| > | | | | companies have focused on the human side of |
| Enterprise 21 ERP Software by TGI complies with | | | | adhering to the SOA, although this focus has very |
| Sarbanes-Oxley rules | | | | proved costly to maintain. Companies are discovering |
| According to Rebecca Gill, Vice-President of TGI Ltd., | | | | more and more that the benefit of deploying |
| “Enterprise 21 is a fully integrated ERP software | | | | technology to manage the requirements SOA brings |
| package developed in a closed system approach that | | | | long-term, proven results. Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance |
| has built in controls necessary to obtain SOA | | | | Requirements are focused on the proper |
| compliance.” | | | | management and disclosure of corporate financial |
| Pertinent sections SOX include: | | | | data. It states that anyone who knowingly and |
| - Section 302 - Corporate Responsibility for Financial | | | | intentionally alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, covers |
| Statements | | | | up, falsifies or makes a false entry in any record or |
| - Section 404 - Management Assessment of Internal | | | | document shall be prosecuted and fined under the law. |
| Controls | | | | About Technology Group International, Ltd. |
| - Section 409 - Real-time Issuer Discloser | | | | Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, |
| Enterprise 21 Supports SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) | | | | Technology Group International is a proven technology |
| Compliance in the following ways: | | | | leader delivering Tier 1 application software functionality |
| - Secure system log on and tracking | | | | at a price performance level that can be readily |
| - Transactions are recorded and accounted for | | | | accepted by organizations of all sizes. Specializing in |
| properly | | | | software solutions for small and mid-market |
| - Online support of corporate policies and procedures | | | | manufacturing and distribution companies, TGI’s |
| - Segregation of duties via multi-level system security | | | | integrated Enterprise Series software suite is a |
| - Online approvals and authorization for key | | | | complete business process management solution. The |
| transactions | | | | product offering includes Enterprise Resources |
| - Online reporting of financial data | | | | Planning (ERP), Manufacturing Resource Planning |
| - Timely information capture and accessibility | | | | (MRP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Warehouse |
| - Strict adherence to GAAP | | | | Management System (WMS), Advanced Planning and |
| - Proper period ending | | | | Scheduling (APS), Decision Support System (DSS), |
| - Workflow management and exception reporting | | | | Business Intelligence (BI), Manufacturing Execution |
| AMR Research recently released estimates that | | | | System (MES), and eCommerce. TGI implements, |
| Sarbanes-Oxley spending next year will once again | | | | maintains, enhances, and supports its packaged |
| top $6 billion. Of that amount, thirty-two percent of $1.9 | | | | distribution and manufacturing software solutions |
| billion will be spent on technology. Traditionally | | | | directly and via its channel partners. |