Exhibit 5: Purchasing and Sales Processes

	Carillon	eEnterprise	E by Epicor	MK Manufact'g	Enterprise IQ	Progression	ERP Plus	Scala 5.1	Solomon	Traverse
Purchasing Order Process
Evaluation of the purchasing process	Average	Average	Below average	Above average	Excellent	Average	Excellent	Above average	Above average	Average
Business-to-business capability	Needs customization	Yes	Yes	Separate module	Yes	3rd-party vendor	EDI	Vendor will not disclose	Yes	Yes
Can it evaluate vendor performance?	No	No	Separate module	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Some
Can it evaluate vendor invoice?	Limited	No	Separate module	Yes	Yes	3rd-party vendor	Yes	Yes	Yes	Some
Are duplicate payments avoided?	Yes	No	Warning provided	Purchase order, receiving report and invoice matching	Purchase order, receiving report and invoice matching	3rd-party vendor	Yes	Purchase order, receiving report and invoice matching	Closed invoices cannot be paid	Can elect to check for duplicate invoice numbers
Does it support purchase requisitions?	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	With separate module	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Does it support RFQs?	No	No	Possible	No	Yes	With separate module	Possible	Yes	Yes	No
Can it handle down payments?	Yes	Yes	Possible	Yes	Yes	Yes, also c.o.d.	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Does it support retainages?	Yes	Yes	Possible	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Sales Order Process
Evaluation of customer shipping process	Excellent	Poor	Above average	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Above average	Average	Excellent	Average
Can it track sales/delivery confirmations?	Yes	No	ePortal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Can customers check status of order via Internet?	Yes	No	Customer portal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Can it track shipping methods?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Can it track UPS shipping number?	Yes	No	Yes	3rd-party vendor	Via UPS Web site	Yes	Via UPS Web site	No	Yes	No
Is PDA interface built in?	No	No	3rd-party vendor	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
Are field sizes flexible to accommodate existing codes?	Yes	No	eWarehouse	Yes	Up to 45 characters	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Is bar coding interface built in?	Yes	No	3rd-party vendor	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes, also radio frequency	Possible	3rd-party vendor	Yes
Can order attributes, such as color or size, be indicated in the sales order?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Is availability of item automatically reported in sales orders?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Is production scheduled or purchase orders prepared based on availability?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Sales Order/Marketing Process
Evaluation of sales order/marketing process	Average	Above average	Excellent	Average	Above average	Average	Excellent	Average	Average	Average
Is there a Customer Resource Management module or functionality?	Separate module	Yes	Separate module	Separate module	Yes	3rd-party vendor	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Track size of accounts?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Separate module	Yes	3rd-party vendor	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Handle call backs?	Yes	No	Yes	Separate module	Yes	3rd-party vendor	Yes	No	3rd-party vendor	No
Visits?	Yes	No	Yes	Separate module	Yes	3rd-party vendor	Yes	No	3rd-party vendor	No
Future needs?	Yes	No	Yes	Separate module	Yes	3rd-party vendor	Yes	No	3rd-party vendor	No
Handle campaign management?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Separate module	Yes	3rd-party vendor	Yes	No	3rd-party vendor	No
Provide customer analysis?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Separate module	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Support customer queries?	No	No	Yes	Separate module	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Support follow-ups?	Yes	No	Yes	Separate module	Yes	3rd-party vendor	Yes	No	3rd-party vendor	No
Handle call center applications?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Separate module	Yes	3rd-party vendor	Yes	Yes	3rd-party vendor	No
Handle field sales and service applications?	Yes	Yes	Separate module	Yes	Yes	3rd-party vendor	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Can it process order entry over the Internet?	3rd-party vendor	Yes	Separate module	Separate module	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Can customers access electronic catalog?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Separate module	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Can product descriptions employ multimedia technology?	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Separate module	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Photographs?		Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Audio?		No	Yes	Yes		Yes	No		Yes	No
Graphics?		Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Evaluation of Web access	Below average	Good	Excellent	Good	Average	Average	Good	Below average	Good	Good