ERP(Enterprise Resource Planning) Software Solution

SAP ERP implementations ‘speeding up’

2010-06-01T06:16:00.000-07:00

The speed at which enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems provider SAP can implement its software is becoming quicker, it has been claimed.

Writing for IT Business, Jeff Jedras suggested the company, which has created ERP systems such as SAP Business One, may be able to realise its aim of 100 per cent channel centricity in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through faster implementation in the future.

The industry expert stated that this will also become more realistic as ERP solutions continue to become cheaper and easier to install.

He reported that such advances would "allow partners to spend less time on integration, get more customers up and running and spend more time focusing on higher-value service business".

The software is sharply reducing query times and is "transforming business intelligence architectures", he added.

SAP recently announced that its SAP Business One package is being embraced worldwide, with the product becoming increasingly popular in Latin American countries.

Source: Codestone Group Ltd. Incorporated

Rourkela Steel Plant to have an ERP centre

2010-06-01T06:11:00.000-07:00

Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) is all set to enter the first phase of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation to manage all information and functions of a business in modular software package as well as common database and will seamlessly integrate all the business functions.

The ERP centre-1 is scheduled to be inaugurated tomorrow and the system would go live from April, 2011, company officials said here today.

A new software technology, systems Application and Products (SAP) will be implemented in functioning ERP system with a common database, modular software design and will offer seamless integration between the modules and functions like finance, management, plant maintenance and sales and distribution.

The system will improve accuracy and reliability of cross-functional information and facilitate the integration of different functions that would help in reducing costs and facilitate day-to-day management.

Source: Diligent Media Corporation Ltd

Tally.ERP 9

2009-06-02T01:23:00.000-07:00

You bank and pay utility bills from home, why not do your business accounts? Or call up a stock status report and print a copy from wherever you are? Tally.ERP 9 has been designed with you in mind. Powerful connectivity makes information available with your staff, CA and other professionals, round-the-clock, in any place. It's also quick to install and allows incremental implementation-a novel capability that lets you activate just as many of its functions when required, even across locations.

At Tally, we have a hard-earned reputation for empowering businesses with stable, effective software products and Tally.ERP 9 takes this further. Tally.ERP 9 has all the features required for high-performance business management including remote access, audit & compliance services, an integrated support centre and security management, all focused on delivering peace of mind. It is a complete product that retains its original simplicity yet offers evolved capabilities like statutory processes, payroll, excise etc. Whatever the demands, Tally.ERP 9 makes life a lot easier. With an ideal combination of function, control and customisability built in, Tally.ERP 9 permits business owners and their associates to do more.

Advantages of Tally.ERP 9:

• Powerful remote capabilities that boost collaboration
• Easy to find qualified personnel
• Easy to customise
• Low cost of ownership via quick implementation, Tally Integrator, Support Centre…

Remote Access in Tally.ERP 9

The concept of 'remote' arose from the limitations on business owners and staff from traditional software systems that seriously restricted what could be done, when it could be initiated and by whom, from outside their offices and factories. More often than not when a business closed for the day its data was effectively locked. (The same effect when the owner went home or travelled outside the city.) The revolutionary Remote Access in Tally.ERP 9 makes regular functions available outside the physical confines of the premises.

How Remote Access works:

Imagine you need to access your data when you’re not in the office. Tally.ERP 9 Remote Access lets you field supplier calls from home (or any place else with an Internet connection), check Bank balances, view your financial commitments and check on receipts due before making a commitment to pay. It even allows you to review entries posted and make necessary corrections. Or keep personal books of accounts at a separate location and access them when it’s convenient… for office-augmenting ability, nothing beats Tally.ERP 9.

Simple. Activate in seconds :

All it requires is that you start up your company and make it available to a specific user, who can then access the data from his/her copy of Tally software (which can even be the free-of-cost Educational version) after furnishing his/her user name and password.

Bring in the specialists—access your CA:

Similar remote access can be made available to your CA, who can log in remotely and provide you with immediate consultation on tax filing, auditing, compliance etc. without the need for you to send the data or for him/her to visit your office.

Highlights:
• 24 x 7 access
• Full control and security
• Quick business decisions
• Better compliance

Source:
Name: Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd
Telephone: 1-800-22-8859

DTR Version 9.3 ERP Solution for Plastics Manufacturers

2009-06-02T01:15:00.000-07:00

Consona Corporation, a worldwide leader in providing customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and services for companies of all sizes, today announced the limited release of DTR Version 9.3 (v9.3), an ERP solution designed specifically for the unique requirements of the plastics processing industry. In preparation for the release, v9.3 underwent an extensive period in beta testing, including operation in live production environments.

The latest version builds on the solution’s capabilities with more than 170 customer-requested enhancements and two new modules—the Preventative Maintenance and Quote Manager:

- The Preventative Maintenance module offers functionality that maintains procedures and service plans, manages and purchases parts, and schedules and executes maintenance work orders for molds, production machines and other equipment.

- The Quote Manager module provides a central repository for production quotes to customers. Users will be able to create and maintain quotes for standard parts, as well as engineering and engineering change quotes. Pricing can be calculated or entered manually using BOMs or price tables with unlimited quantity breaks for each quoted part.

Frank O’Nell, vice president of product management, sees the new release as a successful collaboration between Consona’s DTR customers and its product development team. “Our customers in the plastics processing industry work closely with our software day after day, and often have the best perspective on the product’s functionality,” said O’Nell. “Armed with their invaluable feedback, we are able to deliver a more comprehensive version of the DTR solution to our customers—one that can streamline their business processes and improve their bottom line.”

DTR provides seamless management of business intelligence to ensure successful data sharing throughout an entire plastics processing organization. A complete ERP solution, DTR is configurable to match varying business profiles and processes with functionality in scheduling, inventory management, costing, MRP and data mining.

For additional information, please visit www.dtrsoftware.com

About Consona Corporation

Consona Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and services for companies of all sizes. Consona is dedicated to becoming a valued business partner by helping each and every customer continuously improve business processes over time. Toward this mission, Consona invests in the people, processes, technology and tools needed to provide its customers with a unique combination of customer care; product fit; a broad range of consulting, IT and business services; and industry expertise. Consona serves more than 4,500 customers worldwide and across a variety of industries, including manufacturing, distribution, financial services, health care, high tech, and local government. Battery Ventures and Thoma Bravo jointly own Consona. For further information, visit www.consona.com, e-mail info@consona.com, or call (888) 8 CONSONA.

Company Information:
Name: Consona Corporation
Address: 450 East 96th Street, Suite 300
City: Indianapolis
State: IN
ZIP: 46240
Country: USA
Phone: 317-249-1200
http://www.consona.com

Source: Consona Corporation

NetSuite takes advantage of SAP ERP on-demand delay

2008-06-24T04:42:00.000-07:00

ERP provider NetSuite has introduced NetSuite for Manufacturers to take advantage of SAP's delay in fully launching its on-demand Business ByDesign ERP platform.

NetSuite's alternative on-demand offering is aimed at "light" manufacturers like apparel and electronics companies, with NetSuite specifically citing the SAP Business ByDesign delay for its introduction.

Warren Wilson, an analyst at Ovum, said, "NetSuite has targeted SAP directly in an effort to capitalise on the recent, much-publicised announcement that SAP was slowing its roll-out of Business ByDesign, that was launched in September 2007, but today is used by only about 150 customers."

SAP delayed the wider availability of its on-demand offering when it found it was becoming too expensive to deliver it to customers. On-demand software sees firms effectively rent the software on a monthly basis whilst it is remotely delivered and managed by the provider

Wilson said the NetSuite for Manufacturers software could also be seen as a direct competitor to the Microsoft ERP platform that targets SMEs in the manufacturing sector.

Source : computerweekly.com

SYSPRO ERP is Product of the Year Finalist

2008-06-20T21:58:00.000-07:00

SYSPRO a provider of visionary ERP for the manufacturing pragmatist, said today that SYSPRO software has been named one of five finalists for Channel Insider’s 2008 Product of the Year in the category of ERP. This is another major new honor for SYSPRO. The finalists were selected by a Channel Insider team of experts based on vendor nominations of products in twenty-six categories, including ERP. Nominated products must have been released or significantly upgraded last year. Value Added Resellers will vote for the winners in each category and the winners announced the third week of April.

Last year, SYSPRO added extensive functionality to its ERP software across all areas – Financial, Distribution and Manufacturing – as well as new customization capabilities and new modules. The numerous technological enhancements include a new user interface that is flexible and adaptable and which empowers users to tailor the product to suit their needs. SYSPRO also unveiled:

- SYSPRO Reporting Services, a next generation reporting tool that incorporates an embedded version of Crystal Reports XI;
- The second module in a series of three Inventory Optimization solutions designed to improve business forecasting and leverage Lean Manufacturing principles;
- SYSPRO Projects and Contracts that provides greater operational control and profit optimization capabilities to mid-market manufacturers;
- Electronic Signatures to authenticate operators as transactions are being processed.
- Microsoft Office Integration

The impressive list of SYSPRO feature enhancements extends throughout the product from improved financial visibility and expanded multi-site management to accurate control and costing of co- and by-products. Additional functionality in the traceability of items further strengthens the SYSPRO offering for specific vertical niche markets such as pharmaceutical, medical device and electronic manufacturers.

According to Todd Perlman, Principal with Business Technology Partners, a SYSPRO reseller based in Chicago, “It does not surprise me that SYSPRO has been chosen as a finalist in the ‘Product of the Year’ category. In the nearly 12 years that I have been supporting the product, I have watched it evolve into one of the most complete ERP applications in nearly every facet. The company’s dedication to its customer base is very refreshing in this industry…a dedication that is seen at all levels from first level support to development to the top executives.

“SYSPRO has kept on the leading edge of technology while maintaining the core product functionality. With the .NET version introduction a few years ago and the continued development of Microsoft-centric applications, we are able to deliver a total solution to our clients. We are confident that we are delivering a best of breed application.”

SYSPRO’s more thoughtful approach to adopting new technology, such as web services and SOA platforms, also reflects the desires of its buyers who are driven by business needs and not by the latest headlines. This exemplifies SYSPRO’s ongoing strategy of helping to simplify the success of its customers. SYSPRO calls its buyer landscape “PragmaVision,” ™ consisting of pragmatic, visionary ERP executives that are driven by a desirefor smart, but aggressive market growth.

Source : SYSPRO

CJ Apparel Group, LLC To Implement Jesta I.S.' ERP

2008-06-19T01:44:00.000-07:00

Jesta I.S. a leading supplier of business solutions for the soft goods and specialty markets, announced recently that CJ Apparel Group will implement Jesta I.S.' Vision Sourcing, Vision Demand Management and Vision Financials solutions to manage its core operations.

CJ Apparel will deploy Jesta's solution to manage its sourcing operations. Vision Sourcing and Demand Management provides organizations with the means to maximize production efficiency, establish the infrastructure to support a demand-driven supply chain and improve profitability by properly managing the entire order process cycle.

Vision Sourcing and Demand Management gives brand managers greater insight into material requirements, inventory levels and provides them with complete information to make smarter business decisions using its integrated business intelligence and reporting engine.

The deployment of the Vision products at CJ Apparel is expected to be completed before the end of the year.

"We chose to work with Jesta I.S. due to their well established expertise in the apparel vertical. As we need to get our operations off the ground quickly, we wanted an experienced team who understands the complexity of our supply chain. I am confident that both Jesta's technology and its professional services team are the best choice for CJ Apparel," stated Kenneth Ragland, COO for CJ Apparel Group.

Leslie Belcher, President of Jesta I.S. commented, "CJ Apparel's selection of Jesta I.S. for its core operations demonstrates our ability to work with organizations of any size and at any point in their evolution. Vision users truly benefit from the breadth of our user community which continues to grow with many leading brand names. We are eager to be part of the CJ Apparel Group's success story."

"A major factor in CJ Apparel's selection of Vision Sourcing & Demand Management was its business intelligence offering. Through the use of dashboards CJ Apparel will have the ability to easily view top level information and drill down for greater detail. CJ Apparel has a large client and partner base involving a wide array of EDI transmissions, Jesta makes it easy for CJ Apparel to be in compliance with these standards. In addition allocation of merchandise and the line planning interface will prove to increase our visibility and efficiency," added James Mazzanti, CIO for CJ Apparel Group.

Source : VertMarkets, Inc

Leading E-commerce and ERP Solution Provider Chosen for Comprehensive Analysis of Microsoft’s Newest ERP Platform

2008-06-19T01:36:00.000-07:00

Ignify, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) and e-commerce solutions for the mid-market and large enterprise business segment, today announced the completion of the first independent analysis of Microsoft’s Dynamics AX 2009 ERP platform. Designed as an unbiased assessment covering new features, applications, look and feel of Dynamics AX, this study assists the enterprise in evaluating the new ERP release for possible implementation or as an upgrade. In addition, Ignify will be conducting several seminars and workshops for its customers, based on the findings.

The analysis, conducted by a five person dedicated Dynamics AX team at Ignify over a 60 day timeframe, consisted of a thorough breakdown of functionality and features offered by Dynamics AX 2009. Ignify goes a step further by rating each feature on scale of one to ten (ten as the best) on the importance and completeness of the feature with supporting notes on user benefits and what can be improved.

“As a Gold Certified Partner we work extremely close with Microsoft to remain on the cutting edge of innovation especially in the ERP and business solution space,” stated Sandeep Walia, CEO of Ignify. “Our unbiased account of Dynamics AX 2009 is a testament to our commitment of providing customers with the best possible solutions available on the market today.”

Formerly known as Microsoft Axapta, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 is a comprehensive business management and ERP solution for mid-sized and larger organizations that seamlessly integrates with familiar Microsoft software such as Outlook, Windows, Vista, Office 2007 and SharePoint, to help enhance overall productivity. The latest release offers a new interface and several added features including Breadcrumb bar (BCB) allowing the user to jump around or navigate to other areas in the system; Filter Pane for finding and viewing individual or group of related records, and Role Centers which display specific data, reports, alerts, and common tasks associated with a user's role in the organization among many others.

Ignify’s widely popular Data Archival for Microsoft Dynamics AX solution which lays the foundation for solid ERP data management by allowing enterprises to archive and view the entire database over selected time periods, is one of the first third party platforms to fully support Dynamics AX 2009. In addition, the company’s flagship e-commerce storefront has been deployed in over 200 medium to large businesses ranging from retail, automotive, apparel, distribution and manufacturing businesses among many others.

About Ignify

Ignify, established in 1999, is a privately-held ISO-9001:2000 compliant company focused on the mid-market eCommerce and mid-market accounting segment. Targeting the mid-level market, Ignify offers a comprehensive set of Business to Business (B2B) and Business to Consumer (B2C) eCommerce solutions for increasing online sales while lowering overall operation costs. The company also provides consulting services for ERP and software development initiatives and is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner and Sage Certified Partner. Ignify has offices in Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Nashville, Seattle, Toronto and India. For more information, visit www.ignify.com or call 888-446-4395.

Source : Business Wire

Sunrise Technologies Makes VAR 100 List

2008-05-02T21:39:00.000-07:00

Sunrise Technologies, Inc. is pleased to announce that they were named to Accounting Technology's VAR 100 list for 2007. The list recognizes the top 100 Value Added Resellers (VAR) of accounting software packages based on their annual sales for 2007.

"We are very pleased to be recognized as one of the top resellers of ERP solutions in North America," states John Pence, President of Sunrise Technologies. "Our continued commitment to Microsoft Dynamics AX, customer service, and technical excellence is proving to be a winning combination in the marketplace."

Sunrise Technologies was founded in 1994 as a consulting services company and is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and member of the elite Microsoft DynamicsT President's Club. Sunrise specializes in the Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP system for the agriculture, consumer goods, textile, apparel, footwear, furniture, and industrial equipment manufacturing industries. Sunrise offers its customers a combined expertise of business knowledge, strong project management capability, a powerful business software solution, and low-cost development services.

Sunrise is headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina with regional offices in Dallas, Texas, Los Angeles, California, and Xi'an, China.

Source : Sunrise Technologies

Software Link Expands ERP Application Consulting Staff

2008-04-14T03:39:00.000-07:00

Software Link Inc., Georgia’s leading provider of ERP software and services, is pleased to announce the addition of Billy Estes and Marc Spector to their Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 ERP consulting team.

Billy Estes joins Software Link as an application consultant and will assist Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 clients with system implementations, training, upgrades and on-going support. Prior to Software Link, Billy worked for a distributor as the accounting manager. Here, he used Sage MAS 200 to manage the day-to-day financial operations, inventory management and financial reporting of the company. Billy also worked as in corporate credit for a pharmaceutical company. He has attended a variety of systems and application courses.

Marc Spector also joins Software Link as a Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 application consultant. He will assist clients with system implementation, data migrations and telephone support. Marc worked for a fast-growing home improvement company as a cost accounting manager where he used Sage MAS 90’s Job Cost application. He also has experience in the insurance and retail industries and a finance degree.

“Having both Billy and Marc on our Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 consulting team will be a benefit to our clients,” said Stanley Kania, president of Software Link. “Since they have both worked with the product in an end-user role, they understand the importance of expert consulting and support to a business.”

About Software Link, Inc.

Software Link is Georgia's leading accounting and business management software advisor, reseller and trainer. Software Link offers solutions for a wide range of industries using products that are scalable to meet the needs of their clients during every stage in the life of their business. We work with our clients to design an application that will improve efficiencies, lower costs and increase firm profitability. Additionally we offer a secure, state-of-the-art data center to host your Web site, email server or ERP application. In 2007, Software Link was named to the first-ever Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies in the country. Information about Software.

Source : Software Link

Numetrics Unveils NMX-ERP 3.0, Next Generation ERP Software for Semiconductor IC Development Organizations

2008-03-24T04:56:00.000-07:00

Numetrics Unveils NMX-ERP 3.0, Next Generation ERP Software for Semiconductor IC Development Organizations

Numetrics Management Systems, Inc., the semiconductor industry’s leading supplier of schedule predictability, today announced NMX-ERP™ 3.0, its next generation suite of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for integrated circuit (IC) development organizations. The new software significantly extends the company’s top-down project planning and risk measurement capabilities, handling chips designed in nodes down to 45 nm. Numetrics’ approach to project planning and risk measurement is unique in the industry and gives a powerful boost to the customer’s revenue, profits and market share. Projects finish on-time, within budget and with competitive cycle times, which is why six of the top ten semiconductor companies use Numetrics’ ERP software.

Packed with dozens of new features, this next generation release of NMX-ERP incorporates a new rich-client graphical user interface, a new project plan synthesis engine, an XML interface to integrate with other enterprise tools, and Numetrics’ eighth generation IC (Integrated Circuit) design complexity calculation engine.

“The semiconductor industry misses product development 89% of the time, and when they miss, they miss big, with the average chip design taking six to nine months longer than anticipated,” said Ron Collett, Numetrics’ president and CEO. “The cost to cost to semiconductor companies is staggering, and increasing design complexity threatens to make the problem worse. NMX-ERP 3.0 is a culmination of nearly two years of effort by our development organization and a significant leap forward for our customers. Our solution is truly unique because it is the only one that accurately measures IC development schedule risk and exposes overly risky project plans by benchmarking their underlying assumptions against industry norms and past performance.”

NMX-ERP Release 3.0 includes a range of new features including the following:

1) Complexity Calculation Engine: Eighth generation of Numetrics’ patented complexity calculation engine leverages in-depth data mining of past generations of process technology nodes to establish a quantitative relationship between process node maturity and chip design complexity. The engine is calibrated on Numetrics’ full industry database of 1200 IC projects and support design styles including SoC, analog and mixed-signal, RF, ASICs, ASSPs, and advanced processors.

2) Project Plan Synthesis. New project plan synthesis engine generates estimates of duration and staffing required in each major phase of the IC development cycle. Users can perform “what-if” simulation on each phase, modulating either the duration or staffing to see the impact on the other.

3) XML-interface: NMX-ERP 3.0 now offers enterprise-wide integration options for collecting, reporting, and archiving customers’ valuable project data. With the newly released XML schema, customers are able to rapidly exchange data between NMX-ERP 3.0 and their internal systems.

4) New GUI: New Java-based, rich-client, graphical user interface further enhances the usability of Numetrics tools. Dozens of new features were added in this release to allow users to customize reporting and viewing of the data.

