FEATURE
Success of the WorldWide Partner Conference
Microsoft's 2005 WorldWide Partner Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota was a huge success for RockySoft. We had a great location near the main aisle, met a lot of new folks, and got reacquainted with old friends and partners.

Congratulations to our iPod winners!
Thanks to all of the visitors to our booth at WPC in Minneapolis, who entered our daily drawings to win one of three iPods we gave away. Congratulations to our winners - maybe you should download some Hootie and the Blowfish, they were pretty good at the US Welcome Party!

Winners:
Friday's Winner: Paul Johnson, Quadis Technologies
Saturday's Winner: Richard Velazquez, Rose Business Solutions
Sunday's Winner: Don Snyder, BCG Systems Inc.

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WHAT'S NEW
Two Industry Leaders Coming Together: RockySoft and vSync
RockySoft is excited to announce its newest partnership with vSync, the leading provider of integrated EDI and Industry Compliance Solutions for small to medium sized companies in a wide variety of industries. By joining forces, RockySoft and vSync are coming together to solve a growing business problem, large retailers requiring their suppliers to manage the inventory on their shelves. The challenge suppliers' face is multi-faceted:

• High service level requirements
• Full responsibility for replenishment for one to many products at hundreds or thousands of store locations
• Stiff penalties for out-of-stock products (loss of business or fines).

Our Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) solution is under production and will help distributors meet the contractual requirements placed on them to manage inventory levels, automatically replenish product on shelves based on Point of Sale (POS) information sent via EDI transactions. Our solution will provide our clients with:

• Fully automated replenishment
• Automate "suggested" purchase orders for customers based off Point of Sale data and other analysis
• The ability to add new customers or grow existing relationships with VMI support/offerings
• The ability to build an EDI compliance foundation with automated support for POS data, PO Acknowledgment, ASNS, Invoices, and cash receipts
• Seamless integration into financials for invoicing

Visit www.vsync.com for more information about vSync and their products.

A New Office Propels Our Momentum
We've just finished painting and moving into our new office building. We're now located at 736 Whalers Way #F201, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (the building next door to our old office). Our new office space is bigger and can accommodate a handful of new workstations without losing comfortable workspace. Also, our offices have great views of the lake we border and the mountains in the distance. Everyone at RockySoft is really excited about the move; it has generated a feeling of momentum and progress.

Welcome
Zocalo: Zocalo is a premium wholesale supplier of handcrafted furniture to leading furniture stores in the U.S.A., Ireland and the U.K. We take pride in searching the world for the best value in handcrafted furniture, and offering unbeatable price points, an extensive selection of distinctive designs, exceptional customer service and sales support, and a huge inventory of merchandise in stock for immediate delivery.

Austin Foam Plastics: Over the past 20 years, AFP has been an industry leader in innovative packaging design and customer service for the corrugated box and cushion packaging needs of manufacturers. Our reputation has been built by maintaining a high standard of quality, service and reliability. AFP's full service philosophy includes a state-of-the-art design and testing lab and the full integration of a corrugated sheet plant into our manufacturing process. This full integration lets us offer the highest standard of service at the most competitive prices. All of our design and testing services are offered free of charge to our customers.

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PRODUCT HIGHLIGHT
Logistics Collaboration Portal ( Brand New! )

Logistics Collaboration Portal (LCP) is an expansion module that tracks the status of Product in Transit - the critical information that is required to maintain high Customer Service Levels. LCP is specifically designed to aid companies that rely on product from overseas vendors or need to keep a tight handle on product in transit.

LCP will help you know where your outstanding purchase orders are at any point in time. LCP tracks or calculates relevant information like:

• Where the product is
• Who has the product (Freight Forwarder, shipper, Customs, etc.)
• What is the Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA)

Special features in LCP will ease the effort:

• All data fields are user configurable (keep the ones you want, add your own, and remove unneeded fields)
• Set permissions to allow external parties' access to the LCP to view or update transit information

Take the effort and mystery out of locating your lifeline, product in transit.

Contact Jeffrey Porter at jporter@rockysoft.com or call Toll Free at 1-877-277-0868 x 105 if you are interested in a demonstration of Logistics Collaboration Portal.

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
October 19, 2005 - The Resource Group Distribution Summit - Redmond, Washington

The Distribution Summit will show a full distribution solution, by highlighting five Independent Software Vendor solutions that integrate with the Great Plains solution.

• RockySoft - Inventory Management via Forecasting and Replenishment
• vSync - Integrated Shipping and EDI
• Maximum Data - Barcoding
• Nodus Technologies - Web Orders
• Avalara - Sales Tax Usage and Address Validation

All of our current and potential clients are invited to attend the event. Contact Jeffrey Porter at jporter@rockysoft.com or call Toll Free at 1-877-277-0868 x 105 if you are interested in attending.

North Eastern Inventory Management Workshop Scheduled for late September

We are organizing an Inventory Management Workshop (IMW) in Cambridge, Massachusetts for our clients, prospects and anyone else who may be interested. This educational workshop provides participants with the principles and theories behind inventory management, forecasting, and replenishment. The workshops we've hosted in the past have been very well received.

"The Inventory Management Workshop was very enlightening; I acquired additional understanding and a modeling tool for further refinement of TEC's supply chain. The instructors were enthusiastic and knowledgeable. I would recommend this workshop to any supply chain professional regardless of experience level." - Thomas McFarling, supply chain manager for Texas Electric Cooperatives (Utility Supply & Service Division)

Visit http://rockysoft.com/literature.cfm to learn more about our Inventory Management Workshop.

Contact Jeffrey Porter at jporter@rockysoft.com or call Toll Free at 1-877-277-0868 x 105 for details if you are interested in attending.

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SOFTWARE TIPS & TRICKS
This section is the newest addition to our Newsletter and is designed to provide tips on our software that perhaps you've forgotten about or maybe never knew.

• By double-clicking on any red "Actuals" point in Demand Managers' graphical display, you can see a more detailed listing of the sales that make up the months orders
• Any list column in Requirements Planner with a " * " by its name is editable.
• Column titles with "[ ]" around them are optional input, so you can leave them blank if you desire.

If you have any questions about the functionality of our software, or tips you've learned that you'd like to pass on, please contact Whitney Eschenbaum at weschenbaum@rockysoft.com . BACK TO TOP