Allmetal Screw Products corp

Currently Allmetal has several different Electronic Procurement programs in
place. The following is a list of those programs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Electronic Data Interchange
Customer PC/Terminal Access
Mandatory Corporate Contract
Technical Support

EDI is the paperless exchange of procurement information such as solicitations,
offers, contracts, purchase orders, invoices, and payments electronically using
predefined data formats. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Allmetal has been involved with EDI since early in 1983. At that time one of its
largest customers invited Allmetal to join their EDI system. After working with
their purchasing and data processing personal in Cherry Hill - NJ, Allmetal on
October 11, 1983 became the first vendor to receive orders transmitted directly
from this customers computer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Over the years, EDI has evolved from its birth by TDCC, to its current easy to
use PC based systems. Today, most EDI systems can be up and running in just
a matter of days. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

For purchasing of both contract and non-contract items, Allmetal has made
PC/Terminal access available to some of our key customers. These terminals
and/or PC's are connected directly to Allmetal's central computer in NY via
modem. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Customers can check price and availability for any item, enter a new order,
change an unshipped order, or check the shipping information for any of
their orders. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

New orders may be entered for either an immediate shipment, or for shipment
at some later date. Orders for multiple future shipping dates can be entered for
the same item. Quantities may be increased or decreased, shipping dates may
be moved forward or backward for any order prior to shipment. ~~~~~~~~~~

Allmetal, currently has mandatory fastener contracts in place with some of their
customers. These contracts can cover not only the customer themselves but the
customers sub-contractors also. Under the terms of the contract, Allmetal has
supplied guaranteed prices, and was granted the sole source for all the items list.

While the actual release of the order can be placed by mail, phone or fax some
customers choose to release their purchase orders electronically. The customer
maintains a database of contract items with price and quantity minimums. The
customer enters an order into their computer. Their computer then matches the
aforementioned information to the database and then, electronically transmits a
purchase order to Allmetal's computer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~