Pricing typically ranges from $35,000 to $95,000 per IC project, depending on the project’s complexity and size. NMX-ERP 3.0 is delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS), or for users who prefer a pure turnkey engagement, Numetrics also offers professional services

About Numetrics Management Systems, Inc.

Numetrics provides a unique suite of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to semiconductor companies that enables unprecedented predictability of development schedules, reliably measures project schedule risk, and benchmarks development performance against the industry’s best-in-class. In use by six of the top ten semiconductor companies, the solution leverages Numetrics’ patented IC design complexity calculation engine, which is calibrated with statistical data from more than 1,200 benchmarked chip projects compiled from nearly 40 semiconductor companies. The Numetrics’ NMX-ERP™ solution enables superior project schedule estimation, risk analysis, resource planning, execution pipeline analysis and benchmarking. The company is headquartered at Cupertino, CA.

Source : Business Wire

Soft-Tex 2008 Presents High Impact Innovative Software Solutions For Your Home Business

2008-03-21T00:09:00.000-07:00

The Most Relevant Software Products for the Textile-Apparel Industry Software Exhibitions caters all business ranging from Retail to manufacturers, Fashion to Textile, printing to weaving & home furnishing to surface design.

Soft-Tex’ 08 made a grand launch on March 17, 2008 – Monday. This virtual trade fair illustrates to be the Software Park for Textile-Apparel companies in real significance. Leading software solution providers from across the globe have all come there to exhibit the thick blanket of their products & services. Soft-Tex’ 08 has provided a promising platform for IT companies to promote their industry-specific solutions to a much larger and prospective audience from the Textile-Apparel industries. Visitors from the same segment will have an extended selection to pick the right partners for delivery of right solutions from a horde of exhibiting software companies.

Now that Soft-Tex’ 08 has begun and will stay online for 45 days from launch, it really justifies the pronounced statement, “Weaving textiles and knitting apparel with information technology”. Companies from the entire Textile-Apparel value chain are expected to hit a huge visitor-ship by entering this virtual trade fair environment. Visitors, “visit specific booths of the best software vendors offering the best software products; and find out what YOU need”. The product line encompasses applications like CAD/CAM, Pattern Making, Grading, Draping, ERP, PLM and a lot more

About Us –

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Company name: - Sanblue Enterprises Pvt. Ltd

Address :- 201-203, Sapphire tower, Nr. Cargo motors, C.G. Road, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Phone no: - +91-79-66318870, +91-79-40012800
Fax : - +91-79-26402718, +91-79-26461070

Source : www.powerhomebiz.com

Reach Technology ERP Software for apparel manufacturing

2008-03-20T04:50:00.000-07:00

Reach Technology ERP is the completely integrated Enterprise Resource Planning solution for effectively streamlining and integrating customer service, design, sampling, merchandising, production, distribution and financial processes and optimally utilizing resources across the enterprise.

Companies, today, must deliver products faster, better and cheaper to be successful. R-ERP is tailored to ensure your competitiveness in the apparel manufacturing and merchandising marketplace and will enable you to be more efficient, responsive and profitable.

Trends are created overnight... Fashions change quickly and without warning... as a result no industry has to adjust as fast as the apparel industry.

R-ERP allows you to automate a large number of routine events and importantly prompt human intervention when exceptional events demand it.

R-ERP will, thus, enable you to 'manage your company by exception' directing the vast majority of the company's human attention to the ‘out-of-the ordinary’ business situations that present the most risk and greatest opportunity.

What are the benefits of using REACH ERP?

- Lets you have a global view of the business cutting across various functions and enables you to react fast to market changes.

- Optimal utilization of your resources.

- Improved customer relationship management.

- Substantially increase your ROI(Return on Investment) as end-to-end integration of all company data ensures that all parties have the latest, most accurate information, cutting waste and 'queues' and shortening time-to-market cycles for new collections and styles.

- Helps you cut inventory volumes and eliminate production backlogs thereby dramatically lowering costs.

- If your competitors have access to real-time integrated information and you do not, then you're taking a real big risk.

If you have any inquiry please contact direct Reach Technology

Reach Technology Contact Detail :
49, First Main, Third Phase, JP Nagar,
Bangalore- 560 078.
India.
Tel : 91-80- 65996111, 65996112, 65996113
Fax : 91-80- 26585744
Email : sales@reach-tech.com
URL : http://www.reach-tech.com

ERP Vendor Shootout for Small and Midsize Manufacturing Companies Evaluating Enterprise Software Solutions

2008-03-19T03:47:00.000-07:00

Technology Evaluation Centers Inc. (TEC), the leading resource for enterprise software selection announced today that it will be moderating the second annual "ERP Vendor Shootout" on May 1, 2008, at the Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC (US). Value-added resellers will be available at the event to represent each vendor solution.

This event is targeted at small to midsize manufacturers and distributors who are researching the latest technology solutions or who are in the process of evaluating enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.

"The shootout concept is all about delivering better solutions. It's designed to give attendees an impartial, side-by-side look at major enterprise software products in one day, saving them weeks of research," commented Lorne Goloff, vice president of sales at TEC.

Shootouts are presented in a standardized format to enable an apples-to-apples impartial comparison via pre-scripted demos, produced exclusively by TEC to provide
-a rapid, comparative view of product functionality, user interfaces, and usability
-exposure to the best of vendors' thought leadership and functionality, to see what really differentiates each solution

Topical breakout sessions will be hosted by industry consultants and experts. In addition, networking opportunities and a cocktail reception are included in the registration. By attending, companies will find out firsthand what each of these leading vendor solutions can do to help make them more competitive and profitable.

About Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC):

TEC (http://www.technologyevaluation.com) is the leading resource that global IT decision makers trust to rapidly and impartially evaluate, compare, and select enterprise software. Our free online research portal hosts an extensive library of IT-related articles, white papers, webcasts, podcasts, and reports by our analysts. It also offers direct access to knowledge bases loaded with up-to-date criteria and covering over 800 leading vendor solutions. By leveraging our powerful analysis engine to scan all the solutions listed in our knowledge bases, clients can automatically generate side-by-side comparison reports by simply inputting their choice of vendors. For organizations requiring best practice assistance, TEC offers a full range of project management services. For a free ERP comparison: Enterprise Software Evaluation Center.

Microsoft-hosted ERP coming, Ballmer says at Convergence

2008-03-14T00:06:00.000-07:00

Microsoft-hosted enterprise resource planning (ERP) is in the company's plans, CEO Steve Ballmer said during this morning's Convergence 2008 keynote address.

Microsoft will release Dynamics CRM Live, its vendor-hosted customer relationship management (CRM) software, by the end of June. It will be the first of several Microsoft-hosted Dynamics enterprise applications products, Ballmer said.

"You should expect to see more from us in ERP and other areas as we move into the future," he said.

Ballmer's statements contradicted those of corporate vice president Michael Park, who denied any Microsoft-hosted ERP plans last week. Park told TechTarget that "the architecture we're making the [hosting] bet on is CRM. With ERP, we've got a good number of partners who are hosting it for us."

Dynamics CRM Live has some Microsoft partners worried about competition with their own hosted CRM services. The prospect of Microsoft-hosted ERP isn't causing the same concern -- at least not yet -- according to Scott Millwood, CEO of Customer Effective, a Microsoft partner.

"There's not as much demand for hosted ERP as there is on the CRM side," he said.

Microsoft execs have said in the past that public numbers of hosted ERP vendors like NetSuite indicate a lot of "churn" as customers come on board, but exit just as quickly.

Microsoft-hosted ERP has been rumoured for more than a year now, so Ballmer's comments did not come as a total surprise to Microsoft partners at Convergence.

"Microsoft probably, deep in their think tank, does have a Software as a Service strategy that goes beyond their current hosting strategy," said Jon Buchan, a vice president at Blue Fox, another partner.

Meanwhile, Microsoft today announced Dynamic AX 2009, the latest version of its ERP software that partners can host or deploy on premise. The new release will allow for integration among multiple customer locations. Microsoft partners said that will be a big selling point to help Microsoft compete against the ERP market leaders.

"It's not there, but it's getting there," said Eric Wagner, a partner with Agility Business Solutions, yet another Microsoft partner. "We'll be able to enhance it, and we'll be able to offer it to multiple customer sets."

Buchan agreed.

"They really made multi-company very strong, and that was probably the one area where we didn't match up well with SAP," he said.

Ballmer this morning also stressed Microsoft's commitment to enterprise applications. He said more people ask him about Microsoft's devotion to that market than any other topic.

"We have a long-term view for every one of these products," he said.

Wagner said Microsoft needs to sell more into the ERP space, and he's confident the company will do so -- eventually.

"They've got the commitment, but they don't have the experience or the people yet," he said. "It doesn't happen overnight."

Source : www.searchcio.com.au

Sap ERP Software

2008-03-10T05:51:00.000-07:00

The SAP ERP application is the software foundation enterprises trust to achieve business excellence and innovation. Leveraging this foundation and its natively integrated industry-specific functionality, you can build the business processes you need today – and tomorrow. Based on industry best prac tices, SAP ERP draws from more than 30 years of experience with more than 40,000 customer implementations. SAP ERP delivers the powerful functionality, global orientation, and fle xible enhancement package options you need to gain a sustainable, compe titive advantage and position your organization for profitable growth.

The SAP® ERP application is a worldclass, fully integrated solution that fulfills the core business needs of midsize and large organizations across all industries and market sectors. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform, SAP ERP helps enterprises perform financials, human capital management, procurement and logistics, product development and manufacturing, and sales and service, supported by functionality for analytics, corporate services, and end-user service delivery. Together with SAP NetWeaver and a repository of enterprise services, SAP ERP can serve as a solid business process platform that supports continued growth, innovation, and operational excellence.

SAP ERP supports a broad range of business processes. These include financial management, human capital management, procurement and logistics execution, product development and manufacturing, sales and service, and corporate services. Using the robust functionality that SAP ERP provides for these business processes, you can:

• More tightly link your business operations and improve visibility
• Enhance financial management and reporting
• Effectively manage your workforce – both locally and globally
• Achieve superior flexibility for addressing new business requirements
• Gain easier access to enterprise information and reports
• Lower the cost of deploying industrybased processes
• Simplify development and support of enterprise processes
• More easily integrate add-on applications and processes
• Reduce total cost of ownership

SAP ERP addresses the core business software requirements of the most demanding midsize and large organizations – in all industries and sectors:

• SAP ERP Human Capital Management – Transform the role and value of HCM.
• SAP ERP enhancement packages – Benefit from innovations without disrupting your business operations.
• SAP ERP Financials – Turn finance into a strategic business partner.
• SAP ERP Operations – Gain agility and speed in your operations
• SAP ERP Corporate Services – Streamline business processes and costs.

Sap Contact Detail:

3999 West Chester Pike
Newtown Square, PA 19073
USA
Tel : 1 610 661 1000

Source : SAP

Aria Systems offers complete Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) & Supply Chain Management (SCM) software solutions

2008-03-07T00:23:00.000-08:00

Aria Systems offers complete Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) & Supply Chain Management (SCM) software solutions for apparel manufacturers and importers.

Aria’s apparel software applications facilitate supply chain integration, enhance product development and product lifecycle management, and incorporate accounting, warehousing, distribution and sales to offer a completely integrated end-to-end apparel manufacturing solution.

This is the basis for the ground-breaking Aria 4XP™ Product Suite, which is comprised of seamlessly integrated modules that cover the entire supply chain. Each of these product sets streamlines and automates distinct business processes and serves as a functional building block, allowing our customers to pick and choose based on their distinct business requirements.

Aria’s ERP apparel software solutions include:

- Aria EDI™, a full-blown apparel EDI Product Suite with support for all common EDI transactions and over 200 Trading Partners and Factors.

- Aria CRM™, our Customer Relationship Management solution for apparel.

- Aria SCM™, the Supply Chain Management (SCM) complement to our ERP suite.

- Aria PDM™, our Product/Style Data Management solution.

- Aria BI™, our powerful Business Intelligence suite solution.

Contact Aria Systems Inc:

501 Fifth Avenue,
3rd Floor,
New York, NY 10017,
Tel: 212-714-1334
Fax: 646-367-4901
Email: info@ariany.com

Aria Systems Integrates BusinessObjects™ XI into the Ground-breaking Aria 4XP ERP Product Suite

2008-03-07T00:21:00.000-08:00

Aria Systems Integrates BusinessObjects™ XI into the Ground-breaking Aria 4XP ERP Product Suite

Aria Systems has begun offering the industry's leading suite of business intelligence (BI) software by Business Objects, BusinessObjects(TM) XI, as an integrated component of the ground-breaking Aria 4XP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Product Suite.

With the addition of BusinessObjects XI, Aria’s 4XP Business Intelligence module provides a complete set of BI capabilities, from enterprise reporting to querying and analysis, and delivers the actionable information required to track key performance indicators, understand business drivers, and make informed business decisions.

The new BI reporting capabilities in Aria 4XP reduce the complexity of business data and deliver business intelligence as meaningful information to decision makers. Moreover, the powerful built-in query and analysis features allow end users to interact with business information and answer ad hoc questions without advanced knowledge of the underlying data sources.

“Our new Business Intelligence offering allows Aria customers to gain extreme insight into the performance of their operations and reap the benefits of improved profitability and reduced costs through more effective and responsive management,” says Omar Ramadan, Aria Systems President. “Customers will also benefit from automated reporting that will facilitate compliance with regulatory requirements, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.”

As part of its Business Intelligence product suite, Aria Systems also offers Crystal Reports XI, the world standard for enterprise reporting.

Source : Aria Systems

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software Advantages and Disadvantages

2008-03-04T22:27:00.000-08:00

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software Advantages :

In the absence of an ERP system, a large manufacturer may find itself with many software applications that do not talk to each other and do not effectively interface. Tasks that need to interface with one another may involve:

- Design engineering (how to best make the product)
- Order tracking from acceptance through fulfillment
- The revenue cycle from invoice through cash receipt
- Managing interdependencies of complex Bill of Materials
- Tracking the 3-way match between Purchase orders (what was ordered), Inventory receipts (what arrived), and Costing (what the vendor invoiced)
- The Accounting for all of these tasks, tracking the Revenue, Cost and Profit on a granular level.

Change how a product is made, in the engineering details, and that is how it will now be made. Effective dates can be used to control when the switch over will occur from an old version to the next one, both the date that some ingredients go into effect, and date that some are discontinued. Part of the change can include labeling to identify version numbers.

Some security features are included within an ERP system to protect against both outsider crime, such as industrial espionage, and insider crime, such as embezzlement. A data tampering scenario might involve a disgruntled employee intentionally modifying prices to below the breakeven point in order to attempt to take down the company, or other sabotage. ERP systems typically provide functionality for implementing internal controls to prevent actions of this kind. ERP vendors are also moving toward better integration with other kinds of information security tools.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software Disadvantages :

Many problems organizations have with ERP systems are due to inadequate investment in ongoing training for involved personnel, including those implementing and testing changes, as well as a lack of corporate policy protecting the integrity of the data in the ERP systems and how it is used. Limitations of ERP include:

- Success depends on the skill and experience of the workforce, including training about how to make the system work correctly.
- Small enterprises are often undercapitalized & are also not updated about the latest offerings in the market
- Personnel turnover; companies can employ new managers lacking education in the company's ERP system, proposing changes in business practices that are out of synchronization with the best utilization of the company's selected ERP.
- Customization of the ERP software is limited. Some customization may involve changing of the ERP software structure which is usually not allowed.
- Re-engineering of business processes to fit the "industry standard" prescribed by the ERP system may lead to a loss of competitive advantage.
- ERP systems can be very expensive to install often ranging from 30,000 US Dollars to 500,000,000 US Dollars for multinational companies.
- ERP vendors can charge sums of money for annual license renewal that is unrelated to the size of the company using the ERP or its profitability.
- Technical support personnel often give replies to callers that are inappropriate for the caller's corporate structure. Computer security concerns arise, for example when telling a non-programmer how to change a database on the fly, at a company that requires an audit trail of changes so as to meet some regulatory standards.
- ERPs are often seen as too rigid and too difficult to adapt to the specific workflow and business process of some companies—this is cited as one of the main causes of their failure.
- Systems can be difficult to use.
- Systems are too restrictive and do not allow much flexibility in implementation and usage.
- The system can suffer from the "weakest link" problem—an inefficiency in one department or at one of the partners may affect other participants.
- Many of the integrated links need high accuracy in other applications to work effectively. A company can achieve minimum standards, then over time "dirty data" will reduce the reliability of some applications.
- Once a system is established, switching costs are very high for any one of the partners (reducing flexibility and strategic control at the corporate level).
- The blurring of company boundaries can cause problems in accountability, lines of responsibility, and employee morale.
- Resistance in sharing sensitive internal information between departments can reduce the effectiveness of the software.
- Some large organizations may have multiple departments with separate, independent resources, missions, chains-of-command, etc, and consolidation into a single enterprise may yield limited benefits.
- There are frequent compatibility problems with the various legacy systems of the partners.
- The system may be over-engineered relative to the actual needs of the customer.

Source : Wikipedia

ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Software Solution

2008-03-04T22:07:00.000-08:00

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems attempt to integrate all data and processes of an organization into a unified system. A typical ERP system will use multiple components of computer software and hardware to achieve the integration. A key ingredient of most ERP systems is the use of a unified database to store data for the various system modules.

The initials ERP originated as an extension of MRP (material requirements planning then manufacturing resource planning). ERP systems now attempt to cover all basic functions of an enterprise, regardless of the organization's business or charter. Non-manufacturing businesses, non-profit organizations and governments now all utilize ERP systems.

MRP vs. ERP — Manufacturing management systems have evolved in stages over the past 30 years from a simple means of calculating materials requirements to the automation of an entire enterprise. Around 1980, over-frequent changes in sales forecasts, entailing continual readjustments in production, as well as the unsuitability of the parameters fixed by the system, led MRP (Material Requirement Planning) to evolve into a new concept : Manufacturing Resource Planning (or MRP2) and finally the generic concept Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).

To be considered an ERP system, a software package must provide the function of at least two systems. For example, a software package that provides both payroll and accounting functions could technically be considered an ERP software package.

However, the term is typically reserved for larger, more broadly based applications. The introduction of an ERP system to replace two or more independent applications eliminates the need for external interfaces previously required between systems, and provides additional benefits that range from standardization and lower maintenance (one system instead of two or more) to easier and/or greater reporting capabilities (as all data is typically kept in one database).

Examples of modules in an ERP which formerly would have been stand-alone applications include: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Financials, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Human Resources, Warehouse Management and Decision Support System.

Some organizations — typically those with sufficient in-house IT skills to integrate multiple software products — choose to implement only portions of an ERP system and develop an external interface to other ERP or stand-alone systems for their other application needs. For example, one may choose to use human resource management system from one vendor, and the financial systems from another, and perform the integration between the systems themselves.

This is very common in the retail sector[citation needed], where even a mid-sized retailer will have a discrete Point-of-Sale (POS) product and financials application, then a series of specialized applications to handle business requirements such as warehouse management, staff rostering, merchandising and logistics.

Ideally, ERP delivers a single database that contains all data for the software modules, which would include:

Manufacturing
Engineering, Bills of Material, Scheduling, Capacity, Workflow Management, Quality Control, Cost Management, Manufacturing Process, Manufacturing Projects, Manufacturing Flow

Supply Chain Management
Inventory, Order Entry, Purchasing, Product Configurator, Supply Chain Planning, Supplier Scheduling, Inspection of goods, Claim Processing, Commission Calculation

Financials
General Ledger, Cash Management, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets

Projects
Costing, Billing, Time and Expense, Activity Management

Human Resources
Human Resources, Payroll, Training, Time & Attendance, Rostering, Benefits

Customer Relationship Management
Sales and Marketing, Commissions, Service, Customer Contact and Call Center support

Data Warehouse
and various Self-Service interfaces for Customers, Suppliers, and Employees

Enterprise Resource Planning is a term originally derived from manufacturing resource planning (MRP II) that followed material requirements planning (MRP). MRP evolved into ERP when "routings" became a major part of the software architecture and a company's capacity planning activity also became a part of the standard software activity.[citation needed] ERP systems typically handle the manufacturing, logistics, distribution, inventory, shipping, invoicing, and accounting for a company. Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP software can aid in the control of many business activities, like sales, marketing, delivery, billing, production, inventory management, quality management, and human resource management.

