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News Release from: SSA Global
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 24 April 2002
iBaan solutions suite gets more
customers
Baan has continued to extend the global take-up of its iBaan solutions suite with new business growth across the Americas, EMEA and APAC regions. This business consists of 128 new contracts.
Baan - the leading enterprise application provider for industrial enterprises and part of Invensys plc - has continued to extend the global take-up of its iBaan solutions suite with new business growth across the Americas, EMEA and APAC regions This business consists of 128 new customer wins, reorders and system expansions from existing customers, and further demonstrates the value of Baan's knowledge-driven enterprise performance solutions to global organizations throughout its target industries of electronics, automotive, aerospace and defense and industrial equipment and machinery
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 20 Aug 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Major new customer wins include Systrand Manufacturing, the leading US automotive components producer; Tameme, one of the largest Value Transportation, Safeguarding and Security companies in Mexico; De Dansk Spritfabrikker, the Denmark-based distiller and part of Swedish spirits giant Vin and Sprit; Sensient Technologies, based in Hong Kong and part of the largest food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical color business in the world; America's Ocean Works, a producer of atmospheric diving systems, suits, and launching equipment; and Multek, part of the Flextronics group and one of Latin America's largest manufacturers of printed circuit boards.
Commenting on the reasons for selecting Baan, John Jacobsen, president of Ocean Works, said: "When we needed to upgrade our information system we chose Baan because the company offered the best end-to-end solution for managing our entire enterprise, from finance and production to product data management to project management." Carlos Sam, General Manager at Tameme said: "Baan was the best cost-benefit alternative we found in the market with the best ROI.
After evaluating different solutions, we found that Baan's technology covers our business requirements." Goran Francke, IT Manager of Vin and Sprit, said: "We chose iBaan because it is a complete and more user-friendly solution which addresses our demands for functionality.
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Following further analysis and implementation we plan to use the new iBaan solution to help us streamline our business processes and make our organization work more efficiently." Auster Nascimento, Finance and General Administration Director of Multek, said: "Our preliminary tests show that, with the help of iBaan solutions, we may be able to obtain cost reductions of as much as 25 per cent in administration costs alone, which could save us up to US$32,500 per month." Sharon Ward, VP Enterprise Applications at Hurwitz Group said: "It's noteworthy that Baan is enjoying such success in winning new business at a time when so many of its competitors are barely treading water.
Customers have always recognized and valued the inventive thinking that Baan brings to its products.
Couple this innovation with the efficient execution Baan has shown since becoming part of Invensys, and you come out with a winning combination.
Expect to see the iBaan suite on a growing number of manufacturer's 'short lists'." Laurens van der Tang, President, Baan, said: "Since Baan's acquisition by Invensys in 2000, we have continued to grow our business globally, winning new customers and securing reorders and project expansions in all of our geographical territories and across all of our target markets.
This continued success, at a time when market conditions are broadly uncertain, reflects the value of our iBaan suite of knowledge-driven enterprise solutions to companies that are seeking to increase efficiency, integrate systems and improve collaboration across the value chain.
"Major organizations deploying iBaan are experiencing significant benefits through centralizing and streamlining their manufacturing processes, increasing visibility of their supply chain, accessing and analyzing information from the factory floor and improving their customer relationship management.
Proven, successful deployments at customer locations across the world demonstrate that the iBaan suite is continuing to help organizations gain competitive advantage in an increasingly pressurized marketplace - and this is why we ourselves are continuing to grow and prosper in our own market," Laurens van der Tang added.
The iBaan suite of Internet-enabled solutions combines proven Baan technology with new developments to enable customers to take significant steps towards seamlessly integrating systems and processes.
It provides end-users with personalized and easy-to-use information, and empowers businesses to collaborate with their customers and suppliers over the Internet.
Baan helps industrial enterprises optimize their enterprise performance strategies and compete in the knowledge-driven 'networked economy', with its ever-increasing demands for information, integration, and collaboration.
Through its open and powerful iBaan suite of Internet-enabled solutions, Baan is ideally placed to support organizations in the manufacturing, logistics, services, and engineering industries as they move towards tighter integration of their complex processes, closer collaboration throughout their value chain, and greater accessibility of cross-enterprise transactional and analytical information.
Baan has more than 15,000 customer sites worldwide and is part of the Production Management division of Invensys PLC.
Invensys plc, the international production technology and energy management group, specializes in helping companies to improve efficiency, performance and profitability.
With close to 76,000 employees, Invensys is headquartered in London, England.
Our Production Management businesses work closely with customers in order to drive up performance of their production assets and maximize the return on investments in product technologies.
The division includes Foxboro, Wonderware, Triconex, APV, Eurotherm and Baan and it addresses the oil, gas and chemicals; food beverage and personal healthcare; and discrete and hybrid manufacturing sectors.
Our Energy Management businesses actively work with clients involved in both the supply and consumption of energy and water, developing systems using innovative technologies that improve the management of energy and water costs and the reliability and security of power supplies.
The division includes Energy Solutions, Metering Systems, Home, Appliance and Climate Controls and Powerware and focuses on markets connected with power and energy infrastructure and commercial and residential buildings.
We also serve the specialized rail, windpower and power components markets through Westinghouse Rail Systems, Hansen Transmissions and Lambda respectively.
For more information, visit: http://www.invensys.com.
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