THE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION MEMBERS AND PRODUCTS
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Applied Decision Analysis
2710 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA  94025
Phone: (415) 926-9251
Fax:   (415) 854-6233

DPL is a decision analysis software program that combines decision trees
and influence diagrams to create a complete modelling environment. DPL
uses the logical framework of decision analysis to make decisions based on
what the user knows, what the user can do and what the user prefers.
Features include: spreadsheet links, automated sensitivity analysis,
policy summaries, and more. DPL 3.1, features Monte Carlo simulation and
support for Excel 4.0 spreadsheets. [Windows]
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Avantos Performance Systems
5900 Hollis Street
Emeryville, CA  94608
Phone: (510) 654-4600
Fax:   (510) 654-1276

ManagePro is a software tool that helps managers with their central
responsibilities: meeting goals, managing people, and solving problems
successfully. To do this, managers enter their business objectives and
supporting sub-goals into a spreadsheet-style planner. ManagePro then
creates color-coded goal and people status boards, timelines, action
lists, calendars, and reports, which prompt users through proven
management practices. ManagePro helps organize and manage goals and
people, improves internal communications, and facilitates the achievement
of critical business objectives. [Windows, Macintosh, Unix]
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Business Forecast Systems
68 Leonard Street
Belmont, MA  02178
Phone: (617) 484-5050
Fax:   (617) 484-9219

ForecastPro uses artificial intelligence and powerful methodology to
provide unsurpassed business forecasting accuracy. The program does not
require any background in statistics or forecasting. Instead, an expert
system examines the data and then the program guides the user to
exponential smoothing, Box-Jenkins, or regression, whichever method suits
the data best. A standardized set of diagnostic screens help the user
compare and evaluate models. ForecastPro provides optimum forecasting
models with a single keystroke, thereby offering the user the best
methodology without sacrificing simplicity or ease of use. [DOS, Windows,
OS/2, Unix]
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Business Resource Software
2013 Wells Branch Parkway, Suite #304
Austin, TX  78728
Phone: (512) 251-7541
Fax:   (512) 251-4401

Business Insight helps the user analyze business and marketing strategies
by asking a series of questions and then providing analyses of the
answers. For each analysis, the user is given the ability to "trace" the
logic of how the conclusion was reached. In this way, the user can see the
complex relationship of hundreds of factors that are the foundation of the
analyses. By analyzing the questions, and inter-relating them with a set
of "rules," the user can spot inconsistencies in the strategy, rate key
functions, present constructive criticisms, and compare different
strategies, including the competition's. [DOS, Windows]

Plan Write is a comprehensive business planning tool that guides the
planner through the process of developing a detailed business plan. The
rationale behind each aspect of the business plan is explained to the user
and illustrated with examples. Plan Write includes a full-featured word
processor, an integrated spreadsheet complete with templates for Profit
and Loss, Cash Flow, and Balance Sheets, and a chart generator. [Windows]
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Decisioneering
1600 Stout Street, Suite 700
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: (303) 449-5177
Fax:   (303) 449-1442

Crystal Ball is a general purpose forecasting and risk analysis software
package designed to help professionals make decisions involving risk and
uncertainty. Crystal Ball illustrates forecasts numerically and
graphically, displaying the entire range of possible outcomes. Users can
apply either a range of values or a probability distribution to each
spreadsheet cell containing an uncertain number. Random values for each of
these cells are generated according to the specified range or probability
distribution. The product can graphically display the distribution of the
results. [Windows, Macintosh]
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Experience in Software
2000 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202
Berkeley, CA 94709-2176
Phone: (510) 644-0694
Fax:   (510) 644-3823

Project KickStart is a project planning tool designed to help users
conceptualize an entire project from scratch and quickly create a list of
tasks and resource assignments needed to achieve the goals of the project.
It also helps the user create up-front strategies, anticipate obstacles,
and clarify project goals. [DOS, Windows in development]

The Art of Negotiating is an interactive software tool that offers a
structured way to prepare for all sorts of negotiations. The program
provides a set of negotiating tactics, from basic negotiating philosophy
to general strategies to discussion tactics. The program also walks the
user through a set of modules that define both side's probable approaches
and countering moves. [DOS, Windows in development]

