User Solutions, Inc. Announces
Resource Manager-DB with AccPac Link

   South Lyon, MI: User Solutions, Inc., has announced immediate availability of Resource Manager-DBTM with AccPac Link. The real-time link works with all versions of AccPac Pro Series. For the first time, Customers have a ready-made add-on to immediately improve their planning, scheduling, and tracking capabilities. The new AccPac Link features a direct SQL connection with AccPac Pro Series software.

ResourceManager-DB/AccPac Link Features
   Resource Manager-DB with AccPac Link provides the user with the best of breed approach by adding powerful and flexible manufacturing planning, scheduling, and tracking features to AccPac. Combining ease-of-use for small to medium sized firms, with powerful reporting and open integration for larger operations, Resource Manager-DB enables customers to efficiently manage critical resources such as labor, materials and workcenters. Users can leverage their AccPac System data combined with familiar Microsoft Office to add Routings and Shop Scheduling to Sales Orders. In addition, Resource Manager-DB adds “What-If” analysis plus powerful Finite Capacity Planning and Scheduling for AccPac. Resource Manager-DB also supports Just-In-Time and Lean Manufacturing techniques. The product features on-the-fly configuration and rescheduling, allowing the user to see the benefits almost immediately, without complicated analysis or set-ups.

Advanced Planning and Scheduling Included
   Resource Manager-DB contains many advanced planning and scheduling features normally found in systems costing 10 times more. Resource Manager-DB features: alternate routings, alternate workcenters, automatic optimization, multiple constraints, and detailed workcenter calendars that can be adjusted at any time. Now, inevitable labor fluctuations, workcenter downtime, and unexpected material shortages can be immediately accounted for, allowing the user to regenerate a schedule with new priorities - on demand. Real-time Resource Calendar reports include: Load Utilization, Backlogs, Bottlenecks, Capacity Pockets and more. In addition, a special Dynamic Reconfiguration allows the user to easily and quickly reconfigure scheduled Production, on-the-fly, to reflect reality.

Affordable and Compatible
   Available through AccPac Business Partners or User Solutions, the single user version is $4,900. A 2-5 multi-user version is $9,800, plus maintenance & AccPac Link. ResourceManager-DB runs with Windows and MS Office 97 or greater for reports. For more information, or for free trial, contact: www.UserSolutions.com or call toll free (800) 321-8737.