Eliminating Waste with Business Process Management Tools is an important Lean Manufacturing feature article in the July issue of InMFG Magazine co-authored by PRONTO North America CEO, Mike Ligudzinski and Thomas R. Cutler, the nation’s leading manufacturing journalist. The feature may be located at: http://www.reedlink.com/SingleArticle~ContentId~54542~pub~IP.html . Pronto North America, Inc. (www.prontoerp.com) based in Eden Prairie, MN, is widely recognized as the authority in technologically driven business solutions and process management.

Utilizing innovative implementation techniques and tools, Pronto North America generates increased performance, service, efficiency, and accountability. Through PEER™ (Process Evaluation Executive Review), Pronto North America captures the values of Lean Manufacturing throughout the enterprise. This functionality is accomplished utilizing a highly-trained world-class staff and an innovative process modeling and automation toolset unmatched in the industry, ensuring the realization of continuous process improvement and profitability.

Pronto North America is the North American Master Distributor of PRONTO-Xi™, a comprehensive software system allowing manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to effectively manage all phases of their business. Far beyond just another Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System, PRONTO-Xi’s financial and distribution applications are unique and have provided maximum return on investment for a wide variety of organizations since 1976. From PRONTO Production to PRONTO Advanced Warehousing; from PRONTO Planning to PRONTO Quality Management System (QMS); from PRONTO Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) to PRONTO Forecasting Management, the cross-section and breadth of integrated elements addressed by PRONTO-Xi is unmatched in the marketplace and justifies its natural leadership role as the best fully integrated business software solution.

Thomas R. Cutler, President & CEO, TR Cutler, Inc., (www.trcutlerinc.com) Fort Lauderdale, FL, is the founder of the Manufacturing Media Consortium, a group of two thousand journalists writing about trends in manufacturing. He is the lead spokesperson for the ETO Institute (www.etoinstitute.org) and is the author of the Manufacturer’s Public Relations and Media Guide. He can be contacted at e-mail protected from spam bots or 954-486-7562.

### Pronto North America www.prontoerp.com Tom Verzi 952-942-5858