News - Centennial has merged its operations into a new strategic entity, Outsourcing Solutions LLC.

Centennial International LLC, Atlanta, Georgia is pleased to announce it has merged its operations into a new strategic entity, Business Outsourcing Solutions Systems LLC.

Business Outsourcing Solutions Systems' corporate headquarters is in White Plains, New York. Centennial's main AIC software support organizations will remain in Atlanta and Los Angeles. Richard J. Hoffman is President and CEO of the new company.

Business Outsourcing Solutions Systems will offer a suite of back office solutions. These solutions include corporate funding, accounting and administration, order entry and IT Services. In addition, distribution, storage and transportation are available as principal elements of the company to further streamline work flow processes. Business Outsourcing Solutions Systems has access to over 1M sq. ft. of physical distribution space located in New Jersey, Miami and Los Angeles.

Click Here to go to the Business Outsourcing Solutions Systems web site.

Business Outsourcing Solutions Systems ' goal is to help companies streamline their business
processes and improve profits. Outsourcing will allow management to concentrate on developing and operating core business activities while converting fixed costs into variable costs.

News - Centennial Relocates In Alpharetta

Centennial International announces the relocation of the company to Alpharetta, GA.

105 Nobel Court
Alpharetta, GA 30005
Phone: (770) 255-2281
Fax: (770) 255-2288

News - Event Managed Software

Atlanta, GA: Centennial, a leader of Supply Chain and Order Management Solutions, in conjunction with dbTrigger, LLC announces the release of AIC dbTrigger™. AIC dbTrigger™ is an 'event managed' tool that allows companies to react rapidly and creatively to information events in their company. AIC dbTrigger™ www.aicsoftware.com may be purchased as a standalone module to improve the results of any SQL or ODBC compliant software application.

dbTrigger LLC, www.dbtrigger.com is a provider of business event notification software solutions. The Business Edition provides organizations with the flexibility to schedule, tailor, and alert customers, vendors, and associates to business critical events. Since dbTrigger™ pushes data to any device that can receive text messaging, email recipients are freed from monitoring websites and learning complicated applications.
With the release of dbTrigger™ Business Edition, dbTrigger LLC brings the power of "Real Time Data Mining" to companies of all sizes. The product is positioned as "the first cost-effective event management solution" said Brad Dennison, Vice President of Partner Sales at dbTrigger LLC. "The small and midsize business user can easily create email alerts without programming or SQL knowledge. They can breath new life into old applications in less than one day."
Each functional department can have many different alerts throughout the day. For example:

• Executive - daily, automatic reporting from key business segments
• Accounting - automatic notification customers are over their credit limit
• Sales and Customer Service - alert customers to product shipments
• Purchasing & Receiving - notify suppliers of minimum or stock out conditions
• Production - receive notification of order changes and cancellations
• Inventory Management - be alerted to incoming backordered items

Further, companies that are missing key data elements or components of the supply chain management process may purchase specific modules of the AIC Software suite of solutions. These new modules can serve as a foundation for streamlining the workflow processes of the company while facilitating supply chain communications with its business partners.

Contact: Mike Mann
VP of Sales
mmann@aicsoftware.com

Alliance News - Operations Associates

Centennial announces a strategic alliance with Operations Associates, a Business, Technology and Facilities Planning Consulting Group based out of Greenville SC. Centennial markets the AIC Supply Chain and Order Management Solutions www.aicsoftware.com for manufacturing, sourcing, wholesale and distribution companies.

Industry studies show many companies lack the internal resources to implement all the benefits a new software solution offers. There is absolutely no doubt that the solution benefits are magnified when combined with changes in operational structure and business processes. One thing is certain …. businesses are dynamic and require change to enhance competitiveness and grow profits. Centennial and OA are the perfect vehicles to manage this change.

Operations Associates, www.operationsassociates.com business management, IT Systems, engineering and architectural projects require a high degree of 'think through impact' of the project. The company's diverse industry experiences provide a unique advantage to work from an operational and functional aspect with the owner's needs in mind. According to Alan Nager, a Principal of Operations Associates, the relationship with Centennial, "builds on our ability to offer business and operational solutions designed for our client's unique requirements. We positively impact our client's bottom-line and build value by addressing supply chain, manufacturing and distribution, and IT as an integrated project."

Operations Associates' group provides a cross-functional team to assist in the areas of:

• Strategic Planning Facilitation - identify new business markets and prioritize needs
• Time Based Flow Strategies - evaluate customer order to product fulfillment
• IT Systems Review & Implementation integrating Supply Chain Management Goals
• Inventory Rationalization using leading edge tools to determine the optimal SKU mix

These services streamline company processes with increased efficiencies that can dramatically improve the bottom line profits of the company. Repeated project measurements across many different industries have shown such projects can easily be self-funded.

