September 1997, Volume 3, No. 9
News in Brief
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September 1997, Volume 3, No. 9 News in Brief
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Interactive Group is a provider of integrated business information systems that enable discrete manufacturers to manage their enterprise-wide information requirements. DataWorks is particularly keen on accessing Interactive's customer base in the maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) area. Interactive's management team will continue to play significant roles within the combined company. Robert Vernon, formerly chairman and CEO of Interactive, will become DataWorks' president of international operations and will join the company's Board of Directors, and Mark Hellinger, formerly Interactive's president, will become president of DataWorks' mid-tier ERP systems business. Nike Signs System ESS Deal with
IMI System ESS will be rolled out at the Nike headquarters in Tokyo and five offices throughout Japan. The IMI project coincides with Nike's construction of a state-of-the-art customer service center, of which System ESS is an integral component. Nike is deploying System ESS to manage the relationships and information flows among customer service centers, manufacturing vendors, freight forwarders, and retailers. Synchronizing this "virtual enterprise" is dependent on information sharing. System ESS will allow customer service representatives to access accurate available-to-promise information on any order — for example, one that includes running shoes, baseball jerseys and logo hats — regardless of where the items are made. Archibald Candy is Sweet on
Infinium Archibald Candy replaced its proprietary home-grown systems with Infinium's Process Manufacturing solution. Archibald hopes the ERP solution will allow them to effectively manage future growth and provide them with the opportunity to move into new distribution channels. Ore-Ida Licenses SCT's ERP
Solution Adage is an object-oriented, graphical ERP solution, with a special emphasis on the process and hybrid manufacturing/distribution industries. It employs a workflow-based approach that focuses on configuring objects and business rules, rather than traditional software modules, to model key business processes across the supply chain. Numetrix Inks $15 Million Pact with
Bayer The Numetrix Solution will be tightly integrated to SAP's R/3 ERP solution using the full complement of Numetrix's Optimization Interface solutions. This technology will provide Bayer with an integration of transaction-based systems and event-driven collaborative decision support technology for its supply chain planning processes. Linx, the "off the shelf," model-based strategic level business planning and optimization component of the Numetrix Solution, will offer Bayer a planning and decision support solution. Linx will establish which location should perform what function and what each function's optimal performance measures should be. 3D, Numetrix's event-driven tactical optimizer, will execute the optimal business model formulated in Linx reflecting key performance indicators to determine the most profitable response to meet complex, ever-changing customer demand. Furthermore, 3D will display in graphical representation Bayer's sourcing, production, and distribution plans. Lastly, Schedulex/Planx, Numetrix's operational scheduling solutions, will optimize daily sourcing, production, and deployment planning for Bayer by determining what is to be produced where and when in the planning horizon. Schedulex/Planx will then schedule resources, material, transportation, and personnel deployment accordingly. Bostik Chooses Marcam's Protean Marcam's Protean Production and Purchasing applications will be implemented at two Bostik sites and will be accessed initially by 60 users. Protean will be installed on Digital AlphaServers running SQL Server on Windows NT. Dickinson Standardizes on MK
Enterprise MK Enterprise, an ERP application, will support 64 Dickinson users. The flexible rules-based business processes of MK Enterprise will enable Dickinson Engineering to tailor the system to closely match their actual needs without programming activities. Compaq Licenses i2's ATP i2's ATP solution allows organizations to quote and promise order delivery to customers in real-time while obeying customer constraints on lot sizes, number of shipments, and time between shipments. This functionality provides the ability to aggregate forecasts, plan ending inventory, and reserve capacity and material. Demands may be prioritized based on the available supply and allocated to sales channels and key customers with ranking rules. Compaq will run the ATP engine concurrently with i2's Rhythm Factory Planner, which they licensed in April 1995 to coordinate worldwide factory scheduling and planning needs. In addition, Compaq and i2 intend to enter into a separate joint marketing agreement to promote i2's performance and scalability on the Windows NT platform. Watts Industries Signs $3 Million Deal
with QAD Watts Industries will use MFG/PRO as its technology platform in more than 30 sites across all of its U.S., European and Canadian operations. The two-phase deployment will integrate every area of business from order entry through product delivery, including standardizing manufacturing and financial applications enterprise-wide, shortening supply chain cycle times and improving customer service. Phase I will support 600 users, with MFG/PRO expected to be up and running in less than 18 months. Phase II will encompass an additional 600 users. U.S. Mint Banks on PeopleSoft for
COINS System implementation, including all financial and order processing, as well as significant manufacturing capabilities, is scheduled for completion by October 1998. The implementation will make COINS Year 2000-compliant. Enhancements and modifications will follow in 1999. PeopleSoft's software applications are an integral part of the Mint's COINS. This system will integrate data from the Mint's seven operational sites to enhance and streamline finance, manufacturing, and distribution functions. In addition, Mint managers will gain immediate access to current, critical operating information, such as order status and account background, which should help improve customer support and response time. Intelligroup Partners with SAP Intelligroup will use SAP's AcceleratedSAP methodology and Intelligroup's 4Sight Plus Toolset for R/3 implementations at midsize companies. The AcceleratedSAP Program is SAP's worldwide approach for deployment of the R/3 enterprise business solution. The global availability of AcceleratedSAP will enable small enterprise companies to access the best implementation practices of thousands of SAP customers. Intentia Pens Contract with
Transilwrap Movex Paper is an industry-vertical extension for manufacturers requiring special capabilities for managing stock using product attributes, content, grade, finish, quality, specification or dimensions and maintaining control of goods in less conventional ways, like tracking width, length or area of material contained on a roll, coil or spool. Dassault Electronique Opts for
Sherpa/IPD Sherpa/IPD is a concurrent engineering strategy that helps manufacturers develop better products by incorporating input from bid, concept/design, planning, manufacturing, and support experts at each stage of the development process. The PDM system will completely manage the lifecycle of embedded electronic products at Dassault, which foresees a return on investment of approximately two years. For the past ten years Dassault has used a computer-aided industrial management system for its production management. Yet this system has experienced increased difficulty coping with the company's growth, both in terms of support and technology. In 1996, the company decided to migrate to a solution that utilized both PDM and ERP systems, alongside the industrial management system, with the objective of switching to the new solution at the beginning of 1999. |
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