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Micro Estimating has helped both small and large businesses for the past 24 years. With its products, companies have achieved greater profitability by improving efficiency and accuracy in cost estimating via enhanced manufacturing engineering. The core of Micro's software is it's unique and sophisticated engineering components. Complementing this technical strength, the software includes a comprehensive management system. For users, its design is the foundation for achieving greater profitability. By unifying management, design, manufacturing, engineering, purchasing, sales, costing, and accounting, Micro's software creates a continuous improvement circle of profitability. Engineering is the software's core strength but bean counters love it, too. Jitendra Bavishi founded the company in 1982 as Micro Engineering Systems. Mr. Bavishi designed the software to assist in his job as a process planner in a large midwestern job shop. In 1988 Bernard A. Woods III (Woody), a third generation machine shop owner, was so impressed with how the software helped the profitability of his 75 man shop that he purchased the company. The name was changed to Micro Estimating Systems, Inc. Today, Micro's products are used by both small and Fortune 500 manufacturing companies, in both industrial and consumer industries, making products for aerospace, automotive, appliance, and agricultural customers. Micro Estimating's engineering software both for machining and fabrication encompasses process planning, estimating, and cost analysis. Through Micro's proprietary Machine Tool Emulation technology (MTE) and Automatic Feature Recognition (AFR), its software systems furnish extremely precise manufacturing times and costs. The ease of use and accuracy of Micro software has gained the company international recognition as a world leader. The largest machine tool equipment manufacturers in the world rely on this software daily for their process engineering and customer time studies. Micro Estimating designs and markets software products, for which it provides training, maintenance, and support services. Its software is designed for Windows 9X/2000, NT, ME, and XP. The programs operate on any Windows compatible local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN). Micro Estimating has seamless links to all major shop management MRP/ERP systems, adding engineered process planning capabilities and technical estimating functions to shop floor and accounting systems. Micro was presented with the Excellence in Manufacturing Technology Award for "User Friendliness in the Category of Manufacturing Software" by American Machinist Magazine. Micro Estimating Systems currently has over 1,000 customers and 3,700 users in the United States and abroad.