24/07/2003. Exportmaster’s standard packages now include the facility to link with the NES products of two major customs service providers. This permits the direct electronic submission of customs declarations from within Exportmaster and provides the ability to handle the responses. The first product, which requires internet access, is the xibdix® application from Bell Davies Customs Management Systems Ltd. This provides direct and secure access to HM Customs’ CHIEF system via the Community System Provider route and offers all three message types: Pre-shipment Advice, Supplementary Declaration and Full Export Declaration. The second product — Exportlink from Alphameric Online — does not require internet access and is a software-only solution which normally employs email for its communications with HM Customs.

Version 3.60

18/06/2003. Version 3.60 incorporating all the latest features and functionality is now available free of charge to users with a support and maintenance agreement.

Another profitable year

18/06/2003. Despite the serious problems experienced by the IT industry and the export services sector following the events of September 11th, 2001, Exportmaster Systems Limited reported a further profitable year of operations for the twelve months ended September 30th 2002. With sales figures already up on those for the year 2001-2002, the healthy trend is expected to continue for 2002-2003, reflecting a cautious growth in business confidence amongst UK exporters.

Visual Shipping

18/06/2003. As well as editing shipment data via the traditional ‘data view’, users can now access and amend the data from within any document, standard or user-defined, while viewing the document on-screen.

New database engine available

30/09/2002. Version 3.50 makes use of a new database engine, DBISAM, which offers improved reliability and performance especially to users with large volumes of data.

Exportmaster TOPS

07/10/2002. Exportmaster has launched its new TOPS system providing product sourcing, trading, purchasing and supply functionality to export and international traders. Users of the Exportmaster EM3 system can upgrade to TOPS by purchasing the relevant optional modules.

Company Results

15/04/2002. Exportmaster Systems Ltd has reported substantially improved results in its recently published accounts for the year ended September 30th, 2001. Sales rose by 15.6% to £540,797 and yielded a net profit before taxation of £50,479.

Version 3.10 released (April 2002)

15/04/2002. Version 3.10, which contains various improvements and enhancements, has been issued to all current clients.

Exportmaster Traveller

15/04/2002. New facilities are available for Exportmaster Traveller users. The transfer of data (orders, quotations, master data files, etc) between the laptop of the sales person in the field and the head-office Exportmaster system can now be carried out by direct e-mail. Clicking on a data attachment in an e-mail by either the remote or the office user automatically updates the system with the new transactions or data items.

Customs partnerships

15/04/2002. Exportmaster Systems Ltd has made partnership arrangements with two companies in different areas of the customs software sector: Impatex Ltd and Online Duty Management Systems Ltd.

NES: New Export System

15/04/2002. Exportmaster is collaborating with Bell Davies Customs Management Systems Ltd on an integrated solution for the requirements of NES. This will link Exportmaster with their xibdix® application providing direct and secure access to HM Customs' CHIEF system via the Community System Provider route. It will offer all three NES message types: Pre-shipment Advice, Supplementary Declaration and Full Export Declaration. Users will require internet access.

EMS: Enterprise Management System

15/04/2002. A special Exportmaster-enabled version has been been announced of Paxton's EMS system, which provides financial, accounting, inventory management, corporate processing and CRM functionality. EMS can be purchased as an 'under-one-roof' accounting solution as part of a new Exportmaster implementation or as an addition to an existing Exportmaster system.