and the Fea~al Acquisition Reform Act of 1996 will ulamatety require hundreds of thousands of vendors to become E D I capable over the next several years i f they want to conh'nue to do business with the government. APL Group's acquisition of C.NC gives APL Group the technolog~for providing cuatomers with a powerful and cost-effective Internet-based E D I soluh'on." In recent years, APL Group has established a credible base of experience with government EC/EDI. Specifically, APL Group's Qualedi software was one of the first EDI translation software packages compliance-tested with the DoD for use in the Federal government EC/EDI program and the USDA selected Qualedi for use in their nationwide EDI system, enabling local school districts to electronicaUy order surplus food supplies from the USDA. On the services side, APL Group completed the largest vendor outreach program, "EDI: Your Link to Profits," in co-sponsorship with the U. S. Small Business Administration, and under contract to the Defense Logistics Agency. It developed and installed five LAN-based EC/EDI training center software systems used to instruct government vendors in the use of EDI to trade with the Federal government. APL Group's newly released Bid Manager product provides Government Sales Managers with a low-cost, simple method for bidding with the Federal government. "~id Manager comes preconfigured with all of the document ~ypes and implementation conventions required to bid effectively with the Federal government," said Paul Lindoerfer, APL Group's Director of Government Markets. As a result of the CNC acquisition APL Group's Internet-based EDI solution, to be named BidSite TM, will provide another option--one that appeals to government suppliers who do not want to purchase EDI translation software and valueadded network services. The APL Group also played a highly-visible role at MCI's press conference at DISA on Tuesday, April 29. MCI, one of the world's leading telecommunications companies, launched an enablement program that will provide high quality implementation, consulting, and education to help businesses start or expand EC/EDI programs more efficiently. MCI selected T h e APL Group to help implement its program in four areas: consulfing services, implementation services, educational services and EDI certification and software programs. "Our new enablement program is the next step in maMng EC a reality in major corporations, mid-marltet companies and small business aliI~e," said Martha Hanlon, MCI's Director of Enterprlse Applications and Access. For more information on APL Group products and services, call 800-828-0770. The APL Group, Inc., your EDI resource center. E-maih eshaw@aplgroup.com See our homepage at "www.aplgroup.com". Errata N THE PREVIOUSISSUEof APL Quote Quad (Vo127, Number 2), we inadvertently introduced some errors into the article b y J a n Karman, entitled " T h e J o y of Actuaries." On page ;4, column 2, near the top of the page, the formula shown for "the annuity immediate" should have been shown as: I D On page 15, column t, the "endowment insurance" was missing a subscript at the far fight side; it should have been shown aft: m~ 1 - d ' ~ ......., _ - ~ ' a axn - - ..... -1 %+"'-" az~, Finally, on page x5, column x (about the middle), the statement was made that we should praise J for having the adverb " \ . "! However, we had inadvertently placed the exclamation mark inside the quotes, affecting the meaning of that statement. We regret any confusion that may have resulted from these crrors. • L:':~,i~,:~,~'~:~,::::~!,!:~: ¢~i!,~::,:~:,~:~ ~~:~:::;~!)ii~ ~ i:~i ~'.:::!~...:.. ~% L.".,..~;:~;~i~. ;.-s....."~!!~i~i~ ~ ~i,!~ <~;~.)~-:..:...;.~:>.~,:.~::~ ~i~::~i~! ! ~ i ~:~'~'i~!~ ! ; : . c ~ : ~ . : . : . : ~ i ! ~ i i l.).i.~ .~. , : . : r , ' ~: " ......... ~ g ! ~ ~ ~ ~! ~i~i~i ~i~ ...".::....-.:..--~,~....:..,.... ~i,~.~:."~J~4~..]..',....'~ ~ m...t..--.~,~......~....g..,.V ! . . . . : # ~ ".~. ~ . . . . -.~ aPL O,0-

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