that enable the company's customers to manage their day-to-day business operations. Activant Solutions offer systems consisting of proprietary vertical specific software applications, implementation and training, and third-party software. Its products provide in-store, retail, distributor, and warehouse based solutions with integrated applications that help manage the workflows and data relating to a customer's typical sales transactions, and automate and streamline a customer's inventory, sales, and distribution operations. These applications include order management and fulfillment, barcode scanning and processing, inventory control, pricing, purchasing, accounts receivables and payables, special order processing, quote and bid processing, vendor and manufacturer communications, payroll, general ledger, and credit and debit card authorization. The company also offers add-on modules, such as business intelligence, credit card signature capture, and delivery tracking. It also offers a range of maintenance and customer support services, as well as content and supply chain products and services, including database services and connectivity. Activant Solutions has strategic relationships with Ace Hardware, True Value Company, Do it Best Corp. Netplus, NISSCO, and Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance, Inc. The company, formerly known as Cooperative Computing, Inc., was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Livermore, California. Activant Solutions, Inc. is a subsidiary of Activant Group Inc.