ERP systems saw a large boost in sales in the 1990s as companies faced the Y2K problem in their legacy systems. Many companies took this opportunity to replace their legacy information systems with ERP systems. This rapid growth in sales was followed by a slump in 1999, at which time most companies had already implemented their Y2K solution.

ERPs are often incorrectly called back office systems indicating that customers and the general public are not directly involved. This is contrasted with front office systems like customer relationship management (CRM) systems that deal directly with the customers, or the eBusiness systems such as eCommerce, eGovernment, eTelecom, and eFinance, or supplier relationship management (SRM) systems.

ERPs are cross-functional and enterprise wide. All functional departments that are involved in operations or production are integrated in one system. In addition to manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, and information technology, this would include accounting, human resources, marketing, and strategic management.

ERP II means open ERP architecture of components. The older, monolithic ERP systems became component oriented.

EAS — Enterprise Application Suite is a new name for formerly developed ERP systems which include (almost) all segments of business, using ordinary Internet browsers as thin clients.

Before

Prior to the concept of ERP systems, departments within an organization (for example, the human resources (HR)) department, the payroll department, and the financial department) would have their own computer systems. The HR computer system (often called HRMS or HRIS) would typically contain information on the department, reporting structure, and personal details of employees. The payroll department would typically calculate and store paycheck information. The financial department would typically store financial transactions for the organization. Each system would have to rely on a set of common data to communicate with each other. For the HRIS to send salary information to the payroll system, an employee number would need to be assigned and remain static between the two systems to accurately identify an employee. The financial system was not interested in the employee-level data, but only in the payouts made by the payroll systems, such as the tax payments to various authorities, payments for employee benefits to providers, and so on. This provided complications. For instance, a person could not be paid in the payroll system without an employee number.

After

ERP software, among other things, combined the data of formerly separate applications. This made the worry of keeping numbers in synchronization across multiple systems disappear. It standardized and reduced the number of software specialties required within larger organizations.

Implementation

Because of their wide scope of application within a business, ERP software systems are typically complex and usually impose significant changes on staff work practices.[citation needed] Implementing ERP software is typically not an "in-house" skill, so even smaller projects are more cost effective if specialist ERP implementation consultants are employed.[citation needed] The length of time to implement an ERP system depends on the size of the business, the scope of the change and willingness of the customer to take ownership for the project.[citation needed] A small project (e.g., a company of less than 100 staff) may be planned and delivered within 3-9 months; however, a large, multi-site or multi-country implementation may take years.

To implement ERP systems, companies often seek the help of an ERP vendor or of third-party consulting companies. These firms typically provide three areas of professional services: consulting, customization and support.

Source : Wikipedia

Visibility ERP and Optimum Solutions Work Together to Improve HR and Payroll Processes for Applied Aerospace Structures Corporation

2008-03-02T22:50:00.000-08:00

Applied Aerospace Structures Corporation of California, a Visibility ERP client recently deployed Optimum Solutions Payroll System

Applied Aerospace Structures Corporation of California, a Visibility ERP client recently deployed Optimum Solutions Payroll System. With the implementation of Optimum’s Payroll solution, Applied Aerospace Structures Corporation will be able to remain compliant and reduce costs with today’s constantly changing world of Payroll and HR. Optimum Solutions, headquartered in Nashville, specializes in HR and payroll systems designed for mid-size organizations. Their staff includes a team of Certified Payroll Professional’s (CPP’s) who work with companies during the implementation of their systems. Optimum’s stated business advantages include:

• Streamline your HRIS processes to increase efficiency
• Automate vital HR records such as OSHA/Workers Comp, job history, EEO tracking, COBRA, dependents, etc
• Eliminate manual processing of key calculations during payroll such as benefits/deductions, garnishments, direct deposit, earnings history, vacation time accruals, etc
• Optimum and Visibility ERP software can be interfaced so select data can be passed as appropriate.

Applied Aerospace Structures Corporation is a full service provider of complex composite and metal bonded structures and assemblies for both military and commercial applications and use Visibility’s ERP system for their manufacturing enterprise business solution.

Optimum Solutions, Inc. specializes in payroll, HR, and time and attendance software solutions. Optimum’s Suite provides applications that allow real time processing of data ensuring Payroll/HR departments, as well as their supervisors and employees, are working with the most up-to-date information.

Visibility Corporation is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among complex manufacturers.

VISIBILITY.net is an in-house integrated ERP solution. It offers comprehensive To-Order industry specific functionality, integrated reporting and workflow. It is designed using today’s latest technology and operates using either a Microsoft SQL Server™ or Oracle® database. VISIBILITY.net ERP, optimizes manufacturing enterprises from end-to-end, so they can execute with unprecedented responsiveness and scalability.

Source : Visibility Corporation

Visibility Corporation Ships Major New Release of Leading ETO ERP Software

2008-03-02T22:46:00.000-08:00

Visibility Corporation is pleased to announce the availability of VISIBILITY.net 7.2, the next major release of the leading ETO ERP software.

Visibility continues to differentiate with support for current technology and further expands functionality of its industry leading software. This next release of the service-oriented architecture (SOA) includes features geared toward supporting global supply chain manufacturers.

VISIBILITY.net 7.2 includes full support for current versions of Microsoft and Oracle technology including the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system, IE7 browser and Microsoft SQL Server™ 2005 database as well as support for Oracle® 11g database.

We have extended our SOA with several web service application program interfaces (API) that enable the application to link to external systems. In addition, many new features, reports and several new modules are making their debut in VISIBILITY.net 7.2

Highlights at A Glance

Partial list of new capabilities available in VISIBILITY.net 7.2 are listed in summary below:
• Major New Functionality and Enhancements
- VendorServer - web based partner self-service access to key collaboration data
- Service Management - call tracking and associated Service processing
- Bill of Lading Subsystem – increased logistics functionality
- Quality – planning, administration and tracking of tools and associated quality processing
- Graphical Scheduling - Gantt Chart schedule view for Work Order Operation steps
- Material Labor and Overhead processing in Projects

• Technology and Business Intelligence Enhancements
- Certification for IE7 browser and MS Vista operating system
- Support for Oracle® 11g
- Web Service API for Purchase Orders, GL Journal Entry, AR Invoice and Labor Tickets
- Business Intelligence upgraded Departmental views and support of Microsoft SQL Server™ 2005
• Many Other Small and Large Enhancements to Existing Functionality
• Many New Reports

Visibility Corporation (visibility.com) is a leading developer and supplier of business software solutions designed for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and mixed mode manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate their businesses effectively. Visibility has an extensive customer base throughout North America and Europe and has the strongest representation of ERP among manufacturers of complex products.

VISIBILITY.net is an integrated, in-house, ERP solution and more. Offering unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of .NET-based Web services. Conducting business any place, any time, any where is a reality, deployable with unprecedented flexibility.

Source : Visibility Corporation

DEACOM ERP Software Greases Operational Wheels of Lubricant Manufacturer

2008-02-28T22:24:00.000-08:00

The leading provider of lubricants and specialty fluids to the automotive and industrial markets, Cincinnati Vulcan, has selected the DEACOM Integrated Accounting and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software System, according to Deacom, Inc. The DEACOM System will replace Cincinnati Vulcan's non-integrated accounting and laboratory management software systems in order to better manage a multi-company structure.

With an ISO 9001:2000 quality system certification, Cincinnati Vulcan utilizes a research and quality control laboratory to manufacture, package, and distribute a variety of quality lubricating oils, metalworking fluids, and water-based cleaners under the Vulcan brand and other brand names. Its previous software set-up, however, was not being supported and required the company to operate two databases with customized programming and add-ons. The systems necessitated the use of a number of custom reports and external Excel® documents for sales commissions and tote tracking.

e DEACOM ERP System, once implemented in the summer of 2008, will integrate the sales order entry, purchasing, inventory control, formulation and lab management, regulatory reporting, production, web portal, labor tracking, and accounting processes of Cincinnati Vulcan in a single system. With one database, Cincinnati Vulcan will have the ability to plan material requirements for its predominantly make-to-order environment and generate configurable reports, Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), and invoices directly from the DEACOM System. The company will also be able to automate its bar coding and labeling process for true lot control at all of its warehouse locations.

"DEACOM, in comparison to our former software systems, makes our business operations seem too easy," says Rhett Francisco of Cincinnati Vulcan. "Having one system to integrate our entire business will save our order processing alone about one-third of our labor costs, which is vital to our commitment to continuous product and process quality improvement."

About Deacom, Inc

Headquartered in Wayne, PA, Deacom, Inc. is the producer of DEACOM, a complete accounting and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system for building component, process, and mixed-mode manufacturers with difficult-to-handle requirements. The DEACOM System seamlessly links all departments within a manufacturing company, providing a comprehensive view of the entire operation. By making complex issues simple, Deacom helps streamline manufacturing business processes to maximize productivity and profitability.

Fibre2fashion invites ERP, Business Intelligence Tools, POS, RFID, SCM, CRM, CAD/CAM, solution providers to participate in Soft-Tex 2008

2008-02-28T01:01:00.000-08:00

Fibre2fashion invites ERP, Business Intelligence Tools, POS, RFID, SCM, CRM, CAD/CAM, Dyeing & Printing, Import Export Management, Inventory Control, Production Planning, Warehouse Management solution providers to participate in Soft-Tex 2008.

Soft-Tex will be giving software companies the effective plinth to promote their products & services to the Textile-Garment-Fashion-Retail industries. Fibre2fashion will be offering special features and helpful tools to brand your company and your products & services through Soft-Tex 2008.

Features & Benefits

- A dedicated page for participants where the companies will be showcased for one month View Sample
- Virtual booth-links to your website. View Sample
- Special pre-show mailing to buyers
- Exclusive downloadable E-Catalogue Download Sample

More Information about Soft-Tex 2008
Click Here http://www.fibre2fashion.com/services/promotion/softtex/#

Source : Fibre2fashion.com

Openbravo opnes the world of ERP

2008-02-28T00:51:00.000-08:00

Openbravo is a fully functional, integrated, web-based, open source ERP (enterprise management system) that offers a unique value proposition - a higher value at a lower cost.

The system is for small and midsize enterprises that are looking for an integrated system to manage their business. One that is capable of managing daily operations, optimizing business processes, improving customer satisfaction and, ultimately, increasing profits.

Our customers have decided to take ownership of their ERP systems and only pay for the services they really need, when they need it.

Thanks to our highly qualified network of partners, Openbravo ERP has been successfully implemented in companies of different sizes and across a wide variety of sectors and activities. Openbravo offers its partners the opportunity to build a truly differentiated business based on Openbravo ERP.

Web-based

Openbravo has been designed from the ground up to be web-based, enabling universal, secure access and simplicity through any browser.

Fully Functional

Openbravo includes all the functionality you would expect of an extended ERP solution, as well as basic CRM (Customer Relationship Management) and BI (Business Intelligence).

Truly Integrated, Truly an ERP

Openbravo has been designed as a single ERP application: all functionalities share a common architecture, philosophy, rules and user interface, and all are seamlessly integrated.

Open Source

Openbravo is released under an open source license, with no hidden costs or ties to a particular vendor. The license ensures no usage fees, public access to source code and permission to freely modify source code.

Revolutionary Architecture

Openbravo is based on a revolutionary architecture that offers a better way to build software applications.

Adapted to Needs

Once requirements and business processes have been identified, Openbravo can be adapted to any company's needs and be fully operational in a short amount of time.

About Openbravo :

"Openbravo is the leading web-based professional open source enterprise management solution (ERP) for small and midsize enterprises. Our success is based on high-quality products and services, a powerful business plan and a team of highly experienced professionals". Manel Sarasa, CEO.

Openbravo is a fully functional integrated web-based open source enterprise management system for small and midsize enterprises (SMEs). Openbravo offers a unique value proposition - higher value at a lower cost: "Be the owner of your ERP and only pay for the professional support you really need".

If your have any inquiry please contact this company direct.

Openbravo, S.L.
c/ Pau Claris 138, 1 - 1,
08009, Barcelona,
Spain
Email : media@openbravo.com

Apparel Data System's "System 9001" is a flexible, parameter driven, modular software package

2008-02-27T04:27:00.000-08:00

Apparel Data Systems providing Apparel, clothing and fashion industry ERP Software solution.

Apparel Data Systems company Profile :

Apparel Data Systems is a major resource of industry specific software solutions to address your "Mission Critical" requirements as well as your every day business needs for the apparel, home furnishings, and accessory industries.

Apparel Data System's "System 9001" is a flexible, parameter driven, modular software package that fits the needs of ladies, men?s and children?s apparel & accessory manufacturers and importers. The system is standardized so that upgrades are universal providing stability and reliability while enhancing functionality annually through low or no cost upgrades.

Product :

Apparel Data System's "System 9001" is a flexible, parameter driven, modular software package that fits the needs of ladies, men?s and children?s apparel & accessory manufacturers and importers. The system is standardized so that upgrades are universal providing stability and reliability while enhancing functionality annually through low or no cost upgrades.

modules include:

- Base System
- Warehouse Lot Locater
- EDI Solutions
- Returns Authorization
- Production Control & Raw Materials
- RFID Module
- Import Tracking
- E-commerce Module

If your have any inquiry contact this company direct.

Apparel Data Systems, Inc.

240 Madison Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Phone 212-922-9001
Fax 212-922-9002

Email: sales@appareldata.com

Sage Software Again Ranked as #1 SMB Enterprise Application Vendor in Canada

2008-02-26T01:37:00.000-08:00

New Report Confirms Company’s Continued Market Leadership

Sage Software announced today that IDC Canada has for the second consecutive year ranked the company as the leading provider of enterprise application software to small and mid-sized businesses (SMB’s)(1) throughout Canada, based on revenue figures researched by IDC for calendar 2006. The report, entitled "Canadian Enterprise Applications 2006 Vendor Shares(2)," confirms that Sage Software maintains its position as the leading provider of Enterprise Resource Management (ERM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Supply Chain Management (SCM) applications to SMB’s in Canada, exceeding Microsoft, Intuit, Infor, Lawson, Epicor, and others. Sage Software was previously ranked number one in a similar report published in October 2006, based on revenue figures researched by IDC Canada for calendar 2005.

According to the IDC report, "Sage is the leading vendor in the Canadian small and medium-sized customer (SMB) segment." It continues, "Sage's Canadian operations have maintained their SMB market leadership with its strong [Sage] Accpac and Simply Accounting financial applications. Investments in CRM, both SageCRM and [Sage] SalesLogix, are also beginning to have a positive impact on the vendor's market presence in Canada. Sage targets industries such as accounting (professional services based), as well as a broad spectrum of small businesses including hospitality, construction, manufacturing, and real estate. Sage promotes its long term relationship with charter accountants and usage of its products in colleges and university courses. In the SMB space, Sage has strong presence amongst customers via its presence in education and with professional organizations, such as the Canadian Management Association. The success of Sage Accpac can be attributed to on-going customer and user familiarity with the product."

"This report is further, strong proof of our ongoing market leadership and continued strong growth in Canada," said Laurie Schultz, Sage Software general manager for the Sage Accpac and Simply Accounting by Sage business unit. "In a very competitive marketplace, this #1 ranking from an independent third party is clearly a testament to the strength of our solutions, well-established business partner channel, and loyal client base, and certainly bodes well for our continued market leadership with SMB’s across Canada."

About Sage Software
Sage Software supports the needs, challenges and dreams of nearly 2.8 million small and mid-sized business customers in North America through easy-to-use, scalable and customizable software and services. Our products support accounting, operations, customer relationship management, human resources, time tracking, merchant services and the specialized needs of the construction, distribution, healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit and real estate industries. Sage Software is a subsidiary of The Sage Group plc, a leading global supplier of accounting and business management software solutions and related products and services for small and mid-sized businesses. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and the Group now has 5.5 million customers and employs over 13,900 people worldwide.

Source : Sage Software

SAP Business All-in-One at Solar Module Manufacturer SOLON: New ERP for Renewable Energy

2008-02-24T22:59:00.000-08:00

The sun shines all over the world. This naturally opens up international opportunities for production and sales for SOLON AG, the largest manufacturer of solar modules in Europe. However, this requires an integrated ERP software that supports international processes and accounting standards.

"The Pioneers of Power" is the motto of SOLON AG, an enterprise specializing in solar technology with headquarters in Berlin. Formed in 1997, and floated on the stock exchange in 1998 as the first solar enterprise in Germany, the group is one of the pioneers and innovators in the area of solar technology. The enterprise has enjoyed rapid growth since its formation, and is now one of the largest European solar module manufacturers, with subsidiaries and production locations in Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, and the United States, which are all part of a holding company. Total sales in 2006 – with more than 650 employees across the whole group – amounted to about 346 million euros, an increase of more than 70 percent on the previous year.

Expansion with IT support

"Because of the strong expansion, we need IT support that provides a transparent overview of all business processes and cash flows across the whole group," says Dieter Neberg, IT manager at SOLON AG. This was not possible with the old heterogeneous IT landscape, which consisted of ERP software from Sage and a stand-alone solution for production.

This situation was unsatisfactory, and the changeover to an integrated, sustainable, and international ERP solution that would support the enterprise's rapid development effectively was absolutely essential. The management of SOLON AG therefore decided to bring together all business areas and locations on a standardized ERP platform.

After careful consideration of the options available on the market, the enterprise chose the SAP Business All-in-One solution SPEED ME from IT total system supplier ai informatics. SPEED ME offers numerous preconfigured processes typically used in the industry, which enables rapid implementation. SOLON AG was also won over by the attractive fixed price, the industry expertise of the ai informatics consulting team, and the international product support offered by the IT service provider.

Together with the consultants, the enterprise was able to implement the industry solution in just seven months. In January 2007, the system went into productive operation for the 120 users at the Berlin and Greifswald locations successively, just two weeks apart. After the international rollout of SPEED ME at the SOLON locations in the United States and Italy, productive operation will start there in early 2008. In the final expansion phase, about 300 to 400 users will be working with the solution worldwide.

Overview of warehouse stocks a mouse click away

In Berlin and Greifswald, the benefits of the business processes integrated with the help of the SAP-based industry solution quickly became obvious. Supported by SPEED ME, the solar enterprise now maps its core processes in a standardized group structure and on the basis of consolidated master data.

All information, from sales and purchase order processing right through to billing, is entered, managed, and distributed centrally. Employees in the purchasing and production departments can access an overview of all warehouse stocks across the group with just a few mouse clicks and can compare these with the material requirements from the orders. As a result, scheduling and material planning, as well as procurement, production, and warehousing processes, can be controlled economically and on a demand-driven basis.

The old manual, paper-based intercompany processes are now carried out largely automatically, which accelerates procedures in internal ordering and settlement and ensures high process reliability.

Rapid consolidated financial statements

Another advantage of the industry solution is that data on costs and sales from the connected group areas and companies is immediately available in Financial Accounting and can be analyzed there at any time.

At the same time, the solar module manufacturer can create uniform standards across the group for internal and external reporting. As a result, it will be possible in future to create both the quarterly and annual statements for the group promptly in accordance with IFRS and the individual statements of the subsidiaries in accordance with local legal requirements. "As a result, we have a more accurate overview of the group's development and will in future be able to implement our growth strategy in an even more targeted way," states Dieter Neberg.

SOLON AG has outsourced operation of SPEED ME to the ai informatics computer center in Pforzheim – and is reaping multiple benefits. The IT operating costs can be clearly calculated, because a user-based settlement model ensures maximum transparency. In addition, the solar module manufacturer does not need to concern itself with administration and maintenance work such as updates or release upgrades. Dieter Neberg: "We can fully concentrate on our core competencies – and those are the development, production, and sale of innovative and high-quality solar modules."

Source: SAP INFO

FIT selects Yunique as software partner for new program

2008-02-13T03:35:00.000-08:00

Academic leader The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and product lifecycle management (PLM) software developer Yunique Solutions Inc are partnering to bring an innovative new fashion product lifecycle management program to FIT students and fashion industry professionals.

Facilitated by $400,000 software and services donation by Yunique Solutions and a State University of New York (SUNY) grant, FIT will develop new training programs centered around the latest techniques and technologies for product development and other front-end fashion business processes. In addition to their plmOn software, the Yunique Solutions donation also includes related system installation, implementation, and training services.

