Colorado Springs, Colo., a supplier of enterprise-wide software for supply chain management.

Acorn's profit management solution, which helps clients understand in real-time the profitability impact of their operational decisions, will be integrated with NxTrend's strategic exchange product line.

The agreement will make Acorn's Enterprise Profit System (EPS) a value-added complement to their ERP offering. The firms said Acorn's EPS will integrate with NxTrend's Sx Intelligence Data Warehouse application.

Pat Becker, senior vice president of sales and marketing at NxTrend, says "We are endorsing Acorn Systems as the solution of choice for companies looking to do activity-based costing and profitability analysis. They clearly understand companies in the distribution market.''

NxTrend will also hold its users' conference," conNxTions 2001: Uncovering Hidden Treasures," on June 3-6 at the Adams Mark Hotel in Denver.