AIC Customer Order Processing Wireless Technology

Centennial announces the release of the AIC Trade Show Wireless scanning module. This module expedites the customer order entry process at seasonal trade shows or traditional show room locations. For many companies trade shows are critical to generating new sales for their business. Companies go to shows to preview next year's products as well as sell 'off the shelf' goods. Yet, in many instances it takes weeks after the show to manually enter the orders.

These handwritten orders sometimes contain errors. Shipping dates may be missed, names and addresses are entered wrong and numbers are transposed. Sometimes a sales order may even be lost on the trip home. Upon returning to the office, companies must contend with the possibility of additional input data errors after the show.

The online, real time capabilities of the AIC Software allow orders to be entered quickly and accurately by scanning a UPC bar code. Credit is checked and pick tickets can be generated immediately for 'at once' orders. In addition, a sales order acknowledgement is generated for the customer while they are still in the booth at the show.

Utilizing a PDA scanner, a breakthrough RF wireless computer, designed by Symbol running the Palm OS® the user can rapidly enter orders directly into the AIC order database. Other scanning options are available based on the company's site requirements.

Using the AIC software according to Ken Grindle, VP of Operations, ' the impact of streamlining this costly area of the business will allow companies to consider revamping their customer order processing and logistics processes in order to take advantage of the increase in efficiencies.'

Centennial Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Incorporated in 1976, Centennial announces its 25th anniversary. Formed as a service bureau to process weekly paychecks for law firms and general contractor construction companies Centennial learned the importance of being an integral business partner from its inception.

In the early '80s, Centennial developed custom software applications for the rapidly expanding wholesale distribution markets in the Southeast.

In 1989, Centennial began marketing the AIC Software Solutions suite of products. The AIC software was well known for its capability to handle many diverse types of supply chain, manufacturing, distribution, and order management environments.

Today, the AIC software is a leading Supply Chain Management Solution that encompasses all aspects of a company's business processes. AIC customers represent over 2 billion dollars of wholesale shipping activity.

The AIC software can service virtually any company's need. The AIC software operates on multiple Microsoft 2000/Linux and IBM iSeries platforms.

Price performance, software functionality and the knowledge of the implementation specialists are the leading attributes of the AIC solution, according to Centennial's customers. The Centennial management team has exceptional hands-on industry experience. The management group is noted for bringing value to its customers through their business best practice knowledge. The company has consistently kept abreast of technology advances in the areas of E-commerce, EDI and Logistics Warehousing.

Visit www.aicsoftware.com to learn how the AIC Supply Chain Management Software can help impact the profitability of your company. Or, contact Mike Mann at (770) 491-1221.

AIC Software for Windows 2000/NT and Linux

Atlanta, GA Centennial announces the release of the AIC Software Solutions for the Microsoft Windows® 2000/NT and Linux software platforms. 'This announcement takes Centennial and its suite of ERP Solutions into a multi-platform environment that will allow companies in today's diverse technology world to choose computer solutions that best meet their IT requirements', commented Mr. Mortensen, President of Centennial International.

The Microsoft Windows® 2000 Platform desktop and server products offer a low cost point of entry into ERP software solutions. The Windows® 2000 Platform delivers a high degree of scalability and performance while also being the leading solution for Web and Internet Services.

The announcement of the Linux product availability is important for those companies interested in taking advantage of the industry's most rapidly growing open-source operating system. Companies running traditional Unix applications will be interested in the performance characteristics and the low cost approach of implementing Linux. The Linux operating system runs on a diverse group of computers including Compaq, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and IBM.

Centennial is a leading industry supplier of the AIC Software Solutions (www.aicsoftware.com) that is a suite of ERP solutions designed for apparel, textile and soft goods manufacturers, importers and distributors. The AIC Software Solutions have run on the IBM iSeries Servers since 1993. In business since 1976, Centennial has focused its efforts on providing integrated software solutions that allow companies to maximize their technology investments.

Kerry Mortensen named Centennial President and CEO

Atlanta, GA Kerry Mortensen has been named Chief Executive Officer and President of Centennial International, LLC. Mr. Mortensen was most recently CFO of VF Workwear, a Coalition of companies within VF Corporation. VF Corporation is the world's largest publicly traded apparel company. He has twenty years of industry specific experience in the apparel, textile, soft goods manufacturing and distribution business segments.

'I am very excited about the opportunity to bring together a well established fully integrated suite of products and a system of 'Best Practices' to enhance the value of the AIC Software solutions to our customers and the industry', commented Mr. Mortensen.

Centennial owns and markets the AIC Software Solutions to apparel, textile and soft goods manufacturing, distribution and importing companies. Centennial has been in business since 1976. The AIC Software Solutions have been installed in a significant number of companies that represent over 2 billion dollars of wholesale shipping activity.

Centennial International's management team consists of a group of individuals with a diverse range of industry and application specific experience. The team consists of Kerry Mortensen, CEO and President, Ken Grindle Vice President of Operations; Mike Mann, Vice President of Sales and Marketing and Rob Smith, Director of Product Development. The Centennial group of professionals brings more than 300 years of knowledge and experience to helping companies maximize their investment in system and software solutions.