FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

YAK IMPORTS CHOOSES THE AMERICAN EXPRESS EDITION®
FOR WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION

Laguna Hills, Calif., February 27, 2004 - Altec, a leading provider of document imaging and workflow management solutions for mid-market, announced today that Yak Imports, Inc., selected the American Express Edition for wholesale distribution, a vertical industry solution offered by American Express Tax & Business Services division. The vertical solution built on the SAP Business One back office financial application includes doc-link® , Altec's integrated document management software.

Yak Imports, Inc. is primarily known for their "Yak Pak," brands and is a leading designer and manufacturer of bags, backpacks and accessories. Yak Imports, Inc. also designs, manufactures, and distributes Dickies, Levi's and MTV Brand bags. Their customer driven focus is to continue developing high quality and innovative products rich with contemporary styling. Yak Imports, Inc., is headquartered in New York , NY.

Yak Imports, Inc., selected the American Express Edition for wholesale distribution software to address its business operational needs. Doc-link ties together documents generated from key operations of the business and streamlines accounts payable and sales order processing. With two remote locations processing 3,500 accounting documents each month, and with over 13,000 required photocopies per month, document imaging was a necessity. Yak Imports, Inc. wanted to reduce photocopy expenses, eliminate duplicate documents, and overall lessen manual paper handling. Doc-link 's functionality and modularity was exactly what Yak Imports, Inc. needed to help them increase efficiencies throughout their company.

Yak Imports, Inc. also opted for doc-link's Sales Order Processing module because customer purchase orders, quotations and other documents are readily available from the sales order desktop for viewing, to process an order and reduce cycle time. When required, documentation can now be routed to managers via electronic workflow for approval. This functionality will increase Yak Imports, Inc. sales order departments' response time and enhance their customer service dramatically. Yak Imports, Inc. is anticipating a return on investment in less than seven months!

About Altec
Altec is the leader in accounting centric document imaging and workflow management software solutions. Altec enables organizations to unleash the power of their accounting package and enhance productivity and communication among its customers, employees and vendors. Offering a variety of products from customizable paper based documents, to enterprise wide electronic document management, MICR check printing solutions, Print to Mail, Pressure Seal, promotional items and more, Altec can provide you with any business need you may have. Altec is headquartered in Laguna Hills , California with an office in Tacoma , Washington and affiliates nation wide. For more information about Altec, their products, or services, please visit the company's website at
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