Transoft Builds Wireless Solution for Do it Best Corp.

Company adopts an application re-use strategy to develop a new handheld program with seamless integration.

June 5, 2002 - Transoft, Inc., a leading application understanding, transformation, assembly and integration company, announced today a wireless solution contract with Do it Best Corp., a $2.2 billion hardware, lumber and building materials buying cooperative. Working with the Do it Best Corp. IT team, Transoft developed the core application for the new members' in-store CS2000 Mobile Manager™ system. This program resides on a handheld device with barcode scanner that can communicate with the in-store central server, both when attached to its network and remotely via wireless. This allows users to process orders, deliveries, item maintenance, physical count and price changes anywhere inside any Do it Best® member-retailer store.

Transoft built this application by adopting the company's proven methodology of re-using existing application business logic in a Web services architecture. The new wireless system has seamless, on-line integration with the central store-based CS2000 system and provides more functionality, flexibility and significant time savings to Do it Best® member-retailers across the nation.

The product is currently in beta test and Do it Best Corp. intends to roll out the new units to retailers starting in July.

"Our ability to expose existing business logic and data within current applications for development and integration of new systems has enabled Transoft to provide a valuable extension to Do it Best Corp. store systems," said Paul Holland, CEO of Transoft. "Additionally, we were able to accomplish this task in a short timeframe."

Jeff Wilson, Do it Best Corp. retail DP manager, said that the new CS2000 Mobile Manager software will also allow member-retailers to create purchase orders while away at the co-op's buying markets, then upload the orders when they return to their stores, either by wireless or when attached to the in-store network.

"With Transoft's valuable assistance, we plan on continually enhancing the unit to offer more functionality as technology evolves," Wilson said.

About Do it Best Corp.
Based in Fort Wayne, Ind., Do it Best Corp. is the only member-owned hardware, lumber and building materials buying cooperative in the industry. With over $2.2 billion in annual sales, Do it Best Corp. serves 4,350 member-retailers across the United States and in 42 foreign countries.

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