.

About Abacus Enterprise Solutions
Abacus has focused on building best-of-breed ERP solutions around the Microsoft Business Solutions ERP product line. Their success has resulted from partnering with vertical experts to provide the best end-to-end solution for their customers. Drawing on over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, Abacus is ranked among the top 1% of Microsoft resellers, has won the Outstanding Partner Canada 2004 award, and has consistently won Microsoft Inner Circle and President Club status for the past three years. Abacus is represented in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Guelph, Toronto, and Montreal.

About Tryllium Industries Inc.
Since 1986 Tryllium Industries has been a developer and supplier of enterprise software solutions that empower both the Tier One market and SMB market to react more quickly to changing environments and changing customer demands. Providing world-class solutions for world-class companies has not only underpinned the company's history but also assured its future.

For further details on the offerings of both Tryllium Industries and Abacus Enterprise Solutions, please review the websites www.tryllium.ca and www.abacusenterprise.ca respectively.