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TMW Systems Rolls Through Q1 with 17 New Customers; TMWSuite(TM) Enterprise Management Platform Draws New Customers.


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 Systems, the largest provider of enterprise management software to the trucking industry, reported signing 17 new customers in the first quarter of 2006, a substantial increase over Q1 2005. These new customers bring the trucking technology provider's active customer list to more than 560 carriers and private fleets.

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 that so many great carriers continue to put their trust in our products and services to help improve their operational efficiencies," said Tom Weisz, Chairman of TMW Systems. "Our singular focus on the trucking industry, unique combination of IT and fleet operations expertise and commitment to service excellence enables TMW to deliver a superior level of value to our customers."

A sampling of the premier carriers who have become TMW's newest TMWSuite customers include:

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--Powersource Transportation Inc., a power-only carrier based A transmission system that generates a fixed frequency (carrier) to contain the data being transmitted. See carrier.  in Griffith, Indiana Griffith is a town in Lake County, Indiana. It is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area. It is surrounded by the town of Highland, Lake County, Indiana, to the west, the city of Hammond, Indiana, to the north-west,the city of Gary, Indiana, to the north, the town of  operating a fleet of 175 power units that moves trailers for customers in numerous industries.

--RoadMasters Transport Company, an Athens, Texas-based carrier that specializes in transporting manufactured and modular homes with its 350-unit fleet.

Riverside Transport was searching for improved reliability, data accuracy and integrity in its new enterprise management platform. "TMWSuite offers us great functionality and ease of use through its Windows(R)-based environment," said Riverside Transport's President Bill Grojean. "We're firm believers that if you can't measure it, you can't manage it. TMW's ResultsNow will help us to better manage our business at every level."

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 considered, TMWSuite provides the carrier with instant access to real-time information - not just historical data. "Our existing system did not enable us to respond to transactions as they happened," said Terry Wallace Terry Wallace (born December 13, 1958) was an Australian rules football centre position player who started at Hawthorn, played briefly at Richmond and finally at Footscray.

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, President of BFL. "Also, with TMWSuite's activity and transaction-costing capabilities, we can measure our performance at every level and continuously improve. Partnering with the people who understand the industry and are at the front end of technology will expand our capability of interfacing with our customers, drivers and business partners."

Powersource chose TMWSuite to replace a 10-year-old platform that was not integrated with the carrier's other business systems. With TMWSuite, Powersource now has a comprehensive system that provides the ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously - and the robust analytical capabilities needed to better manage the entire business. "We evaluated several ERP vendors A list of Enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors. ERP vendors by revenue
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 and chose TMWSuite because we were impressed with its ability to quickly and easily extract and analyze information and its flexibility to keep pace with our growth," said Chris Thomas, Executive Vice President for Powersource.

To support its explosive growth, RoadMasters chose TMWSuite to provide its drivers with a high-quality support system. "Our company is dedicated to servicing our drivers, and we needed to build more efficiency, timeliness and accuracy into our day-to-day operations," explained RoadMasters Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO)

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 Mark Biersmith. "We completed an exhaustive search of truck management system vendors and determined that TMWSuite, along with its Microsoft Great Plains integration, was the turn-key solution we needed to meet our objectives."

About TMW Systems

Founded in 1983, TMW Systems, Inc. is the largest provider of enterprise management software solutions designed specifically for the trucking industry. Leveraging the organization's hands-on expertise in trucking and information technology, TMW's products - including TMWSuite(TM) for Windows(R) and TL2000 for the IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries)  iSeries platform - enable carriers to easily integrate vital real-time data from every facet of their operations into a single system to maximize dispatch efficiency, improve productivity and customer service and enhance profitability. Based in Beachwood, Ohio, TMW currently serves more than 560 customers globally, including in North America, Europe, China and Latin America. For more information, visit www.tmwsystems.com or call 800.401.6682.
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