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EMMAUS, PA –Xperia announced today that it recently moved its company headquarters in South Whitehall Township to a new, larger building in Emmaus. The company owns the new office building located at 22 South 2^ndStreet rather than renting office space as it did at its previous location.

“This move makes great financial sense for us and will allow us to more easily accommodate our company’s future growth and expansion plans,” said Gina Bauer, Director of Sales and Marketing for Xperia. “The new location is also centrally located in the region and allows easy access for our staff and clients.”

Xperia staff members will continue to perform sales, marketing, customer service and support, IT customer support, onsite and virtual internet training, and administrative functions from the new office. It plans to expand staff after the relocation is completed. The new Emmaus location is in addition to a regional office located in Munster, Ind.

Founded in 1984, Xperia is an industry leader in enterprise management solutions for the apparel and footwear industries that run exclusively on the IBM platform. Xperia’s Executiv™ Suite helps businesses of all sizes manage the full spectrum of manufacturers’ requirements including warehouse inventory, procurement, production, financials, e-commerce and more.  Xperia now offers a SAAS: Cloud product as well as H.A.D.R. (High Availability Data Recovery) to existing customers.

For more information about Xperia products and services, visit the company's web site at www.xperiasolutions.com.

The company’s new phone number is 610.967.5821. 

Xperia’s Comprehensiv™ ERP suite has helped countless Apparel and Footwear Companies become more efficient , more productive, and more profitable.  Comprehensiv™ was one of the first robust and affordable ERP solutions developed specifically for the soft goods manufacturing industries setting the bar for ERP software for usability.

Gene Bonett, President of Xperia states “Xpressiv™, the newest version of Xperia’s Comprehensiv™ solution,is a substantial refresh and will further improve efficiency by streamlining and enhancing the user experience.   It is important for us to continue to enhance, modernize and integrate our applicationsto support the IBM i server, and enhance accessibility to desktop applications.”

The company has deployed Xpressiv™ to several of its existing customers and will be upgrading the balance of its customers over the next 12 - 18 months, and will also be offering the Xpressiv™ version to new customers.

Contact: Gina Bauer, Xperia

(610) 967-5821/ gbauer@xperiasolutions.com 

Xperia has created a special commission-based program to enable IBM Business Partner members to generate incremental revenue by offering Xperia’s award-winning Comprehensiv™ Solution to their existing customers as well as prospective customers. 

Gene Bonett, President for Xperia commented, “The formation of our new IBM Business Partner Program is an ideal strategy for Xperia.  Xperia and the majority of IBM Business Partners have long targeted the same customer base, primarily companies who utilize the IBM System i technology to address even their toughest challenges.  As their customers look to deploy fully integrated ERP software solutions which are specific to the Apparel and Footwear Industries, the partnership creates several new product and service opportunities for both companies, as well as an additional revenue stream.”

About Xperia:

Xperia is an industry leader in enterprise management solutions for the Apparel and Footwear Industries that run exclusively on the IBM platform.  Xperia’s Executiv™ Suite helps businesses of all sizes manage the full spectrum of Apparel and Footwear manufacturers’ requirements.  For more information about Xperia and their products and services, please visit the company's web site at www.xperiasolutions.com.

Contact: Gina Bauer, Xperia

(610) 967-5821/ gbauer@xperiasolutions.com

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Customers and trading partners will now have a more productive and effective tool to optimize their ordering processes. Xperia E-Commerce applications and solutions provide a true balance for your business to minimize costs while maximizing customer service. Customers want easy access to your product information, 24-hour secure access and opportunities to purchase alternative products. The key is making your business "E-Commerce enabled" with Xperia solutions for your strategic benefits.

Xperia, founded in 1984 and headquartered in Allentown, PA has been a premier supplier of ERP solutions for over 25 years. Xperia applies years of ERP Systems knowledge, offering solutions that enable organizations to more effectively plan and manage their operations, supply chain and customer relationship management business practices. Simplicity of design, ease-of-use and complete access to the full power and functionality of the system are cornerstones to our development efforts. Over the years, we have maintained a rapid pace to continually update our software and add new functionalities as industry demands change. Our solutions fully support the Internet and provide an unmatched level of functionality, combined with services and a business philosophy that produce results.

Key features:

• The Spreadsheet Server allows our clients to build financial statements directly in Excel using the files and general ledger data in the Xperia system.
• Financial reports can be customized and altered to meet your needs. For example, additional month or year columns could be added, simply by copying and pasting to create the new column. All of the corresponding formulas carry to the new column.
• Users can still use all of Excel's data manipulation capabilities. Spreadsheet Server allows the users to easily obtain their financial data from the Xperia system.
• General ledger accounts can be added or removed from the statements simply by changing the account structure on the sheet.
• Individual accounts, a range of accounts, or any account combination can comprise a category value.
• Many variable parameters exist to view the data:
  • Year, Period, YTD
  • Actual values, Budget values
  • Company, Division, Cost Center

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• View your data through Excel with this powerful data query tool. Data can be created at a summary or detail level and integrates directly with Excel's functionality.
• Allows users to dynamically navigate high-level summary data in Excel's graphical environment.
• Drill-down capabilities of summary data to view details are available. For example, you can drill on 'Company Sales' to view the sales detail for every sold-to, by product class, or by any parameter that exists on the data files.
• Clients can develop their own data queries, change the templates included with the base software, or allow Xperia to customize Dashboards to fit their company's needs.
• Analyze your accounts receivable, sales, production, or create a mix of relevant data to be analyzed by company, division or cost center.
• By date range, or whatever parameters are available in the Xperia database.
• Every summary field on the dashboard can be drilled into to display the detail records comprising the summary value.
• Since the dashboards are generated in Excel, users can customize to fit their needs.

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