Products

ReThink
ReThink is an intelligent software toolkit for modeling, simulating and redesigning supply chains, business processes and workflow. It enables management and reengineering teams to work together to explore alternative process designs with hands-on modeling and simulation capability. Once reengineering is completed, ReThink business models can be put on-line to help monitor performance and manage operations. As a result, enterprise knowledge captured during reengineering can continue to provide value.

ReThink combines animation and interactive graphics with object-oriented representation to capture and communicate the important details of a business process. After building the process model with these representation techniques, simulation and "what if?" capabilities allow users to evaluate and understand process performance. Its real-time capabilities allow users to put a business process model on-line where it can continue to help manage operations. ReThink runs on PCs, Unix workstations, and Digital VAX/Open VMS systems. Licenses start at $11,000.

Gensym Corp.
125 CambridgePark Drive
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 547-2500
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AutoSched
AutoSched 4.5 scheduling software models the allocation of resources in a manufacturing environment. It is a finite capacity planning and scheduling tool designed to increase throughput, reduce work-in-process inventory, and increase equipment and personnel utilization. With AutoSched, model building is accomplished by providing the definition of the factory, products and desired production requirements in data files. The data may be collected from existing databases and spreadsheets, or be created specifically for AutoSched.

Enhancements in the latest version include an Accelerated Processing (AP) Mode, providing speed improvements for running capacity and scheduling analyses. AutoSched runs on PCs and Unix workstations.

AutoSimulations Inc.
655 Medical Drive
Bountiful, UT 84010
(801) 298-1398
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R/3
R/3 3.0 manufacturing modules address processes for discrete, repetitive and process manufacturing. This new release includes new capabilities for integrating manufacturing operations with sales and distribution, financial accounting and human resources information systems via electronic data interchange (EDI) and enhanced business workflow methods that support integrated, enterprise-wide supply chain management for industrial companies.

Electronic Kanban, a repetitive manufacturing production control technique, is supported within R/3 3.0 to promote enterprise resource planning (ERP) and integrated supply chain management initiatives within an organization. R/3 runs on Unix workstations.

SAP America Inc.
701 Lee Road
Suite 200
Wayne, PA 19087
(610) 725-4500
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Pro/Jr.
Pro/Jr. 1.1 is an entry-level software product for mechanical design-through-documentation. Because it can import 3-D IGES data, users who are suppliers to larger companies will be able to reference existing models created in other CAD systems while designing parts and assemblies for their customers in the Pro/Jr. environment.

Pro/Jr. is a parametric, feature-based solid modeling system for the design-through-documentation of mechanical parts and assemblies. It runs on Unix workstations and PCs.

Parametric Technology Corp.
128 Technology Drive
Waltham, MA 02154
(617) 894-7111
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