FIT will initially offer the new PLM training as a program in the school’s Enterprise Center. Under the management of Ms. Christine Helm, the center serves as a business training resource for artists, designers, and fashion industry professionals.

The new program will be promoted through a series of upcoming FIT seminars aimed at helping students and fashion companies realize the benefits of PLM. The new PLM program will also complement the extensive Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop training courses currently being offered at FIT.

Following an evaluation of fashion industry PLM solution providers, FIT selected Yunique as the software partner for the new program. “We were impressed with the flexibility of the Yunique software”, noted Holly Henderson, assistant adjunct professor and fashion industry consultant.

“They have a true understanding of the needs of fashion companies. In our research, we confirmed the importance for PLM in the industry and see it as a key driver to remaining competitive in today’s global fashion industry.”

“We are proud to partner with FIT on such an important industry initiative”, added Darioush Nikpour, vice president of business development at Yunique. “The fashion industry requires advanced training and game-changing technology to meet rapidly accelerating consumer and competitive demands for more innovative products, greater product value, and faster business execution. This combination of training and technology will drive the innovative business processes needed to succeed in the future of fashion.”

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) has rapidly become one of the hottest technology applications in the apparel, accessories, footwear, textiles, and other fashion-related industries due to its ability to support and integrate the merchandising, design, development, pre-production and sourcing activities that are critical in today’s consumer-driven marketplace.

Source : Fibre2fashion.com

QAD Named “Top ERP Provider For Customer Experience” In Consumer Goods Technology's Annual Readers' Choice Awards

2008-02-11T22:55:00.000-08:00

QAD, Inc a leading provider of enterprise software and services for global manufacturers, today announced that Consumer Goods Technology magazine has selected QAD as the top provider for customer experience in the Enterprise Resource Planning section of the magazine’s annual Readers' Choice Awards, published in the January 2008 issue. The annual Readers' Choice Awards honor winners across twelve different categories focused on service and solutions for consumer goods companies.

Consumer products manufacturers worldwide rely on QAD as a trusted partner to analyze, plan and manage every aspect of their enterprise at every stage in the manufacturing process. QAD develops and delivers enterprise solutions designed to solve the immediate challenges consumer products manufacturers face today while laying the groundwork for future success and lasting bottom-line results.

“We are pleased to be included in this year’s Readers' Choice Awards,” said Phil Friedman, vice president, consumer products, QAD. “Consumer products manufacturers have to deal with many different layers of suppliers, distributors and channels in taking their product to market these days. QAD is committed to supporting these manufacturers in achieving their goals in brand development, demand management, and new product introduction.”

QAD Enterprise Applications are designed to streamline the management of manufacturing operations, supply chains, financials, customers, technology and business performances all in one suite. Built on a deep, foundational understanding of manufacturing and designed for maximum flexibility anywhere in the world, QAD Enterprise Applications are available in 27 languages and can handle multiple currencies. For both single-site manufacturers with customers and suppliers in many locations around the world, and global enterprises with factories and plants in dozens of countries, QAD can provide the solutions and support to operate multi-national businesses efficiently and profitably.

The Readers' Choice Award winners are included in the January 2008 issue of Consumer Goods Technology and can be viewed online at: Consumer Goods Technology Readers' Choice 2008. This is the eighth annual Readers' Choice Awards for GCT.

About QAD

QAD is a leading provider of enterprise applications for global manufacturing companies. QAD applications provide critical functionality for managing manufacturing resources and operations within and beyond the enterprise, enabling global manufacturers to collaborate with their customers, suppliers and partners to make and deliver the right product, at the right cost and at the right time. Manufacturers of automotive, consumer products, electronics, food and beverage, industrial and life science products use QAD applications at approximately 5,800 licensed sites in more than 90 countries and in as many as 27 languages. For more information about QAD, telephone +1 805 684 6614, or visit the QAD Web site at: http://www.qad.com.

Source : QAD Inc.

Ms. Gerdien Cammeraat transfers to it suits IT

2008-02-07T00:35:00.000-08:00

Gerdien Cammeraat, a well known IT professional in the Microsoft Dynamics-, Exact- and apparel industry, made the transfer to the promising new Microsoft partner it suits IT.

Gerdien Cammeraat, formerly successful as Director Product Management & Development at Pebblestone Fashion International and Account Manager at Exact Software, will focus on consultancy for Microsoft Dynamics partners and customers and the coordination of international Microsoft related events.

After a small side step to Exact Software, the transfer of Cammeraat to it suits IT reunites a successful team. Together with Theo Doelman, Paul Jonker, Yildiz de Leeuw and Jacko Stokman, Gerdien Cammeraat formed the team which was responsible for the very successful international roll out of a specialized ERP solution for the fashion industry.

Source : http://www.fibre2fashion.com

eVision selects BroadSign's software solution

2008-02-07T00:31:00.000-08:00

BroadSign International Inc, a leading worldwide provider of hosted software for operating digital signage networks announced that BroadSign's Software as a Service (SaaS) solution BroadSign Suite will be deployed to run the eVision network of digital screens in all U.S. Virgin Megastores. eVision is a content creator and an operator of digital signage networks in hospitality, recreational, retail and medical environments.

Using BroadSign Suite will allow eVision to operate a network of 400 digital displays of different sizes in 10 Virgin Megastores across the U.S. Each location will have up to 40 screens geared to the affluent 18-44 year old demographic creating an 'experiential environment' by entertaining shoppers and informing them of the latest movies, music releases, games, books, electronics, apparel and fashion accessories on a playlist-style programming loop.

The displays will feature an 8-hour mix of high-definition content to be updated daily while allowing customer interaction via mobile phones and Internet.

"Our solution was designed to support complex programming and pinpoint targeting that can be done easily from one central location, so the BroadSign Suite's rich functionality will be put to good use here," said Rick Engels, president and CEO of BroadSign International Inc. "I'm also glad that eVision will be able to appreciate our latest enhanced campaign performance reporting system that further facilitates communication with advertisers."

eVision's roster of clients has included McDonald's, Macy's, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Hard Rock Hotel, Hard Rock Cafes, H&M, Ralph Lauren/Polo, Levi Strauss, JC Penney and the U.S. Armed Forces, among many others.

"Turning this bold and innovative concept into reality at Virgin Megastores was a challenge," said Gary Hunt, president of eVision. "The vast amount of content, the need for customizing the program for each store and potentially for each area in the store as well as custom requirements from our advertisers led us to BroadSign. The company has proven that its software is the best fit for many of our networks."

The network will be rolled out in February-March 2008. Most of the store chain suppliers have already committed to buying time on the network.

"TheVirgin Megastores have always been about innovation and evolving the retail environment to meet the needs and desires of our customers," said Dee McLaughlin, Vice President of Marketing, Virgin Entertainment Group, North America. "With the launch of Virgin Mega TV we are continuing that commitment. We are excited about the new technology that allows us to have a 'live' show playing in our stores."

BroadSign International Inc is a leading worldwide provider of hosted solutions for managing digital signage networks. The BroadSign Suite resolves the challenges facing modern digital signage networks: the need for full campaign execution functionality, accountability and true scalability. The software enables operators to target out-of-home audiences, sell network airtime, reliably play back scheduled content on each screen and account for campaign performance.

eVision is a leading provider of Digital Signage Networks, creating cutting-edge digital signage content to a myriad of environments; hospitality, recreational, retail, medical, to name but a few. eVision combined Emmy Award-winning creativity with state-of-the-art technology to reach an increasingly elusive consumer with targeted messages.

eVision is poised to take full advantage of tomorrow's technology today and set the standard for out-of-home programming, advertising and deployment; utilizing dynamic content to reach and affect your consumer when and where you want.

Virgin Entertainment Group is the world's leading multi-channel music and entertainment retailer, providing customers with a range of entertainment experiences through a family of integrated Virgin-branded businesses.

Source : http://www.fibre2fashion.com

Northern California Public Broadcasting Leverages SAP Solutions for Enterprise Performance Management

2008-02-05T02:21:00.000-08:00

SAP Empowers CFOs with Innovative Solutions to Drive Performance and Manage Growth; Rapid Deployment of SAP Solutions Drives Increased Operational Efficiency and Reporting Accuracy for the Financial Planning Process

SAP AG today announced that Northern California Public Broadcasting, Inc. (NCPB), one of the nation’s leading public radio and television broadcasters, has successfully implemented the SAP® Business Planning and Consolidation application, a key component of the growing portfolio of SAP solutions for enterprise performance management. As NCPB undergoes significant business transformation, the broadcaster is using SAP solutions for enterprise performance management to better manage the company’s business plan, acquisition road map and growth strategy. Since deploying SAP solutions, NCPB has seen a significant increase in operational and financial reporting accuracy and efficiency, allowing more time for analysis and strategic planning. The NCPB deployment demonstrates continued momentum for SAP’s global strategy to transform and enhance corporate performance by putting innovative and user-friendly business and financial management solutions in the hands of CFOs.

NCPB owns and operates public radio and television stations across Northern California, making it one of the largest, most-watched public television and most-listened-to public radio broadcasters in the United States. In 2006, NCPB was in the process of merging with two regional broadcast stations and needed a robust performance management platform that could scale to support the company’s growth while addressing several core financial and operational functions in a highly customized and cost-effective manner.

NCPB required a solution that would decrease time spent reconciling data aggregated manually in Excel spreadsheets, re-engineer the arduous annual financial planning process by creating monthly forecasts, and increase the integrity and transparency of numbers across the business. After a competitive search, CFO Jeffery Nemy selected SAP solutions to improve financial performance and operational efficiencies across all station holdings and departments throughout the company, including finance, communications and human resources.

The initial implementation process for NCPB’s deployment took approximately 90 days to complete, with the first forecast presented to the Board’s Finance Committee less than five months after the project began.

“We were in the middle of a critical corporate transition and needed a holistic solution that could consolidate budgets of disparate departments and projects instantaneously, eliminate time-consuming reconciliations of interdepartmental charges, and automate and standardize documentation of assumptions and justifications for spending requests as well as provide account-level reporting across departmental and project boundaries,” said Nemy. “SAP solutions proved to be the best fit and since the initial implementation, we have successfully achieved several measurable benchmarks including elimination of the manual consolidation process, which has reduced our cycle time by up to six weeks. The entire NCPB leadership team is now equipped with direct online access to more timely and accurate information and a better way to view, measure and plan the strategic direction of the company — literally transforming the way we do business.”

Prior to the implementation of SAP solutions for enterprise performance management, the annual planning and consolidation process at NCPB took months to complete, which monopolized thousands of man hours and did not provide the level of visibility needed to support the company’s growth. After deploying the SAP solutions, NCPB completely replaced its annual financial planning processes with a rolling monthly forecast that projects not only the balance of the current fiscal year, but also the following 36 months. At the end of each month, actuals are uploaded into the system, thus overriding the previous forecast for that month. Variance reports are then prepared comparing actual results against both budget and previous forecasts. Automating the planning and consolidation process has resulted in a significant increase in efficiency for the overall financial planning process.

“SAP has been diligent in its commitment to deliver a world-class suite of software solutions that address the specific needs and business objectives of CFOs today,” said Sanjay Poonen, senior vice president and general manager of Enterprise Performance Management, Business Objects, an SAP company. “The success of customers like Northern California Public Broadcasting further validates our strategy to empower CFOs through delivery of the most comprehensive and innovative technology solutions. In addition, SAP was positioned in the leaders quadrant in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for CPM Suites, 20071.”

Source : SAP

Arvind Mills to implement Oracle ERP for its retail outlets

2008-02-04T01:57:00.000-08:00

Textile major Arvind Mills Limited has decided to implement Oracle' s enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to manage its growing chain of retail outlets. The project cost is estimated at around Rs10 crore.

Arvind Mills has two retail store formats, Mega Mart Outlet Centres (large discount stores), and the smaller Mega Mart stores. For the short term, Arvind Mills is looking to open eight large stores in cities such as Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai, while it plans to expand its smaller stores to tier II cities.

With each store requiring an investment of around Rs4 crore, the total outlay of Rs400 crore would be funded from internal accruals. As per Sanjay Lalbhai, managing director of Arvind Mills, last year retail stores contributed Rs100 crore to the top line of the company, and a 6 per cent profit. He said the Mega Mart Outlet Centre has been positioned as a discount store, with the tag line 'Sale on. 365 days.'

According to J Suresh, CEO, Arvind Brands & Retail, which is the retail arm of Arvind Mills, the company plans to have 30 large discount stores and 200 Mega Marts across 100 cities, and plans to achieve revenues of Rs2,000 crore by 2012. Presently, the company has 75 outlets in 25 cities.

Unlike the smaller Mega Mart stores that sell in-house brands, the large stores stock other brands as well. K E Venkatachalapathy, business head, Mega Mart says that in order to provide value to other brand owners, the company has tied-up with a minimum number of brands while offering sizeable shelf space of around 200 to 250 sq ft.

Source: http://www.domainb.com/companies/companies_a/Arvind_Mills/20080201_arvind_mills.html

Microsoft Proposes Acquisition of Yahoo! for $31 per Share

2008-02-02T00:01:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Corp. today announced that it has made a proposal to the Yahoo! Inc. Board of Directors to acquire all the outstanding shares of Yahoo! common stock for per share consideration of $31 representing a total equity value of approximately $44.6 billion. Microsoft’s proposal would allow the Yahoo! shareholders to elect to receive cash or a fixed number of shares of Microsoft common stock, with the total consideration payable to Yahoo! shareholders consisting of one-half cash and one-half Microsoft common stock. The offer represents a 62 percent premium above the closing price of Yahoo! common stock on Jan. 31, 2008.

“We have great respect for Yahoo!, and together we can offer an increasingly exciting set of solutions for consumers, publishers and advertisers while becoming better positioned to compete in the online services market,” said Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft. “We believe our combination will deliver superior value to our respective shareholders and better choice and innovation to our customers and industry partners.”

“Our lives, our businesses, and even our society have been progressively transformed by the Web, and Yahoo! has played a pioneering role by building compelling, high-scale services and infrastructure,” said Ray Ozzie, chief software architect at Microsoft. “The combination of these two great teams would enable us to jointly deliver a broad range of new experiences to our customers that neither of us would have achieved on our own.”

The online advertising market is growing at a very fast pace, from over $40 billion in 2007 to nearly $80 billion by 2010. The resulting benefits of scale along with the associated capital costs for advertising platform providers make this a time of industry consolidation and convergence. Today this market is increasingly dominated by one player. Together, Microsoft and Yahoo! can offer a competitive choice while better fulfilling the needs of customers and partners.

“The combined assets and strong services focus of these two companies will enable us to achieve scale economics while reaching R&D critical mass to deliver innovation breakthroughs,” said Kevin Johnson, president of the Platforms & Services Division of Microsoft. “The industry will be well served by having more than one strong player, offering more value and real choice to advertisers, publishers and consumers.”

The combination will create a more efficient company with synergies in four areas: scale economics driven by audience critical mass and increased value for advertisers; combined engineering talent to accelerate innovation; operational efficiencies through elimination of redundant cost; and the ability to innovate in emerging user experiences such as video and mobile. Microsoft believes these four areas will generate at least $1 billion in annual synergy for the combined entity.

Microsoft has developed a plan and process that will include the employees of both companies to focus on the integration of the combined business. Microsoft intends to offer significant retention packages to Yahoo! engineers, key leaders and employees across all disciplines.

Microsoft believes this proposed combination would receive all necessary regulatory approvals and expects that the proposed transaction would be completed in the second half of calendar year 2008.

Microsoft is also committed to working closely with Yahoo! management and its Board of Directors as they, along with Yahoo! shareholders, evaluate this compelling proposal.

About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval. In connection with the proposed transaction, Microsoft Corp. plans to file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 containing a proxy statement/prospectus and other documents regarding the proposed transaction. The definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be mailed to shareholders of Yahoo! Inc. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF YAHOO! INC. ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION.

Source : Microsoft

Lawson Software Announces Partnership with Accruent

2008-02-01T03:56:00.000-08:00

Lawson Software (Nasdaq: LWSN) today announced a partnership with Accruent Inc., a provider of real estate performance management (RPM) solutions. Under the agreement, Lawson and Accruent will offer customers a solution designed to help customers take innovative approaches to solve their real estate and facilities management challenges. The partnership will initially focus on retail organizations, but the two companies will also target other industries, including healthcare, financial services, and public sector organizations.

The solution, which can work with the Lawson S3 Enterprise Financial Management Suite, will help Lawson customers manage their real estate portfolios more strategically. This capability can ultimately help them manage real estate-related revenue and costs while helping to facilitate regulatory compliance. Real estate costs are among the most significant capital investments and operating expenses for many companies, which creates a growing need for technology solutions focused on real estate performance.

More than 340 of the world's largest companies, including 20 percent of the Fortune 500 and 40 percent of the Top 100 Retailers use the Accruent real estate solution. Lawson and Accruent currently have more than 30 joint customers.

"Our customers face a number of challenges managing their overall financials, including their real estate assets," said Colleen Holm, product manager for Lawson. "By working with Accruent, we can help our customers obtain a better understanding of the effectiveness of their capital investments in real estate - ultimately helping them turn real estate into a more strategic part of their broader financial strategy."

"Businesses recognize the direct link between real estate and bottom-line performance," said Mark Friedman, chief executive officer for Accruent. "By combining Lawson's enterprise software solutions and expertise with Accruent's focused solution for optimizing the real estate lifecycle, our shared customers will have access to innovative technology solutions to help them with real estate and facilities management."

About Lawson Software

Lawson Software provides software and service solutions to 4,000 customers in manufacturing, distribution, maintenance and service sector industries across 40 countries. Lawson's solutions include Enterprise Performance Management, Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, Customer Relationship Management, Manufacturing Resource Planning, Enterprise Asset Management and industry-tailored applications. Lawson solutions assist customers in simplifying their businesses or organizations by helping them streamline processes, reduce costs and enhance business or operational performance. Lawson is headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., and has offices around the world. Visit Lawson online at http://www.lawson.com/.

Source : Lawson Software

Skiwear brand chooses G4 Analytics & TXT e-solutions

2008-01-30T01:23:00.000-08:00

G4 Analytics, a planning and demand management solutions and business consulting company, and TXT e-solutions, global experts in Demand and Supply Chain Management for the Fashion and Apparel industry, announced that Spyder Active Sports, a foremost brand of high-end skiwear, outwear and apparel will deploy TXTDEMAND for its demand and capacity planning solution. G4 Analytics, TXT’s North American partner, will be responsible for the implementation.

“TXT really impressed us with their expertise in our market space - active sports and outdoor wear. Their in-depth understanding around demand planning and procurement sourcing was immediately evident. TXT showed an impressive grasp not only of the technology, but also of our process and how to optimize it,. said Spyder.s CIO, Kevin Smith.

With Spyder.s continuing rapid growth, we realize the importance of demand planning and the supply chain to scaling our business. We looked at a number of solutions and decided that TXTDEMAND was best suited to handle our current needs and as a platform for future growth. Once implemented, we believe we’ll realize the benefits almost immediately,. Smith concluded.

TXTDEMAND is a part of the TXTPERFORM SCM suite which provides companies with demand planning solutions covering forecasting, sales budgeting, purchase planning and merchandise planning. With TXTPERFORM, customers achieve improved service levels and a better response to market demands with lower inventory levels and therefore a reduction in working capital. In addition TXTPERFORM includes TXTPRODUCT for PDM, TXTCHAIN for SRM, TXTPLAN for Production planning and TXTDRIVE as the workflow management and analytics component.

"Spyder is a worldwide leader in ski racewear with many top World Cup and Olympic skiers as customers. Spyder has a long history of product innovation and grasp of their customers needs,. said Richard Hall, CEO of G4 Analytics.

"With such demanding customers, Spyder requires the highest quality and performance from both their products and vendors. We are honored that Spyder chose G4 and TXT. Together G4 and TXT will be focused on giving them both technology and best practices to achieve their goals,. he concluded.

We are delighted that an innovative organization such as Spyder has selected us. It is great that Spyder recognizes TXT e-solutions and TXTDEMAND as the perfect solution to support Spyder.s challenges in dealing with the complexity and dynamicity of this specific market.

Our know-how and experience has been acquired through working with more than 250 companies within this sector and our expertise is now widely acknowledged.. said Stefano Lena . VP of Global Sales and Managing Director TXT US Inc.

