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The BAAN family of integrated, open-systems-based client/server applications supports the entire spectrum of an organization's business processes, including project management, sales, procurement, manufacturing, transportation and distribution, service and maintenance, and finance operations. Baan Company, founded in 1978, has more than 3,600 employees who contribute to the extensive corporate knowledge of project environments and open systems technology. For more information about this article, input the number 121 in the appropriate place on the February Reader Service Form Baan/Berclain One Tower Lane, 12th Floor Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181 630-645-2300 [email protected] http://www.berclain.com Caroline Savoie, Press Relations Baan SYNC Series is a leading supply chain solution. It includes logistics and manufacturing planning, scheduling and execution management providing among the most complete solution. 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