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Supply chain planning and execution software
News Release from: Infor | Subject: Supply Chain Management solution
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 March 2002
More mid-market manufacturers benefit
with NLS
The addition of National Language Support to supply chain management software enables French, German and Spanish mid-market manufacturers to utilise the SCM solution easier and with accuracy.
MAPICS, a global provider of collaborative, extended enterprise applications for manufacturers, has enhanced its Supply Chain Management solution with the addition of National Language Support (NLS) and SQL Server support The addition of NLS for French, German and Spanish customers enables these mid-market manufacturers to utilise the SCM solution easier and with increased accuracy
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 21 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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In addition, it increases the potential market for MAPICS SCM solution.
"By adding NLS and SQL Server support, we help our global customers streamline the implementation process and enhance their ability to collaborate across the enterprise by tailoring the solution to their specific market," said Mike Dolan, vice president and general manager, international operations for MAPICS.
"These enhancements continue MAPICS' commitment to servicing our mid-market customers on a global basis with the added advantage of a competitive price point.
MAPICS Supply Chain Management solution enables discrete, complex and high tech manufacturers to rapidly achieve the benefits of lean manufacturing, including increased throughput, increased on-time delivery, reduced inventory and reduced operating expenses.
Its constraints-based planning technology creates optimised and executable plans providing speed and stability in each manufacturing plant, maximises asset utilisation across multiple plants to increase profitability, quotes reliable due dates to enhance customer service and provides real time collaborative tools to exchange planning information with suppliers and customers.
Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, and with offices around the globe, MAPICS delivers extended enterprise applications.
These solutions enable mid-market manufacturers around the world to compete better by streamlining their business processes, maximising organisational resources and extending their enterprise beyond the four walls for secure collaboration with their value chain partners.
MAPICS' solutions include two enterprise resource planning (ERP) foundations, plus supply chain management, collaborative commerce and maintenance and calibration management functionality.
Serving thousands of customers in nearly 70 countries, MAPICS is one of the most widely used mid-market manufacturing solutions in the world.
Some of MAPICS' customers include: Anaren Microwave, Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc., Bayer Corporation, Dirona SP, Dukane Corp., Goodrich Corporation, Hartzell Propeller, Honda Motor Co, SmithKline Beecham, Volvo Corp, and YORK International Corporation.
(This was Manufacturingtalk's Top Story on 20 March 2002).
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