Spyder revolutionized ski apparel in 1978 with a padded slalom sweater designed "for racing, by racers." Today, it.s the best selling ski brand in the world. Renowned for integration of high-tech fabrication, fashion and function, Spyder products are the choice of the US Alpine, Canadian Alpine and Canadian Freestyle World Cup Teams.

TXT e-solutions is an international leader in Strategic Enterprise Solutions and related proprietary software, particularly Demand & Supply Chain Management and Content Management. TXT is headquartered in Milan, Italy, and has offices throughout Europe and the US.

G4 Analytics is a market leader in analytics for Consumer Products companies. The company focuses on helping companies increase the return-on-investment for both selling and supply chain activities.

Source : http://www.fibre2fashion.com

R.G. Barry Selects NGC’s e-SPS® Software for Global Sourcing and Visibility

2008-01-28T23:14:00.000-08:00

e-SPS Will Allow Rapidly Growing Footwear Company to Reduce Lead Times, Improve Speed to Market and Increase Business Agility

NGC® (New Generation Computing®) today announced that R.G. Barry Corporation (Amex: DFZ) has selected NGC’s e-SPS as its strategic software platform to manage overseas suppliers and trading partners. R. G. Barry, “the Dearfoams® company,” is one of the world’s leading developers and marketers of accessory footwear.

R.G. Barry has recently undergone a highly successful business turnaround that included a transition from captive manufacturing to a flexible business and sourcing model. As a result, the company sought a global sourcing solution that would work seamlessly between its domestic and international operations. “We looked for a solution that would provide visibility and drive new efficiencies throughout the entire manufacturing process,” said Glenn Evans, SVP of Sourcing and Logistics, R.G. Barry.

After reviewing software from a number of vendors, R.G. Barry selected e-SPS, an industry-leading, web-based global sourcing application that provides real-time visibility and enhanced collaboration throughout the product lifecycle. “e-SPS will be a key technology to help R.G. Barry improve our inventory turns, reduce lead times and increase speed to market,” Evans said.

e-SPS will also enhance R.G. Barry’s communications with overseas suppliers. “The fact that e-SPS is web-based was very important to us,” said David Lindstrom, Director of Information Technology, R.G. Barry. “Today, most of our communication with overseas partners and suppliers is done via email. e-SPS provides a single global portal that will allow us to centralize communications in a single place and tie all communications to specific purchase orders.”

Other benefits of e-SPS for R.G. Barry include:

- Improved customer service. By streamlining global sourcing and reducing product lead times, e-SPS will enable R.G. Barry to respond faster to customer trends and provide new styles efficiently and cost-effectively.

- Increased business agility. e-SPS will support R.G. Barry’s growth objectives by enabling the footwear manufacturer to add more licensed brands and manage a rapidly increasing number of suppliers.

- Integration with R.G. Barry’s existing supply chain software. e-SPS can be easily integrated with supply chain software from Logility and American Software, NGC’s parent company. “We already have these solutions in place, and NGC’s understanding of these systems and how to integrate with them was very important to us,” Lindstrom said.

“R.G. Barry has dramatically transformed their business in recent years, and NGC is pleased that the company selected us to provide solutions that will help them improve supply chain efficiency, while supporting continued expansion,” said Alan Brooks, president, NGC. “We look forward to a successful implementation and welcome R.G. Barry to NGC’s rapidly growing customer base of industry-leading fashion, apparel, footwear and retail companies.”

About New Generation Computing

NGC® is a leading Fashion, Apparel, Footwear and Retail software company. NGC's SQL Series is a comprehensive suite of “end-to-end” solutions for PLM (e-PLM), Global Sourcing (e-SPS®) and ERP (RedHorse®). The SQL Series provides real-time visibility to product information, accelerates speed to market, and enables quality control throughout the supply chain to help deliver superior products. NGC customers include leading brands and retailers such as VF Corporation®, AX Armani Exchange®, Carter’s®, Casual Male Retail Group®, Maggy London, Goody’s Family Clothing, Hugo Boss®, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Isda & Co., Tristan & America®, Axis®, Wilson’s Leather®, and many others. NGC has offices in Miami, New York, Los Angeles, China, India, Mexico and El Salvador and is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSWA). For more information, visit www.ngcsoftware.com.

Source : New Generation Computing

Epicor to release Q4 earnings on Feb 7

2008-01-28T00:07:00.000-08:00

Epicor Software Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise business software solutions for the midmarket and divisions of Global 1000 companies, is scheduled to release its earnings for its 2007 full-year and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2007, on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time.

A conference call to discuss the full-year and fourth quarter results is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time, following the earnings release. During the call, Epicor also currently plans to discuss its ongoing acquisition of NSB Retail Systems PLC, which is expected to close on February 7, 2008.

Epicor is a global leader dedicated to providing integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM) and professional services automation (PSA) software solutions to midmarket companies and divisions of the Global 1000.

Founded in 1984, Epicor serves over 20,000 customers in more than 140 countries, providing solutions in over 30 languages. Employing innovative service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Web services technology, Epicor delivers end-to-end, industry-specific solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail, hospitality and services that enable companies to drive increased efficiency, improve performance and build competitive advantage.

Source : http://www.fibre2fashion.com

Viral Holiday Video from Lawson Software to Spread Cheer

2008-01-23T05:05:00.000-08:00

Lawson releases second in a series of animated video clips through popular video sharing websites

Lawson Software (Nasdaq:LWSN) is bringing back its very own cartoon character, Lars Lawson, just in time for the holiday season. Lawson today released its latest animated online video clip as a holiday greeting. The new video features many of the same characters featured in the company's debut online video released in September, including the main animated character, Lars Lawson.

The new Lawson video, entitled "Merry Catmas," features Lars Lawson coming to the rescue of a Lawson customer who is struggling to put up holiday decorations while dealing with an overly playful, mischievous cat. Lars Lawson's humorous and simple solution to the problem saves the day for the customer while giving viewers a reason to pass the video along to others.

"Our first video drew more than 20,000 views in a short amount of time and we hope to have many more views with our new video, since it's also a humorous holiday greeting," said Travis White, senior vice president of marketing for Lawson. "With the popularity of today's video sharing sites, this is a great vehicle for Lawson as a marketing venue. But with the holiday season upon us, we really wanted to create something that will make people smile and then share the video with people in their professional and social networks."

Designed as an easy and fun way for people to spread holiday cheer to colleagues, friends and family, the new video also provides a simple way for people to help raise money for WorldVision, an organization that helps children and families living in poverty in nearly 100 countries. Lawson will provide a donation to WorldVision based on the number of times people view the video.

The latest animated video from Lawson can be viewed at www.lawson.com/greetings or at various online video sharing sites, including YouTube, Yahoo Videos and others. The original animated video from Lawson can still be viewed at www.lawson.com/rescuethecat. High resolution images associated with the new video are available in the Image Library section of the Lawson Online Press Room.

About Lawson Software

Lawson Software provides software and service solutions to 4,000 customers in manufacturing, distribution, maintenance and service sector industries across 40 countries. Lawson's solutions include Enterprise Performance Management, Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, Customer Relationship Management, Manufacturing Resource Planning, Enterprise Asset Management and industry-tailored applications. Lawson solutions assist customers in simplifying their businesses or organizations by helping them streamline processes, reduce costs and enhance business or operational performance. Lawson is headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., and has offices around the world. Visit Lawson online at www.lawson.com.

Source : Lawson Software

Jewellery software company takes out ‘IT Millions’ award

2008-01-23T03:02:00.000-08:00

Raeleen, who is one of six winners, founded Octahedron at just 22, and has gone on to create a global software company that provides business enterprise software to the jewellery industry.

In receiving the award, Raeleen stated “I’m humbled by this award. To be recognised for doing something you love and are passionate about is both a highlight and an honour.”

“It’s very encouraging to see organisations WIT, IIA and AWISE, and companies Roaz Computing and News Gallery support women in the IT industry.

Awards such as the ‘IT's Million $ Babes’ help to recognise and showcase the amazing things women are doing in the world of IT. It’s an honour to be recognised as part of this initiative.”

Source : Fibre2fasion.com

HP Targets High-growth Document Automation Market with Acquisition of Exstream Software

2008-01-23T02:59:00.000-08:00

HP today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Exstream Software, LLC, a privately-held leading provider of enterprise software that streamlines the creation and delivery of personalized documents and other communications materials.

Exstream is a portfolio company of American Capital Strategies, Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACAS). Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Exstream’s technology, when combined with HP’s presence in document output management and printing market leadership, helps businesses design, manage and publish structured and unstructured content in a fully personalized manner via print and online.

Upon completion of the acquisition, Exstream Software will be integrated into the Web Services and Software business unit within the Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) of HP.

“Businesses – whether a bank, healthcare provider or utility company – need to communicate relevant, personalized information to their customers through a broad range of channels,” said David Murphy, senior vice president, Web Services and Software Business, IPG, HP. “We expect that the acquisition of Exstream will allow HP to address a broader set of customers and be a strong leader in the fast-growing document automation market.”

“We are very happy to join with HP to accelerate our ability to help businesses around the world to efficiently develop and deploy personalized communications,” said Richard Troksa, chief executive officer and president, Exstream Software. “The combination of Exstream’s solutions and HP’s print software expertise will provide customers with a more comprehensive approach to delivering reliable and targeted business communications.”

The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the second quarter of HP’s fiscal year 2008.

Further detailed information about this news at www.hp.com/go/exstream.

About Exstream Software

Ranked among the world’s fastest growing technology companies, Exstream provides enterprise software solutions for businesses around the world to streamline document creation processes and produce higher quality, relevant communications of all types for delivery through print/mail and online channels. Customers in many industries benefit by getting communications to market as much as 85 percent faster, reducing document production costs up to 80 percent and as much as tripling customer response.

About HP

HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers – from individual consumers to the largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among the world’s largest IT companies, with revenue totaling $104.3 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended Oct. 31, 2007. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com.

Source : HP

Openbravo launches ERP software in French and new partner recruitment campaign in France

2008-01-23T02:55:00.000-08:00

Award-winning, fully-featured open source ERP software available for French SMEs.

Openbravo's leading web-based open source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software has been localized and released in French. To complement this release, the company is attending Solutions Linux 2008 to discuss its new localization, meet potential French partners and to present Openbravo Network.

Openbravo will be exhibiting its new French localization, Openbravo Network and Openbravo POS at Solutions Linux 2008 in booth E32-F32, in the Open Solutions Alliance Village.

Additionally, Paolo Juvara, Chief Products Officer for Openbravo, will be discussing open source adoption and the role of the development community in the Solutions Linux conference. His presentation, 'The point of view of the developer: Interoperability and open source community', will be part of 'Cycle OSA' taking place in on Tuesday 29 January at 2pm.

A European software company, with a presence all around the globe, Openbravo develops leading professional open source enterprise resource management (ERP) and Point of Sale (POS) solutions for small and medium businesses.

Available immediately, the localization provides a full version of Openbravo's robust open source ERP software to French SMEs. The software is already available in six European languages including Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish, and Romanian. It is relied on small to medium businesses that need to gain visibility, management and to connect back-office activities, from inventory management to accounting, as well as key customer and management functions such as customer relationship management (CRM) and business intelligence (BI).

The company's partner recruitment drive in France is based on seeking any business entities who are interested in working with a robust open source ERP solution and building their professional business practices around Openbravo with a unique value proposition.

Manel Sarasa, CEO of Openbravo said, "As a European software company we understand the importance of having fully-featured and flawless localizations available to new territories as we release them. France has one of the most robust and vibrant SME communities, and a culture of innovation, which supports and encourages adoption of open source technology. We hope to meet some interesting business partners, resellers, end-users and developers at Solutions Linux and I look forward to us ramping up in the French market in 2008".

Openbravo ERP is integrated with Openbravo POS, a front-office solution that integrates point-of-sale ordering, bar-code scanning, ticket printing and customer displays, and allows those features to be fully integrated with the back-end ERP system. Openbravo POS is available in French as a separate file which can be downloaded from SourceForge and easily installed. The French localization is available on SourceForge.

To provide greater support to the French market, Openbravo Network is available. Openbravo Network, a subscription service for the award-winning Openbravo ERP, is the answer for enterprises looking for a production-ready open source ERP, combining software and support for a complete solution. Openbravo Network simplifies the deployment and maintenance tasks with a software appliance architecture fine tuned to maximize reliability and performance, providing automated access to updates and a production grade service level agreement for timely resolution of critical issues.

Source : Openbravo, S.L.

Largest Retail Chain Store in United States Achieves Success With Demand Management Solutions from SAP

2008-01-22T02:54:00.000-08:00

Demonstrating ongoing leadership in providing innovative solutions to retailers worldwide, SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced that 7- Eleven, Inc. has extended its agreement for demand management solutions from SAP. The announcement was made at the National Retail Federation (NRF) 97th Annual Convention and Expo, being held in New York, NY, January 13-16.

As the largest chain store in the United States with close to 5,500 franchised and company-operated stores, 7-Eleven faces similar pricing and product availability challenges as other retailers. Demand management solutions from SAP better position 7-Eleven to make competitive decisions on pricing for its store products.

“Responding appropriately in today’s fast-paced environment is critical,” said Scott McCombs, senior director for merchandise intelligence, 7-Eleven. “We selected the business solution from SAP because it provides us with a way to make better decisions faster.”

Demand Management Solutions from SAP: Achieving a Retailer’s Needs

Demand management solutions from SAP enable retailers to achieve their financial objectives while delivering a credible, consistent and competitive shopping experience to their customers. With demand management solutions from SAP, customers can automate and use a unified demand approach that will create a best-run business.

“Retailers around the world are increasingly looking for demand management platforms to help them predict shopper behavior and improve financial performance across all the major retail workflows – from inventory to assortment planning to full lifecycle pricing,” said Scott Langdoc, VP of Research and Business Leader for IDC’s Global Retail Insights. “We expect nearly 80 percent of retailer application deals in 2008 will include demand management functionality.”

Based on the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform, the demand management solutions from SAP are designed to deliver end-to-end decision support for pricing, promotion and markdown business decisions. Retailers can strategically manage the full pricing lifecycle on an integrated and extensible technology platform.

“Retailers are faced with a complex environment where consumers are smarter and more demanding,” said Verlin Youd, senior vice president, Global Trading Industries, SAP AG. “Our retail experience has allowed SAP to provide retailers with solutions that address their current and future needs. Retailers that have embraced demand management solutions from SAP have seen a return on their investment within 12 months.”

SAP solutions for retailers can be seen at the NRF show, at booth number 1601.

About SAP® for Retail

SAP is the leading provider of application solutions for the retail industry. SAP helps retailers of all sizes to understand, anticipate and inspire their customers, employees and shareholders by delivering results. The SAP® for Retail solution portfolio provides specific solutions for retail companies in the food, fashion and hardlines businesses. The solution portfolio consists of building blocks that cover the areas of merchandising (including demand management - price, promotion and markdown optimization); store operations (including a portfolio of POS solutions); supply chain, finance and human resources. SAP allows companies to implement solutions in a step-by-step approach, and provides an easy, cost-effective means to connect information across the business. (Additional information at http://www.sap.com/retail/.)

About SAP
SAP is the world’s leading provider of business software*. Today, more than 43,400 customers in more than 120 countries run SAP® applications—from distinct solutions addressing the needs of small businesses and midsize companies to suite offerings for global organizations. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform to drive innovation and enable business change, SAP software helps enterprises of all sizes around the world improve customer relationships, enhance partner collaboration and create efficiencies across their supply chains and business operations. SAP solution portfolios support the unique business processes of more than 25 industries, including high tech, retail, financial services, healthcare and the public sector. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol “SAP.”

Source : SAP

Milestone Release Brings Functionality and Stability to the Leading Open Source ERP Solution; Advanced Web Architecture at Center of New Professional

2008-01-03T05:22:00.000-08:00

Compiere, Inc., the global leader in open source business solutions, today unveiled Compiere 3.0, a strategic milestone in the company's quest to change the economics of business software and make enterprise resource planning (ERP) easier. Compiere 3.0 includes numerous functional and stability innovations to its open source ERP and customer relationship management (CRM) core. Compiere 3.0 also marks the introduction of Compiere Professional Edition, a new premium offering targeted at larger organizations that require more advanced services and commercial licensing from Compiere.

Compiere Professional Edition leverages the latest generation of Rich Internet Applications (RIA) technology to deliver robust functionality, usability, responsiveness and personalization through a Web browser. Built using standards-based Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and open source Google Web Toolkit technologies, the Compiere Web architecture features secure access from any Internet-enabled computer without installing and configuring client software on user desktops. A Flash-based demonstration of Compiere's Web architecture is available at: http://www.compiere.com/products/product-demos/index.php.

"Reshaping the ERP user experience with a powerful Web interface is the newest way Compiere is making ERP easier and more cost effective for companies in the mid-market," stated Don Klaiss, president and CEO of Compiere. "The new Web architecture, in combination with Compiere's proven model-driven application platform, provides a dynamic offering to enable businesses to customize their ERP solution - quickly, easily and affordably."

Expanded returns management functionality, new financial reporting templates and improved stability round out the innovations available across all three Compiere 3.0 editions: Compiere Community Edition, Compiere Standard Edition and Compiere Professional Edition. Notable advancements include:

- Returns management - Feature-rich, ready-to-deploy functionality to implement return materials authorization (RMA) and return to vendor (RTV) processes.

- Financial report templates - An expanded set of financial report templates including a new Trial Balance template and refined Sales Reporting templates.

- Stability and usability - More than 150 usability enhancements, functionality improvements and community contributions.

"We continue to see strong interest for Compiere, not just as a cost-effective open source ERP solution, but as a business tool that drives growth and profitability," stated Robert Kunz, president of KnowledgeBlue, a Compiere partner company. "We appreciate that Compiere continues to invest in open source technologies while ensuring it addresses the expanding opportunity with mid-market organizations. Many of our customers will quickly embrace the new Web capabilities which enable secure, full-function productivity from the office, customer sites, home and anywhere with an Internet-enabled computer."

About Compiere, Inc.

Compiere, Inc. delivers the most widely used open source enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) solution with more than 1.25 million software downloads. Applications are built on an innovative model-based development platform that gives customers unprecedented adaptability, rapid deployment and low cost of ownership. The company is privately held and headquartered in Redwood Shores, Calif. Compiere, Inc. offers commercial backing, support and services to its global network of authorized partners operating in more than 25 countries. For more information, please visit www.compiere.com.

Source : Compiere, Inc.

Abas ERP System -- Indispensable Part of Sunny Chemical

2007-12-21T00:13:00.000-08:00

Abas Business Solutions (PRC) Ltd announced today that the Company's ABAS Trade software specialize for trading firm has been successfully implemented by Sunny Chemical (H.K.) Limited.

Founded in 1997, Sunny Chemical (H.K.) Ltd. is a trading firm with headquarter in Hong Kong and sales offices in 12 China cities. It runs many kinds of chemical products like paint, dope, plastic additives, etc.

In 2003, since the previous IT system couldn't meet the requirements of rapid business development. Sunny Chemical decided to upgrade it to ERP system. Mr. Avan Cheung, the General Manager, said, "We sell more than 1000 kinds of products in HK and Mainland China, and serve over 6000 enterprises. With our rapid development, our Supply Chain is becoming more and more complicated and forms a complex data management system." The previous system could only operate in one place and data couldn't be share immediately between offices. It requires more communication between offices and the decision-making information might not be known in time, which increased the operation risks.

Considering these situations, Sunny Chemical hoped the future ERP system could optimize Supply Chain procedures and achieved multi-area operation.

In 2005, having compared over 20 ERP vendors, Sunny Chemical decided to select German ABAS ERP software, which could meet its multi-area operation requirements. After 8 months' implement, Sunny Chemical ran ABAS Trade lively in May 2006.

Having run Abas ERP for 1.5 years, Sunny Chemical believes its choice is exactly right.

