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Steel Service Center Institute and Acorn Systems Forge Strategic Alliance

Wayne, PA — October 21, 2001 — Acorn Systems, a leading provider of enterprise profitability systems, and the Steel Service Center Institute (SSCI), have formed an alliance to provide SSCI members with preferred access to Acorn’s Enterprise Profit Systems (EPS).

Acorns Systems proved over the last few years that they are the premier activity based costing software for the steel service center industry", said Craig Schulz, vice president, marketing for SSCI. "For that reason, SSCI is pleased to have entered into a strategic partnership with Acorn to provide our members with enhanced access to Acorn’s software and technical support. We look forward to a long-term relationship that is rewarding to both Acorn Systems and SSCI members."

"Acorn is excited to team with one of the most recognized professional organizations in the metals industry to deliver to its members a best-of-breed enterprise business solution," said Steve Anderson, founder and CEO of Acorn.

Acorn's state-of-the-art Enterprise Profit System (EPS) enables companies to analyze profitability across their organization. Modules within EPS include corporate profitability and performance metrics, customer profitability and relationship management, product profitability, operations performance and benchmarking, quoting and pricing optimization, vendor performance and scenario manager. EPS is designed to work within an organization's existing systems' architecture or database. EPS is built around the leading activity based costing engine, the Acorn Profit Analyzer.

About SSCI
For more than 90 years, the Steel Service Center Institute (SSCI) has represented the interests of the North American steel service center industry. SSCI represents nearly 350 leading metal service center companies operating more than 1,200 separate stacking locations, plus 50 international members. The SSCI works to assist members in better filling the needs of metals users and in helping to keep metalworking companies and fabricators more competitive. For more information, visit www.ssci.org, or call 773 867 1300.

About Acorn Systems, Inc.
Dedicated to addressing the increasing need for effective profitability management, Acorn Systems is partnering with companies across North America to improve what matters most - the bottom line. Acorn's suite of web-based enterprise profitability management software enables companies to optimize profitability across their organization. Acorn is helping clients like Fairchild Semiconductor, Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Sysco Foods, and Johnson & Johnson prepare for long-term growth and profitability by examining their customers, orders, products, sales territories and vendors. Acorn in headquartered in Wayne, Pa. and has a software development facility in Houston, Texas. For more information, visit www.acornsys.com or call 610-687-8400.
    • With the help of Acorns profitability systems, we discovered that a select segment of accounts were the source of most of our profits, despite having lower gross margins. Acorn helped us shift our strategy and shift the way we served clients, resulting in a doubling of profits in less
    • than one year.
    • Ben Samuels, President
      Victory Packaging
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