OTI, Optimization Technology Inc., located in Mississauga Canada, has been developing and implementing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems since 1984. The Canadian VARs (Value Added Reseller) customer base appreciates the features built into their legacy systems which focused on individual manufacturing and distribution requirements. With the advent of GUI (Graphical User Interface) it became too difficult to add some of the new productivity features OTI and their clients wanted. - TR Cutler, Inc.

Peggy Smedley is the editor of Start Magazine and will be addressing the first annual PRONTO North America Users Conference on Thursday, May 5th. Smedley was recently profiled in the Wall Street Journal and authored Mending Manufacturing, How America Can Manufacture its Survival. She is an award-winning journalist. - TR Cutler, Inc.

Thomas R. Cutler, Associate Editor of Industrial Connection magazine (www.industrialconnection.net) is the leading North American manufacturing journalist, writing for more than 200 publications per year. Cutler recently announced an important addition for the May and June Industrial Connection Editorial calendar for 2005. - TR Cutler, Inc.

ENERFAB is a leading process solution firm with design/build capabilities serving the process industries including chemical, food and beverage, mining, pharmaceutical, power generation, and pulp and paper. - TR Cutler, Inc.

E-Z-MRP, the leading manufacturing software system for small manufacturers, announced effective April 15th, there will be a new pricing and product structure. According to Rocky Smolin, founder of Beach Access Software, makers of E-Z-MRP, "We see a distinction between those small manufacturers with less than five hundred parts in material resource planning, and those with a need for unlimited part numbers." - TR Cutler, Inc.

This DeveloperEye.com market study disclose the competition amongst players within the mainframe market, the vertical sectors where mainframe is still used as well as the main challenges/problems with the mainframe. - MediaDev

Africa Malaria Day, April 25, is a reminder that Malaria is one the deadliest diseases in the world -- killing more than one million people per year, mostly poor women and young children in tropical countries. Because of this urgent need, in 2002, Freedom from Hunger, with help from the drug company GlaxoSmithKline, launched an anti-malaria pilot program in six West African countries.
- Freedom from Hunger

Plan for Stamp and Scrap Fun This Summer with RubberStampCalendar.com - Rubber Stamp Calendar

A revolution is underway to help create a sustainable planet and improve the lives of millions of poor people and communities across the globe. - ProWorld Service Corps

The Fearless Caregiver Conference at the Broward Convention Center will be held Saturday, April 16th. The event allows family caregivers and the professional caregiving community to come together and explore ways to be a more productive member of their loved one's care team. According to Olga Bruner, founder of A Good Daughter, Inc., based in Margate, Florida (www.agooddaughter.com), "I attended my first caregiver conference in 2001 while I was caregiver to my own mom. I never realized that there was such a large community of support, and resources available from local experts. It's a must-do especially for those individuals caring at home for a loved-one with Alzheimer's disease." - TR Cutler, Inc.