VANCOUVER, B.C., Canada, March 31, 2005

	BC's Premier Gordon Campbell (left) congratulates Geoff Douglas, Progressive Solutions' VP Sales & Marketing.
	John Les (left), BC's Minister of Small Business & Economic Development, with Geoff Douglas and the other Top 21 Best Exporters in the Advancing Technologies category.

Progressive Solutions Inc. announced today that the company has been selected as one of BC’s Top 21 Best Exporters for 2004.

The 2004 BC Export Awards are co-hosted by the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters and British Columbia’s Ministry of Small Business and Economic Development, whose Minister John Les said, “The BC Export Awards recognize the province’s very best exporters and highlight the export industry’s vital contribution to the BC economy.”

Global demand and Progressive Solutions’ leadership buoy exports

Progressive Solutions’ exports to the US, the UK and Australia have grown to 95% of revenue. As the leading provider of business software for the wood products and building materials industry worldwide, Progressive Solutions’ sales increased by 50% last year and are continuing to grow.

The industry-specific software manages inventory, sales orders, procurement, transportation logistics and shipping for primary and secondary manufacturers of wood products, and lumber and building materials wholesalers and distributors. By focusing on the unique and challenging business information needs of this niche market for 15 years, Progressive Solutions has competed successfully – against the ERP giants and a diminishing field of smaller software vendors – to win the business of wood products suppliers of all sizes, including Weyerhaeuser, the world’s largest producer of wood products.

Len Williams, Progressive Solutions’ President and CEO, comments, “Our flagship product, Lumber Track, has become the de facto standard for sales and inventory control systems with wood product companies worldwide. Now we’re working our way up and down the wood products supply chain and automating their business functions too.” He continues, “Frankly, there are no other business software companies in the world with our experience and expertise in the wood products industry. Exports will continue to be a strong as we fill demand worldwide for better business information in lumber and building materials operations.”

About Progressive Solutions
Progressive Solutions Inc. is a leader in business software solutions for the forest products and building materials industries. Founded in 1989, the company is headquartered in Richmond, BC, with sales offices across the US, UK and Canada. Its products address the procurement, sales, inventory and logistics management needs of sawmills, panel mills, remanufacturers, wholesale/ distributors and building materials distributors/dealers with domestic and export markets.