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News Release from: Centric Software
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 31 October 2006
Centric Software an IBM Business Partner
Service Oriented Architecture Approach Drives Business Agility and Flexibility
Centric Software, the leading provider of Product Intelligence solutions for the extended enterprise, has announced its acceptance to the IBM SOA Specialty after successfully completing IBM's rigorous SOA technical and business requirements With this achievement, Centric's Product Intelligence integrates with the IBM SOA Foundation, a single, unified platform that combines the industry's top application server and integration capabilities In March of this year, IBM announced an SOA Specialty in PartnerWorld for Industry Networks
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 13 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"SOA is an increasingly important architectural requirement in the manufacturing sector because of the business flexibility it enables," said Sandy Carter, vice president, SOA and WebSphere, IBM Software Group.
"Centric Software Product Intelligence applications demonstrate the value of SOA for combining information from the different disciplines of engineering, manufacturing, and finance".
"exploiting SOA, our Product Intelligence solutions empower global executives and multi-disciplinary, geographically dispersed product or program teams with 'live' strategic metrics, complex product and program data, and financial information for success in today's global economy," said Chris Groves, chief executive officer at Centric Software.
"Centric is pleased to be recognised as a member of the IBM Business Partner SOA Specialty and we look forward to contributing to the larger SOA ecosystem of open standard services and best practices".
Product Intelligence applications from Centric Software merge Product Lifecycle Management and Business Intelligence so that global executives and multidisciplinary teams can collect all relevant information for any product or capital program initiative, decide on the appropriate action, execute on the initiatives, and assess progress against business goals.
Centric Software commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) applications that are ready for SOA are rapidly configured to match each customer's unique business drivers and deliver Product Intelligence solutions such as:.
* Product and Capital Program Search.
* Multi-Disciplinary Program Management.
* New Product Development and Launch.
* Product and Program Portfolio Management.
* Functional Integration and Model Management.
* Global BOM Data Management.
* Apparel Collection Management.
* Private Label Sourcing.
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