Intelligent Manufacturing € November € 1996 € Vol. 2 € No. 11

Products

Manugistics4
Manugistics4 supply chain management software includes the Manugistics Intelligent Messenger (MIM), an intelligent messaging solution which leverages electronic commerce capabilities -- including the Internet -- throughout the supply chain. MIM sifts through the massive amounts of information in the supply chain and flags important information according to user-defined rules. Advanced Manufacturing Solution (AMS) is a real-time, constraint-based planning and scheduling tool that is fully integrated across the supply chain. It optimizes scheduling against real-time constraints such as material, labor and other resources, enabling manufacturers to solve complex scheduling problems. The Manugistics/SAP Integrator links the software to SAP R/3, integrating execution and planning systems at the business process level.

Manugistics Inc.
2115 East Jefferson Street
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 984-5000

http://www.manugistics.com

Scout
Scout is a family of Windows-based Internet visualization tools designed for visualizing industrial automation applications over the Internet and corporate intranet implementations. These tools are client/server products that let industrial users view process graphics and data from any remote data source -- such as InTouch supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) applications -- for monitoring of discrete manufacturing and continuous process operations. Scout allows users to view factory operations at remote sites by accessing the World Wide Web. Supervisors and managers can use the Scout tools to view data from different parts of a factory and display it in a single, integrated environment.

Wonderware Corp.
100 Technology Drive
Irvine, CA 92618
(714) 450-7681

http://www.wonderware.com

FactoryWeb
FactoryWeb is a turnkey solution that includes a preconfigured and optimized World Wide Web server, Windows NT Server 4.0, predefined Web pages and the add-in script functions for Wonderware's InTouch. FactoryWeb provides "snapshots" of production information in the same fashion that a printed report would. Utilizing Internet technologies and custom applications, it captures plant floor information from any InTouch man/machine interface application and publishes it to an intranet (internal corporate network).

Millenium Technologies
26822 Vista Terrace
Lake Forest, CA 92630
(714) 454-2028
http://www.milleniumtech.com

Value Chain Planner
Rhythm Value Chain Planner software helps companies plan the entire production process -- from raw materials to finished goods -- by linking an organization with its suppliers to extend the enterprise and enable scheduling across a multiple-company supply chain. It provides for a message-based collaborative planning infrastructure that operates across an extended enterprise via the Internet. Its capabilities include: vendor-managed inventory, third-party manufacturing coordination, collaborative forecasting, and nomadic available-to-promise and due-date quoting. Value Chain Planner links all members of the value chain by network, so that everyone is immediately aware of changes across the enterprise. Value Chain Planner is part of the new Microsoft Value Chain Initiative (see Microsoft article).

i2 Technologies Inc.
909 East Las Colinas, 16th Floor
Irving, TX 75039
(214) 860-6000
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Prism
Prism 4.3 enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for process manufacturing has been enhanced to solve the year 2000 problem. Prism, which runs on the IBM AS/400 platform, now supports a Windows client through the Prism Visual WorkPlace (VWP). VWP delivers Visual Basic forms that enable integration with other desktop applications. Customer Order Management applications offer enhanced order processing and customer service across multiple enterprises. Prism 4.3 also includes options that allow migration tools to object-oriented technology to be built. Price: $3,000-6,000.

Marcam Corp.
95 Wells Avenue
Newton, MA 02159
(617) 965-0220
http://www.marcam.com

CATIA-CADAM
CATIA-CADAM Solutions Version 4 release 1.7 is a process-oriented system that allows collaborative engineering through network computing. A new product, CATIA Conferencing Groupware, enables design and production teams working in different locations to collaborate across the network in reviewing, annotating and revising CATIA designs. Users of CATIA-CADAM Manufacturing Solutions can now choose between two approaches. The interactive programming approach with the new CATIA Prismatic Machining Programmer allows small companies to program basic machining operations such as drilling and milling on simple parts. Companies which have defined their processes in a database can opt for an assisted numerical control (NC) definition with the existing CATIA Prismatic Machining Assistant.

IBM Corp./Dassault Systemes
1001 West Walt Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262
(704) 594-1000

http://www.catia.ibm.com

Flow Manufacturing
Flow Manufacturing software provides automated support of the manufacturing process that bonds production to specific customer demand. With Flow Manufacturing, repetitive and other manufacturers can change production mix and volume-on-the-fly. It incorporates mixed model planning, mixed model line design, flow-based costing and kanban support. Flow Manufacturing, which helps eliminate all non-value-added activities from production, can also be integrated with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Other features include automatic backflushing, guided event sequencing between inventory receipt and product shipment, and functionality that can be extended across several manufacturing lines. Based on a replenishment pull system, Flow Manufacturing uses "flex fences" -- the ability to smooth production between upper and lower production limits -- and other techniques to provide the flexibility and the agility to rapidly shift production by line or by item to meet actual demand. It runs on IBM AS/400 and UNIX platforms.

American Software
470 East Paces Ferry Road
Atlanta, GA 30305
(404) 261-4381

http://www.amsoftware.com

BHR Info.Net
BHR Info.Net is an integrated suite of Java-enabled business applications designed for manufacturing and distribution companies. It addresses the full spectrum of manufacturing needs, from repetitive to configure-to-order and supports process, batch process and make-to-stock environments. In both corporate intranet and Internet environments, BHR Info.Net creates a Java applet on the client that communicates with the server application via a TCP/IP network to perform database tasks. Users can access all their data by using standard Internet browsers. BHR Info.Net provides a company's customers, suppliers, business partners and employees with authorized, scaleable and secure Internet access to corporate information. It supports Windows NT and major UNIX operating systems.

BHR Software
31 North First Street # 360
San Jose, CA 95113
(408) 882-0680

http://www.bhrsofware.com

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