The Idea Generator Plus is an easy to use program that helps the user come
up with new ideas about a variety of problems. The program begins by
defining the problem and goals, and then leads the user through seven
different problem-solving techniques to generate possible solutions.
Finally, these solutions are rated according to such considerations as
cost, benefits, and future consequences. [DOS, Windows in development]
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High Performance Systems
45 Lyme Road, Suite 300
Hanover, NH 03755
Phone: (603) 643-9636
Fax:   (603) 643-9502

ithink is a software package for accelerating both individual and
organizational learning. It enables the user to map, model and simulate
business and organizational processes varying from the strategic to the
tactical. As the map is created, ithink automatically generates the
equation framework needed for simulation. Once the relationships are
specified, ithink enables the user to bring the map to life via animation,
graphs, and traditional spreadsheet-like tables. With sensitivity
analysis, users can vary parameter values and explore scenarios to
discover the highest leverage opportunities for improving performance.
[Macintosh, Windows]
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Imagine That, Inc.
6830 Via del Oro, Suite 230
San Jose, CA 95119
Phone: (408) 365-0305
Fax:   (408) 629-1251

Extend empowers users with the ability to simulate and validate ideas
before actual implementation. "What if..." analyses can be carried out on
models of any system or process. Models consist of graphical, iconic
blocks with equations already built in. Simple parameter changes to a
block's dialog box represent adjustments to the actual system. Results of
running the simulation assists in the decision-making process by providing
precise answers to difficult problems. [Macintosh, Windows in
development]

Extend+BPR supports systems analysis techniques for reengineering business
processes. It helps managers make informed decisions about the way they do
business and facilitates TQM and process improvement efforts. Extend+BPR
is used to model organizational change, analyze new processes for
technology insertion, and provide metrics for strategic planning.
[Macintosh, Windows in development]

Extend+Manufacturing gives users the tools to make significant changes in
their industrial operations. It is used to model discrete operations
research, industrial engineering, and manufacturing systems. By simulating
a process in Extend+Manufacturing, users can react to process changes more
rapidly, adjust their throughput, design equipment, and support decisions.
[Macintosh, Windows in development]
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KnowledgePoint
1129 Industrial Avenue
Petaluma, CA 94952-1141
Phone: (707) 762-0333
Fax:   (707) 762-0802

Performance Now! is an interactive software program that uses
KnowledgePoint's exclusive IntelliText technology to simplify the task of
writing employee performance reviews. Performance Now! incorporates an
Employee Log for tracking employee's performance between appraisals; a
Human Resources (HR) Advice feature that provides comprehensive,
broad-based HR expertise; and a Language Checker to warn of inappropriate
wording. [Windows]

Policies Now! is a powerful knowledgebase application that actually writes
customized personnel policies. It combines the reasoning and judgement of
experienced professionals with direct user input to develop a solid,
well-written employee handbook that reflects the specific requirements of
the user's organization. Using a unique question and answer process,
Policies Now! guides the user through the key issues that need to be
considered and literally custom writes the policies. [DOS, Windows]

Descriptions Now! is a powerful knowledgebase program that guides the user
through each step in writing effective job descriptions. It combines the
information the user provides with the experience and knowledge of human
resource professionals to create job descriptions that accurately describe
the jobs in the user's organization. DescriptionsNow! can custom write the
qualifications, physical demands, and work environment sections of the job
description with a minimum of effort. [DOS, Windows]
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Lord Publishing
14 Los Monteros Drive
Dana Pointe, CA 92629
Phone: (714) 240-7090
Fax:   (714) 240-7399

Ronstadt's Financials is a planning and budgeting program designed to help
users become more effective entrepreneurs through venture planning.
Venture planning encompasses a broad range of planning activities that
covers the life of a business, not just the "back end" or financial
portion of the business. Utilizing a patented spreadsheet row technology
that makes analyzing and manipulating data faster and easier, Ronstadt's
Financials helps users create income statements, balance sheets, cash
flows, revenue forecasts, breakeven analyses, key ratios and measures, and
more. [DOS]
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Lumina Decision Systems, Inc.
4984 El Camino Real, Suite 105
Los Altos, CA 94022
Phone: (415) 254-0189
Fax:   (415) 254-0292

