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ADOX/OKI Achieves 20% Inventory Reduction and 50% Time Savings with TECSYS' Streamline for Industrial Distributors

MONTREAL, June 18, 2009—ADOX/OKI, a recognized leading Canadian supplier for the industrial, safety, and welding supplies industries, deploys TECSYS' Streamline; the leading distribution management system for SMB industrial distributors, enabling ADOX/OKI to realize significant efficiencies and cost savings including 20% reduction in inventory, 10% improvement in fill rate and 50% reduction in administrative man hours.

A subsidiary of OKI Bering, Inc.; a "one-stop-shop" worldwide wholesaler since 1937, and the largest independently-owned supplier of industrial, safety, and welding supplies in the United States, ADOX/OKI has built its reputation on providing a large inventory of quality products at competitive prices along with excellent service to meet the ever-changing needs of its customers. Such quality products include: 3M, MagSwitch, Sperian, BestWelds, Markal, Cantesco, Lockjaw, Lumax, Metabo, Jackson among several others. With some 130,000 items in inventory and 4000 sales orders per month, ADOX/OKI's distribution challenges are certainly evident.

To meet its challenges, ADOX/OKI opted for TECSYS' Streamline™; a fully-integrated distribution management system for the SMB industrial distribution industry. Streamline modules include: accounting, order processing, inventory control, purchasing and sales analysis. The product line also includes: sales communications, bar coding, E.D.I., customer relationship management, return authorization, executive management and e-commerce functionality.

"Streamline's leading-edge features such as the ability to extract and analyze data to identify customer buying patterns, and promote the sale of substitute are competitive advantages for industrial distributors," commented John Leclair, President of ADOX/OKI. "Moving from an old "legacy system" with old technology, we were conscious of the fact that we needed a system that has longevity in technology and functionality, and can sustain the ever-changing landscape in our industry. Streamline does everything we were looking for," concluded Leclair.

Tighter controls of product movement and delivery lead-times are key enablers to help reduce carrying costs and maximize profitability. With TECSYS' Streamline, ADOX/OKI's management are able to reduce carrying costs, labour costs and inventory write-offs while increasing accuracy and maximizing inventory turns.

"We are very pleased with TECSYS' Streamline; we have made major strides forward in efficiency and cost savings since going live," stated Leclair. "Recently we have installed the Web Service Module which enables our customers to go online and check inventory levels and track orders. As a result, we have realized a lot of savings on service calls; our reps spend much more time selling and less time reacting."

For more information, read the ADOX/OKI success story.

About ADOX/OKI

ADOX/OKI (OKI Bering Canada) has been serving manufacturers and distributors of industrial, safety, and welding products since 1979. The Company sells through recognized/authorized distributors; experts in integrated supply of multiple quality product lines with the most complete solutions and services.

About TECSYS

TECSYS is a leading supply chain management software provider that delivers powerful enterprise distribution, warehouse and transportation logistics software solutions. The company's customers include over 500 mid-size and Fortune 1000 corporations in healthcare, heavy equipment, third-party logistics, and general wholesale high-volume distribution industries. TECSYS' shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol TCS.

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