While I am always excited about a new release of PRONTO-Xi, I am especially enthusiastic about Phase V, the latest release of our market leading Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution.

That’s because it includes a stunning innovation known as Alert Intelligence that I believe will add significant value to your business. A deceptively simple concept, Alert Intelligence has the potential to transform how you manage your business.

Uniquely, Alert Intelligence puts you in the driver’s seat with regards real time business information. Now, rather than sifting through reports to see what has happened in the business, PRONTO-Xi can instantly alert you to the transactions and events that you need to know about, as they happen. So when you win that large order, or a supplier fails to deliver on time, or an unexpected discount is applied by your staff, Alert Intelligence will be there to let you know.

And because we understand that you increasingly run your business while on the move, Alert Intelligence can send information to your inbox as an email – with full hyperlink drill down to the underlying PRONTO-Xi data if required – and to your mobile phone via SMS.

Of course, as you would expect from Australia's most successful domestic ERP vendor, there is more to PRONTO-Xi Phase V than just Alert Intelligence.

So our application suite delivers considerable enhancements from Manufacturing and Supply Chain, through to Retail Point-of-Sale and Facilities Management. Among other improvements your business will benefit from simplified Bank Reconciliation processing; TrueForm, which delivers high-quality, professional presentation of forms such as invoices, statements, purchase orders, and credit notes; advanced EDI configuration and management so important for cost-effective collaboration; a comprehensive rebuild of CRM data structures and processes; and the introduction of a completely new module to handle your customer repairs process.

Quite apart from continued product development, it is important that your ERP partner remains credible and viable, and on that front I am very proud of our efforts over the last year.

PRONTO-Xi was recently recognised by IBM Asia as their Strategic Solutions Award 2006 for Mid Market Industrial & Distribution Sector.

In addition, we were The Age|D&B Victorian Business of the Year 2006 as well as The Age|D&B Information Technology Category 2006 award winner, both of which are prestigious awards that formally recognised our prudent business management and strong revenue growth.

Then to cap off the year, Pronto Software was the only Australian vendor listed in the MIS Magazine “State of the Nation 2006”, their Annual Census of Australian IT Systems, under all three business software categories.

For us, being ‘…so easy to work with’ is all about adding value to your business and working together for the long term. PRONTO-Xi Phase V demonstrates our commitment to your success and I invite you to explore how this exciting release can help you excel in the coming months. I invite you to contact us - or your local PRONTO-Xi business partner - to discuss how Phase V can help your business.

Yours sincerely,

David Jackman Managing Director Pronto Software