The 2018 revenue for the pending combination of Edgewater Technology, a Dynamics and Oracle partner, and Alithya has been estimated at $279.5 million. Since June, the companies have raised the target 2019 revenues from a range of $262 million to $277 million to a revised $295.9 million.

Exact has introduced Exact Online Manufacturing Premium Cloud. The debut came this week at a conference in the Netherlands. The application includes functions for calculating material requirements, variable storage locations, sales forecasts and drawing up production plans.

As the parent company is trimming the Macola channel, it also is readying expansion of the JobBoss channel. Jeff Ralyea, VP of manufacturing for ECI Software Solutions, noted the manufacturing said the company will expand the reseller base for the job shop package.