Global Shop Solutions Industry Partners

Pervasive Software
Pervasive Software (Nasdaq:PVSW) is a leading provider of data management software and services that dramatically lower the total cost of ownership for packaged business solutions and Internet applications. Developers worldwide depend on Pervasive for its easy-to-use, high-performance database engines. Pervasive's database technology radically simplifies the development, deployment and maintenance of applications across a broad array of platforms. Based in Austin, Texas, Pervasive also has offices in Europe, as well as distributors covering 80 countries.

Visit Pervasive Software at www.pervasive.com.

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
Global Shop Solutions, the only provider of One-System ERP Solutions™, has joined forces with ADP Employer Services, one of the nation's largest payroll and HR services, to deliver a complete range of cost-effective business solutions. The partnership was established to solidify our commitment to bringing all-inclusive solutions to companies in a wide range of manufacturing industries including aerospace and defense, oilfield/petrochemical, sheet metal fabricators and machine shops, screw machine shops, OEM's and machine builders, repair facilities and electronics, wood shops, medical instrumentation and store fixture manufacturers. You can now integrate ADP's payroll services with your One-System ERP Solutions™ from Global Shop Solutions into one easy-to-use system that puts you in total control of your business.
     • This partnership gives you a direct link to a broad range of service offerings that will help you:
     • Minimize tax liability and maximize tax advantages for greater savings and peace of mind
     • Automate payroll and HR-related administration so your staff can focus on growing revenue
     • Automate your company's Benefits Administration
Increase productivity via one integrated solution - Global Shop Solutions and ADP.
Visit ADP at www.adp.com

Society of Manufacturing Engineers
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), headquartered in Dearborn, Mich., is the world's leading professional society serving the manufacturing industries. Through its publications, expositions, professional development resources and member programs, SME influences more than 500,000 manufacturing executives, managers and engineers. Founded in 1932, SME has some 60,000 members in 70 countries and supports a network of hundreds of chapters worldwide.

Visit SME at www.sme.org.

National Association of Manufacturers
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) - "18 million people who make things in America" - is the nation's largest and oldest multi-industry trade association. NAM represents 14,000 member companies (including more than 10,000 small and mid-sized manufacturers) and 350 member associations serving manufacturers and employees in every industrial sector and all 50 states. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., NAM has 10 additional offices across the country.

Visit NAM at www.nam.org.

National Tooling & Machining Association
The National Tooling & Machining Association (NTMA) represents over 2,500 precision custom manufacturers in the United States. The NTMA is the center for up-to-the-minute information about the tooling and machining industry and all its components. The focus is on building and sustaining an active, vital tooling and machining industry in North America. In addition to acting as members' liaison to the Federal government, the NTMA helps members to incorporate the latest technology and stay informed of competition and business trends.

Visit NTMA at www.ntma.org.

Precision Metalforming Association
The Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) is the full-service trade association representing the $41-billion metalforming industry of North America - the industry that creates precision metal products using stamping, fabricating and other value-added processes. Its nearly 1,200 member companies include metal stampers, fabricators, spinners, slide formers and roll formers as well as suppliers of equipment, materials and services to the industry. Members are located in 30 countries, with the majority found in North America in 41 states of the United States as well as Canada and Mexico.

Association for Manufacturing Technology
Founded in 1902, the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) represents and promotes the interests of American providers of manufacturing machinery and equipment. Its goal is to promote technological advancements and improvements in the design, manufacture and sale of members’ products in those markets and act as an industry advocate on trade matters to governments and trade organizations throughout the world.

Tooling & Manufacturing Association
The Tooling & Manufacturing Association (TMA) was founded in 1925. Through the years, members established programs and services that would help their businesses grow and prosper, train their employees and provide medical benefits. As a result of these efforts, TMA has grown into a 1,600+ member not-for-profit organization of precision metalworking, plastic molding, and supplier companies.

Visit TMA at www.tmanet.com.

Educational Society for Resource Management
The Educational Society for Resource Management (APICS) is a not-for-profit international educational organization respected throughout the world for its education and professional certification programs. With nearly 70,000 individual and corporate members in 20,000 companies worldwide, APICS is dedicated to using education to improve the business bottom line.

Visit APICS at www.apics.org

Precision Machined Products Association
The Precision Machined Products Association (PMPA) has been directly linked to the industry since its inception in 1933, as the NSMPA - National Screw Machine Products Association. Created by a group of screw machine shop owners seeking to improve the standing of their industry, their mission remains alive and well today. Today PMPA is looking ahead to the future, with programs and services designed to meet the technical and management challenges of the 21st century. The association has in place an Educational Foundation devoted to recruiting, training and maintaining a skilled workforce for the Precision Machined Products industry.

Visit PMPA at www.pmpa.org.

Association for Retail Environments
Members of the Association for Retail Environments, formerly NASFM, are retail environments professionals and proven industry leaders-companies that are well known for excellent craftsmanship, topflight service, and cutting-edge innovation. Member companies offer a full range of products and services for retail environments, and include store fixture suppliers, retail design firms, suppliers of visual merchandising products, and suppliers of materials and equipment for the retail environments industry. Member capabilities include importing, exporting, consolidating, installing, project management, engineering, design, and more.

Visit A.R.E. at www.retailenvironments.org

The Chicago Association of Spring Manufacturers
The Chicago Association of Spring Manufacturers (CASMI) is an independent regional association of spring manufacturers in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.

Visit CASME at www.casmi.org.

The Boston Tooling & Machining Association
The Boston Tooling & Machining Association (BTMA) is the Boston chapter of the National Tooling & Machining Association. The primary purpose is to promote the precision custom manufacturing industry in the region and to provide members with the services and information that will assist them in the successful operation of their businesses.

Visit the BTMA at www.bostontooling.org.

Modern Machine Shop
Modern Machine Shop (MMS) serves the information needs of the entire metalworking market. MMS editorial reaches 106,647 qualified subscribers in 60,453 large to small plants. Readers seek "how to " advice to manage change, and create competitive advantages.

Visit MMS online at www.mmsonline.com

Cygnus Business Media
Cygnus Business Media's Industrial & Manufacturing Equipment and Supplies Market reaches over 320,000 industrial and manufacturing professionals through the company's five leading publications.

Visit Cygnus online at www.cygnusb2b.com

Safeguard Business Forms
Safeguard Business Forms provides business forms and labels.

Visit Safeguard at www.gosafeguard.com