The successful multi-area ERP operation makes data immediately sharing between different offices become true. Nowadays, staffs in headquarter can track sales details, latest stocks level etc. at any moment, which efficiency decision-making progress. Before Abas Trade, it needed to assign staffs to communicate with each sale office to collect information for over 100 operation reports to business partners monthly. It was a waste of time and man power, and may also induce losses from human misplay and material delay. Now, all related material can be collected by system automatically. Central data process provides accurate and real-time operation reports, which improve work efficiency and quicken market response. During the past 1.5 years, ABAS Trade has really become one important part to help Sunny Chemical grow. Just as Mr. Avan Cheung said, "We appreciate the flexibility, persistence and stability of ABAS system very much. It's important for our daily running; it's an indispensable part and the backbone of company operation."

About Abas

Abas Business Solutions (PRC) Ltd is a recognized leader in delivering collaborative ERP solution. It was founded in Hong Kong in 2003 and established branches in Shenzhen and Shanghai afterward. It aims to provide comprehensive ERP software and IT services from consulting to software development & support to SMEs in China. Now, we have over 1900 customers with 36000 users worldwide. For details, please visit our website: http://www.abas-prc.com.

Source : http://www.mbtmag.com/articleXml/LN719215396.html

START-IT Magazine names abas ERP among “Top 50 Technology Awards” Winners

2007-12-21T00:10:00.000-08:00

START-IT magazine has announced the winners of its first annual Top 50 Technologies awards and has selected abas ERP among the winning entries.

The Top 50 Technologies Awards honor products that target the manufacturing space and help companies to improve their business practices. Winning products were gauged on their uniqueness and functionality in the market.

START-IT selected abas ERP, the business ERP software solution for small and midmarket production companies, among the winning technologies based on its product approach of ERP as a strategic investment. Abas ERP is designed to adapt to its client’s changing business environments without impacting the upgrade path and allowing for significantly longer utilization.

"The products selected as winners in the first Top 50 Technologies possess unique capabilities and characteristics in today’s marketplace. While considering hundreds of applicants, the editors of START-IT chose products that fit the needs of the manufacturing community,” said Peggy Smedley, editorial director of START-IT. “These companies are providing manufacturers with innovative and emerging technologies that enhance revenue opportunities and improve business practices.”

Source : ABAS Software

ABAS Software lays the foundation for a Business Training Center in Vietnam

2007-12-20T03:28:00.000-08:00

Professors at the University of Technical Education HCMC can now incorporate a proven ERP system into their curriculum thanks to the generous donation of 40 licenses from ABAS Software. Last Thursday, Chief Operating Officer Peter Forscht ceremoniously presented the forty licenses to Prof. Thai Ba Can, director of the University of Technical Education, thereby laying the groundwork for a business training center. The licenses also include future system upgrades.

The training center is designed to help students gain practical experience in addition to theoretical knowledge. It will also be used to educate employees from local businesses to better familiarize them with international process standards. ABAS Software’s partner in Vietnam, KRM Ltd., will train the university professors in the abas ERP functions and help them develop their teaching curriculums.

ABAS Software has been forging such university relationships for many years. Today, 15 universities worldwide are equipped with abas ERP. "Both sides benefit from this kind of cooperation," explains Forscht, "the professors and students offer valuable feedback, and the universities have the option to use a modern ERP system for a practical business education."

About abas Business Software

ABAS Software is focused in the development of its trademark abas Business Software (ERP, PPC, MRP, eBusiness), an ERP solution designed for small and mid-size companies. Abas Business Software includes abas ERP for production, abas Trade for distribution and service companies, and the eBusiness solution abas eB.

Ramco Systems strengthens its position in Retail segment with breakthrough orders

2007-12-19T00:15:00.000-08:00

Ramco Systems, a leading provider of software products and services, has strengthened its position in the retail segment by providing comprehensive applications and IT solutions with key orders from leading US-based handcrafted Chocolatier Bissinger’s, Subhiksha - India's largest supermarket, pharmacy & telecom chain and Dutyfree Distribution Services Pvt. Ltd. – the supply chain company based at SEZ Cochin.

Commenting on the success, Mr.Chetan Pathak, VP - Enterprise Solutions, Ramco Systems, said, “Ramco is delighted to expand aggressively into the retail segment. In today’s competitive scenario, we provide retailers with a solution that further enhances their operational efficiency and reduces costs”.

Ramco offers development, delivery and implementation of Web Services to the technology backbone of Subhiksha’s proposed e-commerce portal, merchandise management solutions to Dutyfree Distribution Services Pvt. Ltd. and a complete package of Ramco’s Enterprise Solutions including Ramco's Food and Beverage ERP Software, Ecommerce, Retail Business Software, and Business Analytics solutions to Bissinger’s.

Ramco Enterprise Series – Merchandise Management System, along with other components of Ramco’s retail software solution, provide retail industry with a proven, agile and extendible option to meet their technology needs. Ramco has proven experience of more than a decade in the retail sector.

Source : Ramco Systems

Brandbase chooses Microsoft Dynamics AX – ERP solution

2007-12-17T00:16:00.000-08:00

Sunrise Technologies, Inc. announces that Brandbase USA, Inc. has chosen Microsoft Dynamics AX as its new ERP solution. Brandbase needed a flexible system that would have the ability to grow with them as their business expands across the globe.

Brandbase specializes in brand cultivation for the action sports industry. Located in Broomfield, CO, Brandbase has a unique set of offerings to assist young companies with growing their brands into major worldwide players. These companies can depend on Brandbase to provide expertise in sales, marketing, production, and distribution of their products to the global marketplace. Brandbase turned to Sunrise Technologies for a back-end ERP system that would allow them to be flexible to the needs of this customer base.

“Brandbase was looking for a solution that combined cutting edge technology with a solid reputation. Dynamics AX is an adaptable solution that can work with our evolutionary product line. Sunrise has phenomenal experience in our industry and we knew that they would provide the best service for Brandbase,” said Doug Saunders, VP of Operations at Brandbase.

“We are very excited to add Brandbase to our growing list of apparel customers,” states John Pence, President of Sunrise Technologies. “As a life-long skier and father of snowboarders I am also delighted that Sunrise has an opportunity to work with a company in such a high-performance industry. Our TAF solution is a perfect fit for a company like Brandbase.”

Sunrise Technologies was founded in 1994 as a consulting services company and has implemented many successful supply chain and ERP solutions. Sunrise is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner and is specifically recognized by Microsoft as the Microsoft Dynamics AX provider and industry expert for the textile, apparel, and footwear industries. Sunrise is headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina with regional offices in Dallas, Texas and Los Angeles, California and a technology center in China.

Source : Sunrise Technologies

Baker Consulting, LLC Adds Systems Consultant

2007-12-17T00:13:00.000-08:00

Baker Consulting, LLC, a leading regional reseller and custom developer of Sage Accounting and CRM software, has employed Kevin Gillen as a Systems Consultant.

Gillen brings to Baker Consulting over 5 years of ERP consulting experience and over 3 years of CRM implementation experience. Gillen is a certified Sage SalesLogix CRM engineer and developer. Kevin’s extensive background in CRM and ERP software includes project management, pre-sales support, implementation consulting, customization, end user trainer and technical support.

“Baker Consulting is seeing a large pickup in the general CRM market,” commented Danny Baker, Principal for Baker Consulting, LLC, “With all Gillen’s previous experience in the CRM and ERP field our clients will gain an easier transition into their new applications.”

Gillen will be based in the Greenville, SC office. He received his Bachelor degree from Bob Jones University.

Baker Consulting, LLC is a professional consulting firm providing business management solutions to a broad spectrum of companies. With locations in Columbia and Greenville, South Carolina, they provide the Southeast with exceptional business solutions based on the Sage Software product family. They are a team of experienced professionals each with a unique area of expertise and a diverse skill set. Principals Tim Baker and Danny Baker formed Baker Consulting, LLC in 2002 as a professional consulting firm specializing in applying software solutions to solve business problems.

Baker Consulting, LLC are also members of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the AICPA IT member section, and the South Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants.

Source : Baker Consulting, LLC

Three NGC Customers Named Winners of Apparel All-Star Awards

2007-12-12T00:22:00.000-08:00

Apparel Magazine Selects Maggy London, Michael Stars, and Russell Athletic as 2007 All-Star Award Winners

NGC® (New Generation Computing®) today announced that three of its customers – Maggy London, Michael Stars and Russell Athletic – have been named winners of Apparel Magazine’s 2007 All-Star awards. Each year, Apparel Magazine honors ten outstanding apparel businesses based on their innovation, excellence in management, track record of growth, and corporate goodwill that reflects positively on the industry. The All-Star winners were selected by the editorial staff based on nominations from industry executives, and each will be profiled in the December issue of the magazine.

Apparel Magazine will formally recognize the winners during the opening session of Apparel’s 2007 Tech Conference today at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. The ceremony will also name the 2007 Grand All-Star, chosen from one of the ten winners.

Maggy London was selected for the award based on the overall growth and success of their various apparel brands, including Maggy London, London Times, Donna Morgan, Ali Ro, Suzi Chin for Maggy Boutique, Muse and Shani. Maggy London is in the process of implementing NGC’s e-PLM software for product lifecycle management and this will further enhance their ability to grow in the future. “NGC has and will continue to help us become more efficient in our business processes. We are honored to be acknowledged for our hard work and achievement over the past year,” said Jerry Sholtz, Corporate Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration at Maggy London. Maggy London has also implemented NGC’s e-SPS® software for global sourcing and RedHorse® software for apparel ERP.

Michael Stars was selected for Apparel’s All-Star Award for its incredible growth, including expansion into retail, and its innovative and unique approach to style and sizing, among other things.

Russell Athletic was chosen as an All-Star for its emphasis on continually improving apparel performance and comfort, its aggressive branding initiatives targeted toward the youth market, and for the many ways in which it contributes to the community.

“NGC congratulates each of these deserving companies who have been recognized as the ‘best of the best’ in the apparel industry,” said Alan Brooks, president, NGC. “We appreciate their leadership and innovation, and it is an honor to be associated with them. We wish Maggy London, Michael Stars and Russell Athletic continued success in the coming months and years.”

About New Generation Computing

NGC® is a leading Fashion, Apparel, Footwear and Retail software company. NGC's SQL Series is a comprehensive suite of “end-to-end” solutions for PLM (e-PLM), Global Sourcing (e-SPS®) and ERP (RedHorse®). The SQL Series provides real-time visibility to product information, accelerates speed to market, and enables quality control throughout the supply chain to help deliver superior products. NGC has an extensive customer base of leading brands and retailers, including VF Corporation®, AX Armani Exchange®, Carter’s®, Casual Male Retail Group®, Maggy London, Hugo Boss®, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Vikki Vi, Isda & Co., Tristan & America®, Axis®, Wilson’s Leather®, and many others. NGC has offices in Miami, New York, Los Angeles, China, India, Mexico and El Salvador and is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSWA). For more information, visit http://www.ngcsoftware.com/.

Source : New Generation Computing

Linux Link about OpenPro ERP Software

2007-12-03T03:28:00.000-08:00

OpenPro ERP systems is one of the first Web Based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems available. Our new latest version 4.2 is flexible to run on any operating system and SQL database. OpenPro software is complete, best-of-breed solution that delivers outstanding value based on exceptional price/performance and functionality. OpenPro ERP Software is a open source product written in PHP and can use several popular SQL databases such as mysql, mssql, ibm db2 and oracle. It ia moduler product that includes financials, accounting, supply chain distribution and manufacturing.

Source : OpenPro

OpenPro ERP(Enterprise Resource Planning) Software announces its latest release version 5

2007-12-03T03:21:00.000-08:00

OpenPro is the leader in licensed Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) using the open source LAMP technology. Version 5.0 has over 500 enhancements, many benefits for small to enterprise size businesses. Some enhancements are for our many international distributors that include new 9 language version, English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese languages are new available for distribution. "This new release is so OpenPro can expand our international Distributors" says President and CEO Jim Clark. Other new features include new menu system, new look and feel, built in communications module (fax, email, electronic, printed), business paperless workflow and document imaging.

With version 5 OpenPro updated the executive desktop with flash graphics. OpenPro tries to use the best of the Open Source community offers, like LAMP technology, with version 5 we have phone and fax integration using proven open source products. OpenPro even has an interface to Asterisk FreePBX phone systems and Hylafax faxing software. OpenPro also has a few feature, create a screen with AJAX controls.

Organization like LAMP helps communities and businesses by making professional software available for the smaller organizations at a reasonable cost. Now small businesses can purchase software like OpenPro for less that half the cost of other traditional products..

OpenPro, Inc. a leader in licensed Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software using open source LAMP technology. Version 5.0 has many benefits for small to enterprise size businesses. Some enhancements include new menu system, new look and feel, built in communications module (fax, email, electronic, printed), business workflow and document imaging.

OpenPro, which has delivered quick start business software to hundreds of American businesses since 1998, announced a version 5.0 of Easy ERP and Enterprise Software.

The software includes modules for finance (Payables, Receivables, General Ledger, Budgets, Check Recon, fixed assets, job costing), wholesale distribution (Order Processing, Inventory Control, Bar Coding, Retail POS. warehousing and purchasing), manufacturing (Bill of Material, Routings, MRP, MPS CRP), customer relationship management (CRM) and e-commerce. OpenPro even has interface to wireless portable terminals for manufacturing and warehousing.

OpenPro is the first to offer implementation options, bring in-house on a server, host with a hosting company or ASP or Software as a service. OpenPro being the first fully web based ERP software product is ideal ASP or Software as a service option for most businesses, because users only need a connection to the Internet to access the software, which runs on a computers worldwide.

OpenPro is first to have features built into ERP Software like built in document imaging. You can attach documents to most of the transactions within the OpenPro system. User customizable Work Flow is built into OpenPro to improve customer relationship and speed of transactions.

When you compare OpenPro with other software packages, OpenPro ranked highest in technical features and functionality. This evaluation compared OpenPro with Tier 1 Enterprise software packages like Oracle and SAP, Mid-level software companies like Microsoft Business Solutions and Best Software. OpenPro excelled in test with manufacturing software packages like Epicor, Macola, Made2Manage, Cincom, Jeeves, and JobBOSS. OpenPro also came on top with comparing ASP solutions like netsuite, and open source solutions like ComPiere. OpenPro customers have saved millions of dollars from converting from packages like these to OpenPro.

Because of Easy ERP software design, and OpenPro's Rapid Implementation Method, a business can be set up, trained and running OpenPro software within a day.

OpenPro is certified using US-FASB and international IASB standards, VAT taxing, Euro dollars Approved, Compliant with Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) for public companies, APICS certified for inventory control, ISO 9000 Compliant, and FDA 21 CFR part 11.

Source : OpenPro

XeBusiness supplies computer based ERP & MIS systems to garment, footwear, soft goods and household textile suppliers trading globally

2007-11-30T03:16:00.000-08:00

XeBusiness supplies computer based business management (ERP / MIS) systems to garment, footwear, soft goods and household textile suppliers trading globally.

The company is a leading business to business provider of Apparel specific supply chain solutions that allow client companies to automate their in-house functional processes and to also integrate these with systems in use at their customers, suppliers and business partners to improve service levels and reduce operating cost.

Systems help clients to:

Strategically:

- Generate competitive advantage

Tactically:

- Increase sales
- Improve profits
- Achieve accurate and timely information to support decision making
- Reduce operating and capital costs
- Improve customer service - right product, right place, right time
- Trade Dynamically - provide a customised and quick response to demand

Source : XeBusiness

VAI’s S2K Software Named One of Manufacturing’s Top 50 Technologies by START-IT Magazine

2007-11-30T03:13:00.000-08:00

VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.), an IBM Premier Business Partner and a leader in enterprise solutions, announced today that its S2K Enterprise for Manufacturing has been selected by START-IT magazine for receipt of a Top 50 Technologies award. These awards recognize innovative technology products aimed at the manufacturing industry.

“Top 50 Technologies has identified 50 of the best products on the market to assist manufacturing companies in improving business practices,” said START-IT’s Editorial Director, Peggy Smedley. “VAI’s S2K for Manufacturing is a prime example of a company exhibiting an innovative spirit and a commitment to product excellence for today’s manufacturers.”

VAI provides a wide variety of mid-size manufacturing companies worldwide with a comprehensive enterprise software solution. S2K Enterprise for Manufacturing can help manufacturers minimize costs and maximize profitability in a modern, easy to use, cost effective application.

Bob Vormittag, President and CEO, VAI, said, “VAI’s software products are designed to enhance a company’s efficiencies and increase its responsiveness. We understand that manufacturers face intense pressure from domestic and international competition and we are committed to providing quality enterprise solutions that deliver a real return on investment (ROI).”

Source : Vormittag Associates, Inc.

REACH ERP on Microsoft Dynamics

2007-11-29T03:18:00.000-08:00

The primary role of ERP software in today's business is to help streamline processes at an organizational level and lead to increased transparency overall and there are various ERP solutions that can offer this. But very few of them cater specifically to mid-sized and small organizations. Also, hardly any of them would have specific focus on a particular industry.

REACH ERP on Microsoft Dynamics is a great offering as it is tailor-made for the Soft Goods Industry. Since the change needed organization-wise to successfully implement an ERP system has a great impact on the organizations' processes, and can cause great damage if improperly handled, it is imperative to rely on someone who has similar experience and singular commitment towards your industry.

Why is REACH ERP on Microsoft Dynamics your best solution?

• The "All-In-One Solution" for the Apparel/Fashion/ Home Furnishings/Leather industries

• Built on Microsoft Dynamics, the leading mid market ERP Solution globally

• Familiar Microsoft look and feel, making learning for new users easy

• Integration available with REACH suite of applications

REACH ERP on Microsoft Dynamics will help you achieve the following:

Reduced cycle times

REACH ERP on Microsoft Dynamics can be tailored to support the exact needs to reduce your cycle times. This can be done because of its powerful combination of out-of-the-box functionality and ease of customization. The solution has broad functionality that supports build-to-order, engineer-to-order, and build-to-forecast supply chain models across both discrete and batch-process manufacturing modes. It is particularly well suited for manufacturers operating in a mixed-mode environment.

Integrated communication and collaboration

REACH ERP will help you effectively streamline and integrate customer service, design, sampling, merchandising, production, distribution and financial processes thus enabling optimal utilization of resources across the enterprise. You can synchronize internal communication as well as communication between upstream and downstream channel partners ensuring that the supply chain becomes more responsive, efficient and profitable.

Capitalize on global opportunities

Get ahead of your competitors by access to real-time integrated information. REACH ERP lets you have a global view of the business cutting across various functions and enables you to react fast to market change. It is designed so that new sites, languages, currencies, and local functionality can be enabled easily, helping your company take advantage of the global marketplace quickly.

Accurate estimation and waste reduction

End-to-end integration of company data ensures all parties have the latest, most accurate information. Aggregate production planning, routing and the most recent data help in precise estimation of inputs. This leads to cutting down on wastage, shortening time-to-market cycles for new collections and styles while accelerating your ROI.

Achieve world-class quality standards

REACH ERP on Microsoft Dynamics helps breed a culture of continuous quality improvement in products, processes, information and other enterprise functions. By effecting process control, it helps identify consistent problem areas and provides for easy recording of inline defects, thus producing a quality product commensurate with customers' expectations.

Source : REACH Sewn Technologies and Consulting Pvt. Ltd

Three NGC Customers Named Winners of Apparel All-Star Awards

2007-11-28T03:25:00.000-08:00

NGC® (New Generation Computing®) today announced that three of its customers – Maggy London, Michael Stars and Russell Athletic – have been named winners of Apparel Magazine’s 2007 All-Star awards. Each year, Apparel Magazine honors ten outstanding apparel businesses based on their innovation, excellence in management, track record of growth, and corporate goodwill that reflects positively on the industry. The All-Star winners were selected by the editorial staff based on nominations from industry executives, and each will be profiled in the December issue of the magazine.

Apparel Magazine will formally recognize the winners during the opening session of Apparel’s 2007 Tech Conference today at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. The ceremony will also name the 2007 Grand All-Star, chosen from one of the ten winners.

Maggy London was selected for the award based on the overall growth and success of their various apparel brands, including Maggy London, London Times, Donna Morgan, Ali Ro, Suzi Chin for Maggy Boutique, Muse and Shani. Maggy London is in the process of implementing NGC’s e-PLM software for product lifecycle management and this will further enhance their ability to grow in the future. “NGC has and will continue to help us become more efficient in our business processes. We are honored to be acknowledged for our hard work and achievement over the past year,” said Jerry Sholtz, Corporate Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration at Maggy London. Maggy London has also implemented NGC’s e-SPS® software for global sourcing and RedHorse® software for apparel ERP.

