LONDON, March 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- Inquiry Suite's Manufacturing module offers operational users a real-time solution to manage their information and meet their reporting, query, reconciliation, integrity and analysis needs.

The GL Company, the leading provider of Business Process Optimisation Software, announces availability of their new Manufacturing module; the latest offering within their Inquiry Suite solution for JD Edwards software.

Users running their manufacturing operations recognise the value of the transactional and cost information stored within their manufacturing systems. However, the answers to business questions are often challenging to extract - especially on a real-time, ad-hoc basis. The ever-changing nature of manufacturing analysis means that pre-canned reports often fall short of answering important business questions in areas like manufacturing variances and cost accounting. Simple and immediate access to information enables users to make the really important decisions that will drive their business goals and objectives.

Inquiry Suite is user-friendly, like a spreadsheet tool, while honoring security and data integrity. Therefore, end-users have the capability to create their own reports and inquiries to analyse, reconcile and audit information with never-before-experienced ease. Users gain efficiencies and reduce costs with the ability to compare and contrast information over their branch plants, item masters, jobs and work orders. They can make better decisions when they are easily identifying and analysing a Bill of Material's items, sub-assembly components, parts lists and labour routings. Accuracy is increased when users can highlight exceptions and cost variances and drill down into the detailed transactions to investigate further.

According to Scott Franchini, Managing Partner of Encompass Consulting Group (www.encompasscg.com), The number one issue facing most cost accountants using JD Edwards is the ability to understand and dissect manufacturing variances. Often, standard inquiry screens and reports provide insufficient detail requiring hours of research and custom report development. Inquiry Suite's Manufacturing module is the first out of the box solution I have seen that allows end-users to create their own reports and inquiries. A cost accountant has immediate visibility into manufacturing data such as production throughput, material usage, and labor efficiency, enabling meaningful decisions and thoughtful analysis.

Glenn Wirick, Director of Client Services for The GL Company, agrees. The largest benefit I see our client's gain from the usage of our solution is productivity and efficiency. Inquiry Suite's simple and immediate access to our client's manufacturing data means they spend more time making informed and strategic decisions, not downloading, printing and manipulating data.

The GL Company and Inquiry Suite

The GL Company designs software solutions to optimise business processes for JD Edwards and Oracle E-Business Suite. Their Inquiry Suite empowers users to create simple, real-time inquiries to answer their day-to-day business questions. This improves productivity for reporting, analysis, audit, reconciliation and requests for information. Quick and easy access to information helps gain efficiencies, increase revenues, reduce costs and optimise cash flows.

Inquiry Suite's unique benefits enhance operational users' productivity for JD Edwards World and EnterpriseOne solutions and Oracle E-Business Suite. Modules within the JD Edwards product line include functional areas such as: Finance, Human Capital Management, Job Cost, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing and more. Inquiry Suite's solution for Oracle E-Business Suite (Oracle EBS) currently includes solutions for Financials and Projects.

The GL Company has customers throughout the UK and Europe, North America and Australia. For further information, please call: UK: +44-(0)1494-582-039, USA +1-303-872-6959, AUS: +61-(0)-2-8216-0810, or visit www.TheGLCompany.com.

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CONTACT: Lynda Huebsch Product Marketing Director The GL Company +1-303-847-0653 Lynda.Huebsch@TheGLcompany.com

Encompass Consulting Group

Encompass Consulting Group (ECG) is a market leading business management consulting company specialising in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System Implementations Optimisations, Professional Project Management, and Business Process Redesign. The premise of ECG is fusing Business and Industry Knowledge with Technical Capabilities to provide quality low-cost solutions to help organisations meet their business objectives. ECG's is an Oracle Business Partner specialising in Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and World Applications.

CONTACT: Scott A. Franchini Managing Partner Encompass Consulting Group, +1-602-770-8580 sfranchini@encompasscg.com

Lynda Huebsch, Product Marketing Director of The GL Company, +1-303-847-0653, Lynda.Huebsch@TheGLcompany.com; or Scott A. Franchini, Managing Partner of Encompass Consulting Group, +1-602-770-8580, sfranchini@encompasscg.com