Acacia Technologies™ Shipping NT Version of CA-Quick Response Engine™

Business Wire, August 5, 1997

LISLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 1997--

Lightning Fast Advanced Planning And Scheduling For Manufacturers

Acacia Technologies, a division of Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE:CA), today announced the immediate availability of the Windows NT version of CA-Quick Response Engine advanced planning and scheduling system. Version 2.0 now runs on the Microsoft Windows NT platform and provides many powerful enhancements.

"CA-Quick Response Engine not only provides fast answers to today's constraint based and precise scheduling questions, the new features and NT capability allows a broader range of businesses to take advantage of it's power" said Ken Modaff, General Manager of Acacia Technologies.

Enhanced scheduling and constraint management facilities provide faster response, better customer service and lower work in process in diverse manufacturing environments and tooling dependent operations. The ability to schedule either or both master production schedule and customer orders helps make to stock as well as make to order businesses meet changing demand. Ease of use improvements include the ability to customize browser displays, terminology, and/or language.

CA-Quick Response Engine, first released in September of 1996, is an object oriented tool designed to improve customer service levels through better scheduling, shorter lead times, and improved capacity utilization. It combines traditional materials and capacity planning, finite scheduling, and production feedback into a single planning engine. Using the processor capabilities of today's high- powered personal computers, CA-Quick Response Engine can execute material and capacity planning cycles in minutes. Because CA- Quick Response Engine is an integrated extension of CA-PRMS(TM), Acacia's comprehensive ERP system, customers can quickly achieve the full benefits of a complete dynamic interactive environment model.

Lee Gregory, the Executive Vice President of Contico International, Inc., manufacturer of storage cases containers and organizers for tools and parts, states: "We see the promise of the CA-Quick Response Engine as velocity and visibility, a user friendly, real time analytical tool that will understand the dynamics of our operation and provide action-oriented information. This will allow us to respond at the speed which is required for our business, in order to satisfy the customer's demand for short lead times and exceptional service."

Contico International, Inc., is a state of the art manufacturer of products for the consumer, sanitary maintenance, liquid dispensing and industrial container markets. The wide range of products includes tool boxes, shelving, and storage containers for home use, pickup truck storage boxes, trigger activated liquid dispensers for household consumer products, industrial grade cleaning equipment and accessories, and industrial bins. Based in St. Louis MO, Contico has manufacturing and distribution facilities throughout the USA and in Europe. They can be reached at www.contico.com or (800)325-2082. Acacia Technologies, with headquarters in Lisle, Illinois, is a division of Computer Associates International, Inc. This division is responsible for the development, support, marketing and sales of CA- PRMS(TM), CA-KBM(TM), and CA-Warehouse BOSS(TM). The objective of Acacia Technologies is to meet the evolving needs of manufacturing and distribution businesses through a set of solutions built on the AS/400 client/server technology. Acacia Technologies can re reached by visiting www.acaciatech.com on the World Wide Web, or calling 1- 800-523-5260.

Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), with headquarters in Islandia, NY, is the world leader in mission-critical business software. The company develops, licenses and supports more than 500 integrated products that include enterprise computing and information management, application development, manufacturing and financial applications. CA has nearly 10,000 people in 160 offices in 40 countries and had revenue of $4 billion in calendar year 1996. CA can be reached by visiting www.cai.com on the World Wide Web, emailing info@cai.com or calling 1-516-342-5224.

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