Michael Stars was selected for Apparel’s All-Star Award for its incredible growth, including expansion into retail, and its innovative and unique approach to style and sizing, among other things.

Russell Athletic was chosen as an All-Star for its emphasis on continually improving apparel performance and comfort, its aggressive branding initiatives targeted toward the youth market, and for the many ways in which it contributes to the community.

“NGC congratulates each of these deserving companies who have been recognized as the ‘best of the best’ in the apparel industry,” said Alan Brooks, president, NGC. “We appreciate their leadership and innovation, and it is an honor to be associated with them. We wish Maggy London, Michael Stars and Russell Athletic continued success in the coming months and years.”

About New Generation Computing

NGC® is a leading Fashion, Apparel, Footwear and Retail software company. NGC's SQL Series is a comprehensive suite of “end-to-end” solutions for PLM (e-PLM), Global Sourcing (e-SPS®) and ERP (RedHorse®). The SQL Series provides real-time visibility to product information, accelerates speed to market, and enables quality control throughout the supply chain to help deliver superior products. NGC has an extensive customer base of leading brands and retailers, including VF Corporation®, AX Armani Exchange®, Carter’s®, Casual Male Retail Group®, Maggy London, Hugo Boss®, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Vikki Vi, Isda & Co., Tristan & America®, Axis®, Wilson’s Leather®, and many others. NGC has offices in Miami, New York, Los Angeles, China, India, Mexico and El Salvador and is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSWA). For more information, visit www.ngcsoftware.com

Source : New Generation Computing, Inc

NGC Celebrates 25 Years of Technology Innovation and Leadership in the Apparel Industry

2007-11-28T03:22:00.000-08:00

NGC® (New Generation Computing®) today announced that it is celebrating its 25th anniversary as a technology leader for the Fashion, Apparel, Footwear and Retail industries. Founded in 1982, NGC has grown to become one of the apparel industry’s most highly regarded software companies, with a track record of innovation, a customer base that includes many of the industry’s best-known brands and retailers, and offices around the world.

NGC is responsible for a number of “firsts” that have enabled apparel brands and retailers to transform their supply chain operations by gaining real-time visibility, improving speed to market and enhancing product quality. Recent accomplishments include:

• e-SPS® software, the first web-based, global sourcing application and one of the industry’s leading applications for global sourcing and visibility;

• The SQL Series, the first suite of web-based software to incorporate PLM, Global Sourcing and ERP into an apparel-specific, end-to-end solution; and

• The first English-to-Simplified Chinese Production Manager designed for use in Chinese factories.

From the beginning, NGC has pioneered many other innovations that have helped shape the modern apparel industry. These include the first apparel manufacturing and factory management software applications designed for PC technology, introduced in the company’s early years.

From a single location in 1982, NGC now has offices in New York, Los Angeles, China, India, Mexico, and El Salvador in addition to its Miami headquarters. An extensive background in the apparel industry separates NGC from its competitors; the executive team and senior management all had experience in the apparel industry prior to joining NGC. The company continually studies the marketplace and is passionate about developing and delivering technology solutions that help brands and retailers operate more efficiently.

“Over the past quarter century, NGC has continued to innovate and evolve, reflecting the fast-paced changes of the apparel industry,” said founder and president, Alan Brooks. “We’re thankful to our loyal customers, who include many of the ‘who’s who’ of apparel and retail. And we are fortunate to have a strong, cohesive team of professionals who are very knowledgeable about both apparel and technology.”

About New Generation Computing
NGC® is a leading Fashion, Apparel, Footwear and Retail software company. NGC's SQL Series is a comprehensive suite of “end-to-end” solutions for PLM (e-PLM), Global Sourcing (e-SPS®) and ERP (RedHorse®). The SQL Series provides real-time visibility to product information, accelerates speed to market, and enables quality control throughout the supply chain to help deliver superior products. NGC has an extensive customer base of leading brands and retailers, including VF Corporation®, AX Armani Exchange®, Carter’s®, Casual Male Retail Group®, Maggy London, Hugo Boss®, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Vikki Vi, Isda & Co., Tristan & America®, Axis®, Wilson’s Leather®, and many others. NGC has offices in Miami, New York, Los Angeles, China, India, Mexico and El Salvador and is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSWA). For more information, visit www.ngcsoftware.com.

Source : New Generation Computing, Inc

Leading Fashion Company, Zhejiang Yaying Garment, Completes Successful Lawson Software Implementation

2007-11-28T00:20:00.000-08:00

Lawson Software today announced the successful implementation of the Lawson M3 Enterprise Management System for Zhejiang Yaying Garment Co. Ltd. (Yaying Garment), a Sino-Italian company specializing in fashion for women.

Yaying Garment designs, manufactures, and distributes women’s apparel in the People’s Republic of China under two brand names – Elegant Prosper and Elena Miro. Yaying Garment is a modern multi-branded business enterprise with 2,800 employees and an annual turnover exceeding RMB500 million. The company has plans to go global and will be exploring new markets in Southeast Asia, the United States and Europe.

On a mission to enhance its operational system for internationalization, Yaying Garment selected the Lawson M3 Fashion solution after considering a number of domestic and foreign enterprise software providers. Yaying Garment required a system that can accommodate the demands of a diversified product range, low production volume per order, and the dynamic market trends inherent in the fashion industry. Other requirements included scalability, compatibility and advanced functionality of the enterprise software system for the company’s development in the long run.

The Lawson M3 Fashion solution supports enterprises on a full operation flow ranging from sales, marketing logistics, production, and finance through a platform with different applications that are fully integrated and highly compatible. The Lawson M3Fashion solution can be implemented by a fashion company as a full enterprise software solution, or it can be implemented using a modular approach that can help simplify integration with other applications already in use.

Lawson worked closely with the team from Yaying Garment for eight months and successfully implemented the Lawson solution, centralizing the management of different parts of its operating process such as production, planning, procurement, inventory, and financial management. The implementation team needed only to configure the workflow on the Lawson M3 system which helped keep the cost of implementation low and reduced risks.

“In the course of implementing the Lawson system, we moved away from transplanting the entire workflow from our daily operations, but focused on optimizing our workflow by considering carefully the actual circumstances that may affect the operations,” said Zhu Honggen, vice president and chief financial officer, Yaying Garment. “For example, in ensuring a smooth operation, the workflow structure we adopted for our Lawson M3 system is based on ‘persons-in-charge’ approach instead of the conventional way of functional divisions in the company.”

Through the Lawson M3 implementation, Yaying Garment established within the enterprise a highly efficient and visible supply chain, and a common work platform that saw the following operational improvements:

- Establishment of a standardized product database;
- Creation of a smooth and efficient workflow;
- Setting up of a fully integrated supply chain system; and
- Integration of financial research and analysis systems.

“With a true understanding of the global fashion industry and its best practices, Lawson is well poised to help garment enterprises execute their fast fashion strategies with greater simplicity,” said David Hope, regional marketing director for Lawson in Asia and Japan.

The implementation of the Lawson M3 Fashion solution helps foster the idea of modern business management within Yaying Garment, establishes a new mindset within the management team and helps the company establish leadership in the Chinese fashion industry. The Lawson M3 Fashion solution will help Yaying Garment establish a more efficient and effective cooperation with business partners and suppliers, and allows the company to provide a richer customer experience.

About Lawson Software

Lawson Software provides software and service solutions to 4,000 customers in manufacturing, distribution, maintenance and service sector industries across 40 countries. Lawson’s solutions include Enterprise Performance Management, Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, Customer Relationship Management, Manufacturing Resource Planning, Enterprise Asset Management and industry-tailored applications. Lawson solutions assist customers in simplifying their businesses or organizations by helping them streamline processes, reduce costs and enhance business or operational performance. Lawson is headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., and has offices around the world. Visit Lawson online at www.lawson.com.

About Yaying Garment

Zhejiang Yaying Garment Co. Ltd. is a Sino-Italian joint venture engaged in the research and development, sales and marketing, information, logistics and production of women’s apparel under two flagship brands, Elegant Prosper and Elena Miro. The Company has an expanding network of over 300 outlets, adding 80 new shops per year. Yaying Garment is a member company of the Mirogolio S.P.A. group of Italy and Zhejiang Huazhiyi Investment Co. Ltd. For more information, please visit www.elegant-prosper.com; www.miroglio.com.

Source : Lawson Software

Aria Apparel Software Solutions Provider Celebrates 15th Anniversary!

2007-11-27T00:34:00.000-08:00

This year marks Aria’s 15th Anniversary of providing state of the art technology solutions to the apparel and related industries. The span of time has seen four versions of our comprehensive Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) product suite and over 450 installations throughout the globe!

The new Aria 4XP is the latest in a line of end-to-end ERP products and an entirely new breed of ERP software designed from the ground up as a reliable and scalable enterprise solution.

In keeping true to its founding principle as a technology innovator, Aria introduced last year the Digital Order Form (DOF), a perfect solution for any organization that relies on a field sales force and requires an efficient yet simple sales automation tool. The DOF replaces the traditional paper order form, helps minimize errors, and speeds up the field sales cycle.

This year, Aria plans to release a new and improved Online Issue Reporting & Tracking system, a new Supply Chain Management (SCM) add-on to our ERP suite, and several more exciting enhancements to our flagship Aria 4XP product suite.

We look forward to another 15 years of successes for our company and our customers.

Source : Aria Systems

Axon Infosoft India Pvt. Ltd - Apparel + ERP Software

2007-11-27T00:26:00.000-08:00

Apparel + is a “Perfect Suite” that automates the entire operations of the garment manufacturing process with seamless integration at all levels and web enabled. Today, Apparel + is being used as a vital management tool in the manufacturing outlets of apparel (Knitted , Woven & leather). The product refinements are constantly carried out for the last 10 years and greatly fine tuned with generalized concepts and features to match the industry needs in total.

Apparel + is designed from the industry experts guidelines and it is scalable to small, medium and larger corporate's with multi company and multi user options. The product has all built in functions to cater to the mid sized and higher end markets with easy customizable options to fit in to their specific needs.

Apparel + has a unique MIS query which is totally web-enable with drilled down facility. This backtracking feature helps the top management to monitor the entire activities happening in their organization wherever they are over the web. Automatic alarming and messaging on enquiry follow up's, order summary, cost deviations, schedule with Time and Action calendar deviations, reminders on approval deadlines, quality definitions and control, payables and receivables alerts, Bill pass pending list, etc., are some of the unique features integrated to the software. The web enabled modules allows the management to view the Enquiry / Follow Up's/ Order details / Planning and Scheduling / Budgeting / Bill of Material / Purchase and Stock with Value / Process & Production status / Quality Approval & Inspection / Approvals status / Inventory Management / Despatch status from any part of the world and also has the facility to generate any specific in formations instantly.

Apparel + is developed using the latest state of art technology tools and ensures easy migration to any latest plate forms. Apparel industry normally has a distributed production and functional units with a considerable geographical distances, the application needs a tight integration approach and should be loaded with all key functionalities with easy migration options. Apparel + also supports Wide Area Networking to connect and synchronize the data between your offices and factories at multi locations.

Apparel + supports Digitization of the documents, International EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) and bar coding integration at all levels.

Apparel + is designed to work as the way YOU look at your business. Apparel greatly improves customer satisfaction and credibility, with instant information flow on all their queries at any given time.

FUNCTIONALITIES

- Marketing (Pre Sales)
- Sales Order Processing (Post Sales)
- Planning & Scheduing (T & A)
- Purchases & Stores Management
- Raw Material Store
- Process Management
- Production & Floor Management
- Printing / Embroidery / Other Stages
- Sewing
- Checking /Ironing /Packing /Despatch
- Quality & Inspection
- Sales & Export Documentation
- Asset Management
- Personal Management
- Financial Accounting System
- Web Based MIS Query Reports
- House Keeping Set Up & Registration

Source : Axon Infosoft India Pvt. Ltd

AIMS Expands With Web Tools, Services

2007-11-26T00:05:00.000-08:00

Los Angeles-based software provider AIMS Technology Solutions Inc. is taking a step backward. Small- to mid-size apparel companies usually come to AIMS to handle sales and order processing. Now the company has expanded its product line to enable its clients to conduct transactions before the orders reach the accounting department. Having formed a partnership with Beverly Hills-based Focal Technology Inc., AIMS now offers transactional tools such as electronic shopping carts as well as Web development services at costs well below those of other third-party vendors.

The tools allow AIMS customers and others to conduct transaction through an e-commerce site or a B2b online showroom-type environment, allowing them to export the data into the AIMS system. AIMS handles the rest of the process, including processing ASN (advanced shipping notifications) and EDI transactions, bill of material, letters of credit, cutting tickets, factor assignment and inventory tracking.

The new applications are a missing piece of a puzzle AIMS has been working on. By providing a transactional platform, users can go paperless and even place orders at a trade show, provided there is a wireless environment.

The partnership also allows AIMS/Focal to help companies build their e-commerce and B2B Web presence from the ground up if needed.

In addition, Focal is a Microsoft gold-certified partner, which a title awarded only to the software giant’s top customers. This allows Focal/AIMS to participate in beta testing as well as expediting customer support. It also has allowed AIMS to stage events such as Microsoft’s’ “Truck Across America” demo in June, when a 42-foot mobile studio was brought to the Los Angeles Fashion District to promote AIMS’ and Focal’s products.

The shopping-cart technology gives users full administrative capabilities as well as a secure environment through SSL encryption and a Hack Resistant seal of approval, which is akin to anti-virus software.

“They can bring their Web or e-commerce environments into their shopping carts the same way you would change the background for your Windows environment. It’s easy,” explained Focal’s Shahin Kohan. The system also allows users to zoom in on product shots as well as incorporate features such as celebrity blogs, generate gift certificates and discounts, and employ marketing tools such as Google product searches.

AIMS can integrate with the popular accounting program QuickBooks so users can view invoices, purchase orders, payments and account histories without re-keying data or switching to a different program.

“We’re allowing the smaller companies to act like the giant companies, using the same type of system at a fraction of the cost. You can spend $25,000 for a shopping cart or get one from us for $175 a month,” said Kohan.

AIMS Chief Executive Officer Scott Chaban agreed. “We provide as much functionality as six-figure software. The behind-the-scenes technical experience that comes with this is phenomenal. Not to diminish our customer, but they’re getting a much better product than they even understand.”

The alliance with Focal Technology is one of several AIMS has made over the past couple years to augment its service offerings. It recently partnered with Continental Business Credit for factoring and Groupe BDM for remote order-entry services. For more information visit www.aimstsi.com.

Source : AIMS - Apparel Information Management System

IQMS Releases Limited Edition of EnterpriseIQ

2007-08-30T00:43:00.000-07:00

IQMS, a leader in the design and development of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, today released a limited edition of EnterpriseIQ, the company's widely-used, single-source ERP software. Packaged to meet the needs of single-site manufacturers and small supply chain environments, EnterpriseIQ LE version provides a real-time foundation for collaborative e-business at a lower cost point than the full version. IQMS achieves the lower price benefit by packaging just the functionality most often used by manufacturers with single-plant operations.

"There's a growing demand for innovative ERP software solutions targeted to small manufacturing enterprises," says Randy Flamm, president and founder of IQMS. "To be competitive and grow, small manufacturers need the same visibility and control over core business data that large-scale manufacturers enjoy, but more often than not small companies cannot afford large ERP investments. With EnterpriseIQ version LE, we are giving small manufacturers a cost-effective means to drive efficient, lean operations throughout their supply chain. Now small manufacturers can operate on a level playing field with their larger competitors."

EnterpriseIQ LE version gives small manufacturers the same set of core capabilities found in the full version. Functionality such manufacturing and inventory management, quality control, sales, distribution, and financial and accounting management are all included in a single database and at an affordable price. Certain functionality used to support larger operations is not included, such as EPlant which is used for multi-plant operations.

Customers who will benefit most from EnterpriseIQ LE are those who operate only one plant and currently have no ERP system in place. By choosing EnterpriseIQ LE these customers will gain a comprehensive, modular, single-source ERP solution that can be tailored to fit their business needs and designed to scale up with optional modules that work seamlessly within the core system. IQMS is also offering a migration path with this LE version for companies that eventually grow into multiple locations.

About IQMS

Since 1989, IQMS has been a pioneer in the design and development of ERP software for repetitive, process and discrete manufacturing industries. Today, IQMS provides leading real-time manufacturing, accounting, machine monitoring, quality control, supply chain, CRM and eBusiness solutions to the automotive, medical, packaging, consumer goods and other manufacturing markets. The only complete, single-source enterprise software solution, EnterpriseIQ offers real-time front office, accounting, manufacturing and supply chain management in a single database. With offices across North America, Europe and Asia, IQMS serves manufacturers around the world. Visit IQMS online at www.iqms.com .

Source : Thomas Publishing Company

Exact Software Announces Release of JobBOSS 10

2007-08-30T00:41:00.000-07:00

Exact Software(TM), a leading provider of solutions that connect the people, processes and knowledge essential to an organization, today announced version 10 of Exact JobBOSS®, its industry leading shop floor manufacturing software. JobBOSS 10 provides support for the Microsoft Vista operating system and also includes several usability enhancements and new features designed to improve the ease with which job shops, custom manufacturers and high-tech shops working in the global economy can manage and improve performance.

As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Exact JobBOSS is committed to remaining compliant with the latest Microsoft products. With JobBOSS 10, Exact JobBOSS customers will have full compliance with the 32-bit Business Edition versions of Microsoft Windows Vista Business, Vista Enterprise and Vista Ultimate. JobBOSS 10 is one of the first job shop software solutions to be compliant with Windows Vista. As a result, users can take advantage of Vista's major enhancements, which include a new user interface, an improved search engine and more powerful graphics technology. In addition, JobBOSS v10 will continue to run on Windows 2000 and Windows XP workstations.

In addition to Microsoft Vista compliance, JobBOSS 10 offers a number of usability enhancements and new functionality, including vendor price breaks to ensure more accurate material pricing, as well as greater flexibility for transferring raw materials from a job back to stock. JobBOSS 10 also features improved raw stock look-ups in both Order Processing and Purchasing, making it quicker and easier for users to find materials to place on jobs or purchase orders (POs). As a result, job shops and custom manufacturers now have even more powerful capabilities for materials control and full inventory management for raw stock, hardware, supplies and finished goods.

"JobBOSS 10 provides our customers with significant new functionality and enhancements for improved usability, flexibility and performance," said Steve Massey, general manager for Exact JobBOSS. "By upgrading to version 10, JobBOSS users will have even greater visibility and control over all aspects of their shops, helping them to increase productivity and profitability, and achieve their business goals."

Exact JobBOSS is the leader in shop management software for job shops, small to medium-sized make-to-order, engineer-to-order, contract and mixed-mode manufacturers, and has maintained that leadership standing since it was originally developed in Minneapolis, MN in 1984. Customers worldwide benefit from the control that JobBOSS gives them to easily manage all of the processes and changes their shops experience on a daily basis. For more information, please visit www.exactamerica.com/jobboss.

About Exact Software(TM)

Established in 1984, Exact Software is one of the world's leading providers of business software solutions. Its integrated solutions comprise traditional Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) as well as related software solutions such as Human Resource Management (HRM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Project Management and Electronic Workflow.

Exact is headquartered in Delft, the Netherlands and has offices in Europe, the Middle East, North and South America, Asia, Australia and Africa. With around 2,600 employees, subsidiaries in more than 40 countries, solutions available in 40 languages, Exact currently serves customers in more than 125 countries across five continents.

Source : http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/526416/2585

Epicor Announces Leading South East Asian Retailer Selects Epicor|CRS Retail Suite, ERP Applications

2007-08-30T00:34:00.000-07:00

Epicor Software Corporation (NASDAQ:EPIC), a leading provider of enterprise business software solutions for the midmarket and divisions of Global 1000 companies, today announced one of the biggest apparel retailers in South East Asia has selected EpicorCRS’ retail store management solutions to provide enhanced operational visibility and efficiency.

In addition to EpicorCRS’ Microsoft .NET-based Point-of-Sale (POS), the retailer plans to implement CRS Inventory Management, and the CRS Promotional Events and Retail Mail applications within its 90 store locations. Additionally, plans call for the deployment of the CRS Merchandising application, which includes the CRS Allocations™, CRS Transfers Plus™, and CRS Retail DataWarehouse™ modules, along with Epicor’s Warehouse Management application. They have also purchased the third party EDI application from TIE Global, which Epicor resells, as well as Epicor’s advanced planning solution. All new functionality will be integrated with Epicor iScala financial management applications, which the retailer has already deployed.

