August 2, 2006
NEW easy to use Software Solution for businesses required to report cigarette and tobacco sales to retailers.

Danvers, MA – TurningPoint Systems, Inc, is pleased to announce the release of "MultiCat Lite." MultiCat Lite is the ideal solution for the small Direct Store Delivery (DSD), Brokers and Sub Jobbers that sell cigarettes, tobacco and candy products directly to retail stores. The software meets all the processing requirements set forth by the industry specific tobacco manufacturers to register daily or weekly sales and inventory activity. MultiCat Lite formats the data properly enabling it to be sent directly to MSA through IDT file transfer software.

All that is required for MultiCat Lite is a PC with XP (Home or Professional), an Internet connection and the IDT technology. MultiCat Lite has an easy to use interface that allows the user to load in products and customers, and then build sales activity all within the same interface.

MultiCat Lite comes with an interface to QuickBooks, Peachtree and other popular accounting programs. Enter your sales in those applications and import the data into MultiCat Lite. the software automatically formats it so you just create the file and send to MSA. YOu can select a button that will export your weekly sales data into an Excel spreadsheet for additional sales analysis and reporting.

TurningPoint client, Don Simpson from Pocono Wholesale, Tannersville, PA says; "MultiCat Lite is easy to use and very straightforward. Plus, I don’t require any additional software or hardware, and it's priced at what I believe will be attractive to my peers."

According to Kirk Visser, Vice President of Products and Professional Services for TurningPoint Systems, Inc; "MultiCat Lite is the perfect solution for the hundreds, if not thousands of small business owners that are required to report cigarette and tobacco sales to retailers. Enter your sales data, give it a file name, save it, then transfer it to MSA and you’re done. All the data will be immediately registered at MSA enabling you accurate and timely reporting to collect any vendor rebates and promotions as soon as possible and meet all compliance reporting."

TurningPoint Systems Inc is a leading provider of warehouse and distribution solutions to the pharmaceutical, candy, tobacco, and food service industries. For the past twenty-five years, TurningPoint has developed and delivered solutions that enable its customers to reduce cost, increase customer service levels, and support value-added services. TurningPoint Systems is located in Danvers, Massachusetts.

For additional information, pricing or to schedule an internet demonstration of MultiCat Lite, please call Elery LeBlanc, President, at 1-800-370-4500 x 11 or e-mail eleblanc@turningpointsystems.com.