Beach Access Software Releases Chinese Version Of E-Z-MRP™, A Manufacturing Software For Small Manufactures

Beach Access Software, in partnership with GAPICS of Taiwan, announces the release of the Chinese language version of E-Z-MRP™, an integrated Material Requirements Planning system for small- and medium-sized manufacturers. The system includes both traditional and simplified Mandarin translations, selectable by the user.

Del Mar, California; July 1, 2004 - - Beach Access Software, in partnership with GAPICS of Taiwan, announces the release of the Chinese language version of E-Z-MRP™, an integrated Material Requirements Planning system for small- and medium-sized manufacturers. The system includes both traditional and simplified Mandarin translations, selectable by the user.

Susan Wu, president of GAPICS, was the project manager of C/PIOS (Contracted/Production Inventory Optimizing System), the MRP-II system selected by U.S. Department of Defense for aerospace companies in the 80' through 90's. Subsequently she established GAPICS as the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) International Associate in Taiwan. GAPICS has created this Chinese translation of the E-Z-MRP™ system.

“I saw that large manufacturers in China had Enterprise Resource Planning systems such as SAP and ORACLE to meet their manufacturing systems needs,” Wu said. “However, there was no system that could serve the thousands of small manufacturers emerging in China.

“After surveying Windows-based manufacturing systems, I found that E-Z-MRP™ is not only implemented easily by manufacturers who understand only the very basics of manufacturing systems as taught by APICS, but also in some ways it is consistent with the Chinese philosophy of Tao which makes it particularly acceptable to the Chinese.”

“Even companies who might be large enough to justify the expense and effort of implementing a mid-range system will be attracted to E-Z-MRP as a first-time manufacturing system - a 'stepping stone' to a more sophisticated system. Hence, I use E-Z-MRP as a way to help emerging manufacturers to implement systems consistent with the APICS BOK (Body Of Knowledge) as every global firm must do.”

“E-Z-MRP™ was first released under the DOS operating system in 1985, and achieved great success and widespread use with hundreds of customers around the world. Wu’s firm created a Chinese translation of this version of E-Z-MRP™ in the early 90’s.

The software has been successfully implemented in a wide variety of manufacturing environments and works equally well in job shop, build-to-order, build-to-stock , and build-to-forecast operations. It has also been used as an instructional aid in universities.

E-Z-MRP™ is written in Microsoft’s Access Database Management System, a component of the popular Microsoft Office Suite, making it compatible with a wide variety of third-party products.

“E-Z-MRP™ made running an MRP system possible for hundreds of small manufacturers who had neither the time, the money, nor the expertise to implement a conventional manufacturing system,” says Rocky Smolin, President of Beach Access Software. “E-Z-MRP™ in this new release continues this philosophy. It is still arguably the simplest approach to MRP and the easiest to implement of any MRP system in software history.”

The package includes a full-featured Bill of Materials processor, plus a material planning and tracking module which tracks all sales orders, forecasts, work orders (planned, firm, and released), purchase orders, shortages, raw materials, and finished goods inventories. It also records a complete audit trail on all inventory transactions. Also included in E-Z-MRP™ is a physical inventory function and a purchase order module for printing purchase orders.

And, like previous versions, E-Z-MRP™ supports multiple databases, making it easy to do simulations or answer “what-if” questions without disrupting the production database.

The total cost of E-Z-MRP™ is $2995 for the version limited to 500 part numbers, and $9800 for the unlimited version, a fraction of the cost of systems with similar power and capabilities. It will run on any Windows-based PC or network, and requires only Access 2000 or Access XP to run.
For more information, and user testimonials, visit the company’s web site: http://www.e-z-mrp.com.
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News Release
For Immediate Release

Chinese Contact: Susan Wu
GAPICS
5F, 102, Long-Jiang Road
Taipei 104, Taiwan
Phone: (886-2) 2513-2302
Fax: (886-2) 2513-2312

Email:E-Z@gapics.com
Web Site:www.gapics.com

U.S. Contact: Rocky Smolin
Beach Access Software
113614 Boquita Drive
Del Mar, CA 92014 USA
Phone: 858-259-4334
Fax: 858-259-4471
Email: bchacc@san.rr.com
Web Site: http:\\www.e-z-mrp.com

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Rocky Smolin
Beach Access Software
Phone: 858-259-4334
Email: rockysmolin@bchacc.com
Website: www.e-z-mrp.com

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