“We are pleased to have completed negotiations on this retail contract, which is the second of the two deals we had expected to close in our 2007 second quarter ended June 30, 2007, as mentioned in our earnings announcement last month,” said George Klaus, chairman and CEO of Epicor. “This deal is very significant for Epicor; it is the first retail CRS system to be selected by a retail organization headquartered outside the U.S., and is representative of the benefits and synergies of our acquisition of CRS Retail Systems in late 2005. As a result of this acquisition, we are now able to bring the value of the EpicorCRS retail suite to customers outside the U.S. due to our international presence and global support. Additionally, this customer’s selection of solutions from across our integrated product lines demonstrates Epicor’s ability to support customers’ needs from point-of-sale to back office.”

About Epicor Software Corporation

Epicor, named one of FORTUNE magazine’s 100 Fastest-Growing Companies in 2006, is a global leader dedicated to providing integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM) and professional services automation (PSA) software solutions to the midmarket and divisions of Global 1000 companies. Founded in 1984, Epicor serves over 20,000 customers in more than 140 countries, providing solutions in over 30 languages.

Employing innovative service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Web services technology, Epicor delivers end-to-end, industry-specific solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail, hospitality and services that enable companies to drive increased efficiency, improve performance and build competitive advantage. Epicor solutions provide the scalability and flexibility to meet today's business challenges, while empowering enterprises for even greater success tomorrow. Epicor offers a comprehensive range of services with its solutions, providing a single point of accountability to promote rapid return on investment and low total cost of ownership. Epicor’s worldwide headquarters are located in Irvine, California with offices and affiliates around the world. For more information, visit www.epicor.com .

Source : http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070814005457&newsLang=en

LAWSON Software has beaten SAP and Microsoft for a deal to install its technology across the global operations of surfwear company Rip Curl.

2007-08-29T01:25:00.001-07:00

The M3 suite is being introduced in Australia but the process is expected to take 12 months, after which it will be made available in Europe and then the US and distribution centres in Asia.

This second phase is expected to take 18 months.

The deal was signed two months ago, and although its cost was not disclosed, it is understood Lawson's product was 30 per cent cheaper than SAP or Microsoft systems.

IBM, a global partner of Lawson, will provide the platform for the software to run on.

The new technology will replace Rip Curl's legacy systems, which have grown independently across its global operations for 20 years.

Chief financial officer Michael Daly said the present systems were unable to communicate with each other and that was restricting growth.

"The decision makers in our business have had limited ability to share information and carry out central sourcing, which can affect our margins," Mr Daly said.

Lawson Australia-New Zealand managing director Stephen Moore said the deal boosted its position in the fashion market.

"Rip Curl conducted an extensive global search and we were in direct competition with SAP and Microsoft, but we're delighted to say they're now part of our surf apparel vertical," he said.

Source : http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22317795-15306,00.html

DiaVision users to gain from STG diamond software

2007-08-29T01:23:00.000-07:00

The new Sarin To Go (STG) diamond presentation software gives users of Sarin’s DiaVision Professional Edition an edge above their competitors by enabling them to burn photo images.

The new Sarin To Go (STG) diamond presentation software gives users of Sarin’s DiaVision Professional Edition an edge above their competitors by enabling them to burn photo images, Hearts & Arrows images, scanned certificates, and grading reports of a diamond (or diamonds) onto a CD for their customers to view before purchasing – be it a wholesaler, retailer, or a customer wanting to show it to his wife at home, without the diamonds having to leave the office or store.

• Available to all users of DiaVision Professional Edition.
• Multiple diamonds can be burnt onto a single CD for the customer.
• When inserted into the CD drive, the CD opens an attractive web-like window with diamond’s image, details, grading certificate, and a special educational section from The Sarin Diamond Academy.
• Using the Configuration Wizard, you can include your company’s name and contact details on each CD.
• No installation is needed by your customer. Everything she needs is on the CD you give her.

Source : http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/textiles-technology-news/newsDetails.aspx?news_id=40002

ERP Software Solutions

2007-08-27T03:52:00.000-07:00

What is ERP?

ERP stands for Enterprise Resource Planning. ERP software integrates all of your major business processes, which helps ensure consistent data across all your functional departments. ERP applications typically consist of modules such as Marketing and Sales, Field Service, Production, Inventory Control, Procurement, Distribution, Human Resources, Finance, and Accounting.

Their Compiere ERP business process model fully integrates ERP and CRM capabilities to help you effectively manage a wide range of functions across your enterprise. Compiere offers an effective blend of enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, partner relationship management, supply chain management, and online analysis processing. This gives you the ability to make qualified business decisions based on a seamless, 360-degree view of your business, customers and vendors.

Does my enterprise need an ERP software solution?

For years only large corporations have been able to enjoy the benefits of ERP applications. Now, Compiere ERP and CRM puts the power of timely and consistent communications within reach of small to medium-sized businesses by offering superior ERP software that is affordable, adaptable, and scalable.

Is your company burdened by multiple data sources that you can't integrate? Are you losing time and money by duplicating order entries and business processes throughout your enterprise? Are timely customer delivery and inventory stocking procedures getting to be more than your current system can handle? Do you have multiple warehouses that share resources or do you frequently do business in a multi-currency, multi-tax environment? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, then your enterprise may want to consider investing in Compiere ERP.

Can ERP software improve my company's business performance?

ERP solutions give you the ability to save time and money across your entire enterprise. With ERP software you need only input customer, vendor, and order data once and then share it across your functional departments. You can automate inventory and warehouse procedures as well as billing and accounting procedures. You can use ERP applications to create reports and analyze enterprise trends quickly and easily, allowing you to respond quickly to shifts in the market. Compiere also helps make e-commerce easy. The information in our Web Store is shared with the standard application, so no synchronization or extra integration work is required.

Will an ERP application fit the way I do business?

With traditional ERP solutions, this question was vital. ERP applications normally come with a built-in system of "Best Practices" whose restrictive rules limit your business processes. That is not the case with Compiere. Our ERP system was built to adapt to your business structure because we know that every company has unique needs. Compiere is not only easy to customize, we also make it easy to change your ERP implementation decisions at a later time. We know that every company grows and changes and we created software that can adapt with you.

Can ERP software help with my integration problems?

One of the reasons businesses look into an ERP installation is that their enterprise is experiencing difficulty in integrating the information they have stored in widely diverse applications that can't "talk" to one another. Organizations within a company may even use different programs to perform the same functions. When you install an ERP application you solve many of your information integration problems. Compiere ERP is an integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relations Management (CRM) software solution that combines the power of point of sales (POS), distribution and inventory, e-commerce, accounting, and workflow systems within one robust application. With an ERP system you have better data quality, since information need only be entered once to be available to the entire company. You are also able to easily run reports using enterprise-wide data, allowing you to quickly see trends developing within specific organizations or across your entire company. If you require industry specific software that requires integration with your ERP system you may wish to speak with one of our nearly 100 Compiere Partners worldwide for assistance.

Is a "single instance" of ERP better?

Although every business is unique, running only one instance of an ERP provides several advantages. When running a single instance of ERP, you save time and have better quality information across the company because you need only input that information once rather then multiple times. Running a single ERP instance also means all your financial data resides in one place which creates a simpler audit trail, eliminates consolidation errors, and saves time and money when closing your books. A single instance also allows you to run comprehensive company-wide reports that allow executives to share resources more easily across the company and see where cross-promotional opportunities may be in order. Single ERP instances are generally less expensive to support, and migration to the newest Compiere ERP release is quicker and easier, allowing you to take advantage of the latest features we have to offer in a timely manner.

Can I use ERP to manage a global enterprise?

Compiere ERP is an excellent solution for managing a global enterprise. Traditional ERP applications weren't developed for the complexities of the global market. Gaps in functionality arise when these features are simply layered on top of existing code. However, Compiere ERP was designed with global markets in mind, featuring multi-currency, multi-tax, multi-costing, multi-accounting and multi-organizational functionalities. Our accounting solutions cater to the needs of your enterprise, no matter what currency or schema you use. Compiere even provides the flexibility to account in one or more Accounting Schema in parallel.

Compiere's Rich and Reach interfaces allow users all over the world to connect with your ERP system, so geography is no barrier to your business. Plus Compiere ERP also features language packs and the ability to customize both the Web Store and the application itself to suit your language requirements.

About Compiere:

Compiere, Inc. delivers the most widely used open source enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) solution with more than 1.2 million software downloads.

The Compiere Difference: Easier and Affordable ERP

Compiere is changing the economics of business solutions by making Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) easier. Easier to acquire. Easier to implement. Easier to extend. Easier to change.

Typical business solution software vendors aren't focused on making their solutions easier, more adaptable or more affordable. Instead, they spend over 50 percent of their revenues convincing you to buy their products (sales and marketing) and less than 10% of revenues on innovation. This unbalanced business approach has lead to a consolidated software industry providing customers with fewer choices and even less innovation.

Compiere is taking a fresh and balanced approach to business solution software. We develop Compiere in the open and distribute it through open source licensing.

Source : Compiere, Inc. - http://www.compiere.com/erp.php#erp-enterprise

InSiteShip Demonstrates Shipping Made Easy at Infor User Conference

2007-08-25T01:25:00.000-07:00

InSite Software Solutions, Inc. a strategic publisher of shipping software solutions, and an Infor Complmentary Partner, today announced it will be a Bronze Sponsor while exhibiting and demonstrating its solutions at Inforum 2007, Infor's annual user conference being held September 9-12, at Las Vegas' Sands Expo and Convention Center. The company will showcase the latest version of its solution, InSiteShip, in Inforum's Solutions Expo, at Booths 501 and 503.

We are thrilled with the opportunity to meet with more than 6000 of Infor's customers in a single setting," said Kevin Cooper, Manager of Business Development for InSite Software. "Inforum allows us to thank the many InSiteShip customers, Infor Affiliates and Infor employees for their continued support in helping us significantly grow our installed base of shipping software solutions for the Infor ERP SyteLine and Infor ERP Visual software solutions."

InSiteShip is a shipping software solution designed to optimize and enhance the shipping processes of the ERP SyteLine and Infor ERP Visual software solutionsfor mid-sized manufacturers and is a part of the Infor Complementary Partner Program. Inforum attendees will have an opportunity to learn more about InSiteShip software shipping solutions at the session titled "Shipping Made Easy for SyteLine and Visual" on Monday September 10th at 1:00 PM.

"InSite Software Solutions is a valued Infor partner that helps us offer industry-leading shipping solutions that ensure our customers' continued success and growth," said Scott Williams, senior director of global alliance and partner management, Infor. "Inforum 2007 provides a world-class platform for our partners and customers to share ideas and learn more about the global Infor community."

Inforum 2007 is expected to attract customers, partners from around the world who come to learn about new business opportunities, collaborate on Infor's business-specific solutions, and get the latest news on the product roadmaps for their solutions. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in hundreds of educational sessions on topics such as best practices, tips and techniques, product seminars, business strategy, and industry trends.

Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/shipping/software/prweb548650.htm

Gloria Jeans opts for JDA Software to expand retail business

2007-08-22T21:23:00.000-07:00

JDA Software Group Inc announced that Gloria Jeans Corporation, one of the largest European manufacturers and retailers of denim and family apparel, has licensed JDA Portfolio Merchandise Management and the JDA Enterprise Planning suite to enable the growth of its retail business and provide visibility into the supply chain, allowing for more strategic decision-making capabilities.

Gloria Jeans provides denim and apparel products to more than 6,600 wholesale outlets, in addition to its 70 company-owned and 220 partner-owned stores. The company conducts retail and manufacturing operations in three countries, including Russia, Ukraine and Byelorussia, and operates production facilities in Russia, China, Kazakhstan and Turkey.

Gloria Jeans selected JDA Software’s highly functional, best-of-breed solutions to support its strategic focus on transitioning from a wholesaler to a combined retailer-wholesaler model.

“We recognized that JDA is the leader in the fashion/apparel retail software industry and would be able to provide the expertise and the right solution for our strategic business objectives,” said Vladimir Melnikov, chief executive officer of CJSC, Gloria Jeans Corporation.

“In order for us to implement best fashion retail practices, specifically in the area of inventory management and planning, we required a robust system that accurately manages the flow of information throughout our enterprise, ultimately resulting in profitable growth.”

Arnaud Decarsin, JDA regional vice president, said, “Recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the top brands in Russia, Gloria Jeans is an undisputed market leader for denim and family apparel. JDA is very proud to be a part of Gloria Jeans’ retail expansion and we are confident that our proven solutions will enable them to achieve their business objectives now and will support their future strategic goals.”

JDA’s Portfolio Merchandise Management solution ensures timely, accurate transaction information across the enterprise as the foundation for inventory optimization.

The JDA Enterprise Planning suite is a collaborative and configurable, workflow-driven planning solution that synchronizes all planning metrics and reconciles them throughout the enterprise. The entire suite consists of JDA Enterprise Planning, JDA Assortment Planning, JDA Allocation and JDA Enterprise Knowledge Base.

Source : http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/textiles-technology-news/newsDetails.aspx?news_id=37457

OptiTex launches new version of 3D Runway software

2007-08-22T21:10:00.000-07:00

Israel based OptiTex, a leading international developer of software for the fashion and textile industry, has just announced the release of its new 3D suite of tools incorporated into the latest version of its flagship software product geared for the textile, home furnishing, upholstery and other sewn products industries.

With these latest innovative developments, OptiTex is looking to further enhance the current workflow so commonly practiced in the textile industry by enhancing the collaboration between design and production and by providing the means to a fresh and innovative shopping experience for both the enterprise customer as well as the private customer.

The accuracy of OptiTex 3D Runway software enhances the quality of the products produced and reduces product development time from design through production, thus providing a fast and accurate solution for sales and marketing on the Internet.

OptiTex 3D Runway is a fabric simulation software system that allows for instant visualization of pattern modification using 3D on-screen models with adjustable body measurements. The system enables several simulated posture positions and continuity of movement with the garments while enabling the customer to evaluate and comment on the final product immediately, before any production material is used.

Moreover, OptiTex 3D Runway provides the perfect tool to fully present animated current or future collections in a rich 3D environment with diverse backgrounds and the possibility of preparing a full Fashion Show with more than one avatar on screen.

This new Version of OptiTex 3D Runway includes a Fabric-Converter/Editor, which provides a comprehensive solution for OptiTex customers to create their own library of fabrics that were tested for use with the system.

A new partnership with DAZ 3D, market leaders in developing software and creating digital 3D content, has resulted in the development of a 3D dynamic solution for DAZStudio, art software for budding 3D artists as well as professional 3D designers, photographers, filmmakers, animators and illustrators.

Source : http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/textiles-technology-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=37740&page=1

Epicor|CRS Retail Suite for footwear & apparel industry

2007-08-22T21:05:00.000-07:00

Epicor Software Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise business software solutions for the midmarket and divisions of Global 1000 companies announced one of the world’s largest athletic footwear and apparel companies with over $1 billion in annual revenue has selected EpicorCRS’ retail store management solutions to provide enhanced operational visibility and efficiency.

In addition to EpicorCRS’ Microsoft .NET-based Point-of-Sale (POS) and Merchandising applications, which includes CRS Allocations, CRS Transfers Plus and CRS Retail DataWarehouse modules, the specialty retailer plans to implement the CRS MobileStore and CRS RetailStore Central solutions, leveraging EpicorCRS’ professional services group for deployment support.

“We are very pleased to have completed negotiations on this retail contract, which we originally expected to close in our 2007 second quarter ended June 30, 2007, as we mentioned in our earnings announcement last month,” said George Klaus, chairman and CEO of Epicor.

“EpicorCRS is the ideal choice for retailers who demand proven, integrated, full-featured, scalable and global solutions, and we continue to expect a solid second half of the year in the retail segment of our business.”

Source : http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/textiles-technology-news/newsDetails.aspx?news_id=39015

Lectra's hi-tech solutions for fashion sector at SAMAB!

2007-08-22T04:42:00.000-07:00

Lectra, the world leader in integrated technological solutions dedicated to industries that use soft goods, will showcase its whole range of solutions and services especially designed to allow fashion players to shorten their time to market and gain in competitivity, at its 840m²-stand during SAMAB to be held from September 11–13th in Milan, Italy.

In particular, Lectra will present its PLM offering, Lectra Fashion PLM, its new Kaledo design offer, created especially for designers, its 3D virtual prototyping solution, Modaris 3D Fit, and its new range of cutters, VectorFashion.

Four times a day, at the Lectra stand, visitors will be able to attend a 15-minute show illustrating a collection, from its conception to sale. Shows will take place at 10 am, 12 noon, 2:30 pm and 4:30 pm.

Shows will also be offered at regular intervals on the following 4 themes: collection lifecycle management, collection design, product development, and expert software.

Lectra Fashion PLM is the leading PLM solution devoted to fashion, offering a virtual collaborative environment that supports iterative processes for design, development (specifications, sourcing and pattern-making) and collection marketing up to the point of sale.

The integration of business applications as well as collection and process management software enables action to be taken in key areas leading to improved performance for fashion companies: capacity for innovation, brand identity, frequency and time to market, quality assurance, control of development costs for products and materials, management and synchronization of multiple processes, and decision-making about collection content.

In this way, Lectra Fashion PLM meets the two-fold demand for innovative products and profitability. With an ever-increasing number of collections, Kaledo ensures significantly faster product development cycles.

The new Kaledo range, which covers all the requirements for designing collections, prints, knits and yarn-dyed woven fabrics, offers style and textile designers an intuitive working environment, loyal to their trade.

This innovative solution improves communication between the design teams and their network whether in-house or out, guaranteeing the quick development of products in harmony with the original concept.

With Kaledo Collection, this offer’s cornerstone, designers have a unique tool enabling them to design and modify their collections fast; all the models, styles, components and materials are actually saved and each modification made to a style, color or fabric is automatically made in all the documents.

By combining fabric data (thanks to a library of 120 fabrics, each with its mechanical characteristics), 2D patterns, and 3D virtual mannequins (standard and configurable), Modaris 3D Fit enables realistic simulation and visualization of the garment models in 3D, with a variety of different fabrics, motifs and color ranges. It ensures control of garment fit, style and collection validation.

This innovative solution reduces the number of physical prototypes required. It facilitates teamwork between designers, pattern-makers, product developers and marketing teams as well as exchanges between prime contractors and sub-contractors.

Manufacturers face productivity and flexibility challenges. In addition to increasingly diversified orders with shorter and shorter delivery times, there is a need to control costs and offer perfect quality.

By offering a technological response adapted to clothing manufacturers’ needs for expansion, Lectra has demonstrated its added value and ensured a fast return on investment.

To enhance production capacity, the new generation of VectorFashion has a powerful motor that allows for cutting of more garments and faster, thus increasing productivity by up to 15%.

It guarantees an ultra-precise cut, even with edges at a tangent, to optimize marker making and save up to 5% of fabric per year. Manufacturers can fill up to 50% more orders, thanks to a reliable solution with integrated preventive maintenance.

Source : http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/textiles-technology-news/newsDetails.aspx?news_id=38905

IBM to refresh M&S in-store systems

2007-08-22T04:28:00.000-07:00

IBM announced that it has won a systems integration contract with Marks & Spencer, the leading UK retailer, to refresh its in-store technology and systems over the next three years.

Under the contract IBM will project manage the deployment of key areas of Marks & Spencer's in-store systems across its UK and Ireland store estate. This will include the implementation of the Beanstore point-of-sale application from IBM Business Partner PCMS.

"This investment in our store systems is an important part of our store modernisation programme, which is designed to improve the overall shopping experience for our customers, including better and faster service at the till point," said Darrell Stein, IT Director of Marks & Spencer. "IBM has the expertise to implement solutions which meet the needs of M&S and its customers."

"Our work with Marks & Spencer is the latest example of IBM's strength in delivering customer-focused solutions in the retail industry," added John Riccio, Retail Industry Leader for IBM in the UK, Ireland & South Africa.

Source : http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/textiles-technology-news/newsDetails.aspx?news_id=39462