Demos is a graphical decision support system for creating, analyzing, and
communicating probabilistic models for risk and policy analysis.
Hierarchical influence diagrams are created by the user to represent
interactions between system variables. Uncertainties in expert judgement
can be expressed by using either user-defined distributions or a standard
probability distribution. Since modeling is almost always a group
activity, Demos is designed to support communication among the group
members, helping people to develop a shared understanding of the problem.
[Macintosh, Windows in development]
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Negotiator Pro Company
35 Gardner Road
Brookline, MA 02146
Phone: (617) 738-9300
Fax:   (617) 734-3308

Negotiator Pro provides an innovative solution to managing negotiation
projects and improves influence skills. Negotiator Pro assists the user
with structured planning, 50 tactical options, plus ten additional tactics
for overcoming difficult negotiators, and a summary of current negotiation
theory in over 400 hypertext entries. For negotiations in the global
marketplace, Negotiator Pro profiles the negotiating styles of 14
countries. Modules are currently available for negotiations Purchasing,
Financial Turnaround. [DOS, Windows, Macintosh]
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Palisade Corporation
31 Decker Road
Newfield, NY 14867
Phone: (607) 277-8000

@RISK 3.0 is a spreadsheet add-in for risk analysis that lets the user see
the full range of possible outcomes for any spreadsheet model. @RISK
utilizes probability distributions and Monte Carlo simulation to
automatically provide risk analysis results from hundreds or thousands of
what-if scenarios. High resolution graphics enable the user to visualize
and understand the range of possible outcomes and the likelihood of each
outcome occurring. [Lotus 1-2-3, Microsoft Excel]
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Planet Corporation
100 Pleasant Street
Worcester, MA 01609
Phone: (800) 366-5111
Fax:   (508) 757-2426

Destiny: Business Information and Planning System, provides all the tools
to create a comprehensive business plan and guides the user through its
writing, indicating where to incorporate financial data, text, reports,
ratios, and graphs. Destiny also helps the user with day-to-day business
management by analyzing and evaluating key business trends which inform
decisions about markets, pricing, hiring, and other critical factors.
Destiny creates critical business reports and ratios in seconds and offers
quick forecasting, modeling, and "what-if" analysis. [Windows]
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Safety Software, Inc.
2030 Spottswood Road, Suite 200
P.O. Box 5225
Charlottesville, VA 22905-5225
Phone: (804) 296-8789
Fax:   (804) 296-1660

OSHALOG.200 Series are relational databases designed for all businesses
that need to control worker compensation costs, maintain OSHA required
injury and illness records, or require a standardized corporate-wide data
collection and analysis system. OSHALOG.200 Plus provides accident factor
analysis using ad hoc reports and graphics of all incidents, injuries, and
illnesses while distinguishing between cases. A fault tree analysis filter
can be used to test accurately for recordability factors with simple
"yes/no" questions. [DOS]
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Search Technology
4898 South Old Peachtree Road
Atlanta, GA 30071-4707
Phone: (404) 441-1457
Fax:   (404) 263-0802

The Product Planning Advisor is a new Windows-based software tool for
product design teams who seek to be more responsive to market needs. Based
on William Rouse's book, Design for Success, this tool helps users apply
design concepts, principles, and methods for developing products and
services that will delight the marketplace. By identifying product and
service goals, developing measures of success, defining product functions,
The Product Planning Advisor provides a structured and efficient product
planning process for products and services. [Windows]

The Business Planning Advisor provides an integrated methodology for
starting, growing, and maturing enterprises whose missions involve
creating innovative products, systems, and services. Based on William
Rouse's book, Strategies for Innovation, this strategic planning
methodology focuses on identifying core products or services, developing a
long-range business plan, assessing and enhancing product strategies, and
developing action plans and financial forecasts. The Business Planning
Advisor provides a structured and efficient planning environment for
managers at all levels. [Windows]
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Smart Software, Inc.
4 Hill Road
Belmont, MA 02178
Phone: (617) 489-2743
Fax:   (617) 489-2748

SmartForecasts is a stand-alone forecasting program that combines
statistical and judgmental forecasting to give the user superior accuracy.
Previous experience in statistics or forecasting is not necessary the
program automatically determines the best time-series forecasting method
for the available data. It makes the forecast and shows the range of
reliability. SmartForecasts also allows the user to adjust statistical
forecasts directly on-screen. SmartForecasts is also available in a Batch
Edition. [DOS, Windows in development]

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