TRW (Reston, Va.; www.trw.com/MARC) has released MARC-LS EXPERT, a fully configurable and extensible version of the MARC labor standards module. MARC-LS Expert is a stand-alone warehouse management system complementary product for discrete engineered labor standards, employee reporting, and time and attendance.

Built with a knowledge server, the product is a rules-based labor standards module with methods and filters that facilitate greater flexibility in configuring a system's behavior. The rules mechanism enables a certified user or integrator to extend system functionality through the editing of rules and formulas. Users are able to track productivity for additional job functions by simply changing the system to meet their needs.