Bell-Carter Olive Co. Implements Personal Analyst Software; World's Largest Olive Canner Selects Software From Inalysys Inc.

COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 1998--InAlysys Inc. announced today that Bell-Carter Olive Co. has selected its Personal Analyst software to streamline and improve its data analysis and reporting mechanisms.

The Personal Analyst is an advanced business consolidation, reporting and analysis tool for managers, CFOs, sales professionals and chief executives.

"Adding Personal Analyst software to our existing arsenal of tools was an essential step for us," said Paul McGinty, vice president of sales and marketing at Bell-Carter. "We have found exactly what we needed to instantly examine the status of our business in a format not previously available."

Bell-Carter Olive Co. needed a software product that would complement many of the products already in place at the corporate level, and still provide new functionality.

"We are very progressive in all our systems, and our consolidation and reporting tool needed to enable us to look at sales figures quickly and in depth -- Personal Analyst software provided that level of analysis," added McGinty.

Previously, when the sales or business development teams at Bell-Carter wanted to look at sales figures, it involved the manual input of data in order to attain and print a finished copy of the information requested from the system. Personal Analyst software advances the process substantially, automating the data consolidation and providing instant on-screen representations of that data.

"This new format is much faster, making it easier for our managers to stay up to date on current business trends, and hence, take more proactive measures," said McGinty.

About Bell-Carter Olive Co.:

Founded in 1912, Bell-Carter Olive Co. is the largest olive canner in the world, packing olives from more than 800 growers internationally. The company accounts for over 40 percent of all California olives processed and sold in the United States. For the 1997-1998 crop year, Bell-Carter projects shipments in excess of seven million cases of olives.

In addition to its 50-acre plant and headquarters in Lafayette, Calif., the company has a regional office in New Jersey. The company registered sales of more than $100 million in 1997 and employs over 400 full-time workers.

About InAlysys Inc. And Personal Analyst Software:

Personal Analyst software takes data passively from any host system using electronic flat-file downloads such as ASCII and is compatible with all the leading general ledger, operating systems and data repository products including those from JDEdwards, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Hyperion, and Arbor. Implementation and training is usually completed in less than a week. The software runs on any 486 or higher PC running Microsoft Windows 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT.

InAlysys was founded by CPAs and programmers from Big Six accounting firms who understand the need to automate analysis of financial and operating performance. Its Personal Analyst software takes financial analysis beyond the level of traditional manual spreadsheet reporting to real business analysis for strategic management planning.