FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 1, 1999

FORECAST PRO DLL ADDS FORECASTING MUSCLE TO SOLUTIONS FROM BRIDGEWARE, IMS HEALTH, MADE2MANAGE, PAN-PRO AND SCT – OTHER INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS COMING SOON

November 1, 1999. Business Forecast Systems of Belmont, MA has released FpwLib, a dynamic link library (dll), allowing software developers the ability to seamlessly integrate Forecast Pro’s accurate statistical forecasting routines into their applications.

According to BFS Vice President Eric Stellwagen, “The role of the forecast is critical to all planning systems—it is the number around which all the decisions are made. Our dll allows software developers to seamlessly embed Forecast Pro’s accurate forecasting in their applications. The result is better planning, big savings for the developer’s customers and a huge competitive advantage for the developer.”

FpwLib is written in C++ and can be called from virtually any development platform. The calling program provides the data to be forecasted and instructions indicating how the forecasts should be prepared. FpwLib calculates the forecasts and writes out the results, including forecasts, confidence limits, safety stocks, model details and summary statistics. FpwLib supports the same forecasting models implemented in the award winning Forecast Pro product line. The calling program can either specify a specific forecasting method to use or specify expert selection, which uses a rule based expert system to automatically choose the appropriate forecasting technique for the data.

The following companies are currently shipping solutions that utilize FpwLib:

Bridgeware, Inc. – DMSWin, a demand planning system.

IMS Health - Pharmacast&Beyond, a forecasting product for the pharmaceutical industry.

Made2Manage - Made2Manage Demand Planning, a demand planning module for their ERP system.

Pan-Pro, LLC - Pan-Pro VMI, a vendor managed inventory solution.

SCT Corporation - Fygir Demand Planning, a demand planning system designed for process industries.

BFS is currently negotiating with numerous other application developers and additional integrated solutions will be announced soon.

Contact: Eric Stellwagen, Vice President
617 484-5050
e-mail: estellwagen@forecastpro.com