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NxTrend and Acorn Systems Establish Partnership

Wayne, PA — March 19, 2001 — Acorn Systems, Inc. has entered into an agreement to partner with NxTrend Technology, Inc., a leading supplier of enterprise-wide software solutions for supply-chain management, in which each company will assist the other in qualified prospect identification.

The agreement with NxTrend is one in which NxTrend will introduce Acorn into their account base as a value added complement to their ERP offering. Acorn's Enterprise Profit System will work seamlessly via the interface to NxTrend's Sx Intelligence Data Warehouse application. Acorn's view of a business from the operating profit perspective will enhance and complement the full-suite of offerings from NxTrend.

"IDS and a number of our clients have been quite impressed with Acorn's people and Enterprise Profitability software," said Todd P. Michaud, President of IDS. "We are strongly endorsing Acorn Systems as the solution of choice for companies looking to do activity based costing and profitability analysis. They clearly understand foodservice, grocery and convenience distributors."

"NxTrend was a 'no-brainer' as a partner of Acorn's - similar client size, similar industries, similar client-centric philosophy." Said Steve Anderson, Acorn Systems CEO. "NxTrend, in our mind, is a world-class ERP, just ask any of their clients. We are excited to work with NxTrend to offer Acorn's best-of-breed Enterprise Profit Systems to their client base."

About NxTrend Technology, Inc.
NxTrend's products offer a single-source solution for information systems that are designed to enable the distributor to implement best-business practices for inventory management, order processing, sales, customer service, warehouse logistics, and strategic business analysis. For over 20 years, NxTrend has established itself as the leading provider of business information systems within its target market segments in supply-chain management. NxTrend has an installed base of over 1,000 customers that span the electrical, building materials, industrial, plumbing/heating/air conditioning, paper, and medical industries. For more information, visit www.nxtrend.com.

About Acorn Systems, Inc.
Founded in 1996, Acorn Systems is a software and services company that provides profitability management solutions. Acorn Systems aligns client organizations around profits by helping clients understand in real-time the profitability impact of their operational decisions. Acorn's proprietary simulation systems automate the analysis and ensure access across the organization to optimize profits. Acorn's Enterprise Profit System (EPS) analyzes historical data to identify profitability trends and Scorecards for suppliers, products, facilities, customers and orders. Companies in distribution, manufacturing, and service industries who have a large number of products, customers, orders, and value-added services are ideally suited for Acorn's solution. For more information, contact Jim Dow, VP of Sales and Marketing, at 713-963-9000, ext.2018, or visit www.acornsys.com.
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